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GambleAware calls for tighter gambling marketing rules in Great Britain

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GambleAware called for tighter gambling marketing rules in Great Britain, including a pre-watershed broadcast advertising ban, online restrictions, a sports marketing ban and mandatory health warnings. The call followed a University of Bristol and Ipsos report commissioned by GambleAware, which compared marketing regulation in six countries and said the UK Government had retained a mostly self-regulatory approach.

The proposals could change advertising and sponsorship requirements for gambling operators in Great Britain.

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UKGC releases industry and participation statistics for Great Britain

The UKGC announced two statistical publications on 26 February 2026: quarterly industry figures for Q3 2025 and the latest Gambling Survey for Great Britain wave. The regulator said it had added lottery data to the quarterly industry publication and encouraged comparisons between the industry and survey datasets.

The UKGC published two sets of official statistics on 26 February 2026, both covering data collected during July to September 2025. The first is the regulator's quarterly industry statistics, compiled from regulatory returns for 1 July to 30 September 2025 and covering the customer-facing sectors of the gambling market. The second is Wave 3, 2025 of the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB), with fieldwork carried out between July and October 2025.

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