The industry definitely has to change how it thinks about affordability. I think we know that across the industry, across government, everyone agrees something needs to happen around affordability to make sure we don’t have unaffordable gambling and that we do have sensible intervention, so something will need to change<\/strong>,” said UKGC CEO Andrew Rhodes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nInstead of ensuring that a consumer is financially capable of gambling on a particular platform, the UKGC wants an all-platform solution. It wants operators to have access to a consumer’s total gambling spend across all platforms at all times.<\/p>\n
The objective is to reduce gambling harm. However, even the UKGC has acknowledged that the “problem gambling” segment only amounts to 0.2% of the entire market. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) just released an update on the impact COVID-19 has had on gambling behavior. The update primarily covers the first quarter of this year and shows a slight drop in online gambling activity. Overall, gambling continues to play a significant role in the economy. The UKGC’s data from yesterday shows that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":214339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
UK Legal Online Gambling Revenue Dips Slightly in Q1 - Casino.org<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n