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Gambling ads in football creating ‘tidal wave of normalisation’, Lords told

James Grimes, from Gambling with Lives, said gambling advertising and sponsorship in football is a ‘priority issue’.

Evening Standard

Support programme aims to address ‘highly addictive’ nature of modern gambling

Chapter One has been developed by Gambling with Lives, a charity founded in 2018 by families bereaved by gambling suicide.

Evening Standard

Ask certain patients about gambling habits, health workers told

Health workers have been urged to step in and help patients at an earlier stage.

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‘Unwilling’ coroners failed us, say families of gambling addicts who took their own lives

Bereaved relatives claim betting industry is not being held to account, report reveals

The Guardian - UK

Only one in 200 problem gamblers in England get specialist treatment

Government agency say that 1.6 million people could benefit from help as charities claim planned statutory levy on industry is inadequate

The Guardian - UK

AFC Wimbledon join campaign to end gambling sponsorship in football

AFC Wimbledon have become the fifth English league club to take a stand against gambling advertising in football by joining the Big Step campaign

The Guardian - UK

William ‘not happy’ with gambling firms sponsoring football shirts

Liz and Charles Ritchie both received MBEs from William at Windsor Castle on Wednesday for their work setting up the charity Gambling with Lives.

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‘There will be more people dying’: mother whose daughter took own life criticises gambling white paper

Kay Wadsworth’s daughter Kimberly died aged 32 after a struggle with gambling addiction

The Guardian - UK

Ban all gambling adverts, say more than half of Britons

Poll backs blanket ban on ads but white paper is expected to opt for levy on betting firms’ profits

The Guardian - UK

I was addicted to betting on football – a ban on ads on the front of shirts is nowhere near enough

You can see about 700 gambling ads in every Premier League game. Each one is a potential hook into a lifetime of addiction, says James Grimes of the charity Gambling with Lives

The Guardian - UK

Removal of betting ads from Premier League shirts ‘a start’ – bereaved father

John Myers, whose son took his own life, said the removal of betting sponsorship from the front of shirts is a ‘small victory’.

The Independent UK

I lost my son to a gambling addiction. Firms must change, not pay fines that are dwarfed by profits

The greed of gambling companies can be linked to hundreds of suicides in the UK every year, says Liz Ritchie of Gambling with Lives

The Guardian - UK

Dad welcomes GAA initiative to tackle gambling after losing son to suicide

"It's the casino in your pocket, the mobile phone, that's the biggest problem."

Belfast Live

A gambling white paper by Easter would be a turn-up for the books

A shakeup may cover maximum stakes and a statutory levy on gaming firms, but football sponsorship deals remain a thorny issue

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Man who was 'deep' in gambling problem when he killed himself bombarded with offers even after death

'He couldn't get away'

Liverpool Echo

Tragic young man bombarded with 'predatory' gambling offers for weeks after death

"He just couldn't get away from it. And that's what they're like, they're predatory."

The Guardian - UK

‘His anger got bigger’: ministers urged to get serious about gamblers’ deaths

Campaigners call for tougher regulations as white paper emerges, but reports suggest proposals are being watered down

The Guardian - UK

Inaction on gambling addiction will bring more grief, says bereaved mother

Exclusive: government proposals to stop gambling deaths are ‘more of same system that killed Jack’, say parents of man who killed himself

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The Guardian - UK

Revealed: betting giants lobbied UK government over proposed crackdown

Documents show gambling firms warned Treasury officials against tightening up industry laws

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‘I don’t want what happened to my husband happening to anyone else’: the widow campaigning for gambling law reform

It was only after Annie Ashton’s husband Luke took his own life that she realised he had been gambling in secret – sometimes up to 100 times a day on his phone. She wants urgent changes to the way the betting industry operates

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