Gambling Research Glasgow

Our consultation responses

GRG members make regular contributions to government and policy consultation processes. A key example of this was the report the GRG Team submitted to the Gambling Act Review, arguing that law makers should look to the available evidence and recognise that the current extent of harms associated with different gambling products have been under-estimated, that a prevention strategy is needed which takes population-level action to protect people from harms and that independent funding is secured to underpin and support these actions. 

Heather Wardle’s work on the ongoing convergence of online gambling and gaming featured in a letter to The Rt Hon John Whittingdale MP, Minister for Media and Data from the chairs of the Gambling Related Harm APPG and Peers for Gambling Reform. In the letter, Professor Wardle draws attention to the “coercive and controlling” nature of loot boxes, drawing on research published in her recent book Games Without Frontiers?, which is available to read open access here. 

Wardle, Reith,  Rogers, and Langham contributed a strong submission to the House of Lords Select Committee Inquiry on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry, submitted on 6 September 2019.