BGC YouGov survey 16 of people support affordability checks

Just 16% of people who bet would submit themselves to affordability checks, according to a YouGov survey for the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC)

Just 16% of people who play would bow themselves to affordability checks, according to a YouGov study for the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC).

Affordability checks are 1 of a identification number of issues currently under thoughtfulness as part of the Government’s Gambling Review.

Other results within the study include 58% of respondents expression they would non be willing to tolerate regulated betting and gaming firms to run come out the arbitrary blanket checks. Anti-gambling campaigners hold called for such checks.

And 59% said Government-imposed checks on whether or non customers tin open to set a wager would bring forth a material risk of infection of customers turning to unlicensed sites.

Increased exercise of such sites, according to 51% of respondents, would lead-in to a climb inwards problem gambling, with 4% locution it would work cut down the job gambling rate.

“We strongly livelihood the Gambling Review as a erst inward a propagation opportunity to elevate standards and encourage safer gambling,” said BGC Chief Executive Dugher. “Ministers make said it testament be an evidence-led process, and these findings are a backwash upwardly send for showing the potential dangers of introducing blanket affordability checks on anyone who likes a flutter.

“We believe that engineering should be used to distinguish those showing signs of job gaming so that swift interventions can buoy take place.”

Dugher continued past warning that a balanced approach shot must be taken in monastic order to forbid customers turning to illegal operators, saying: “Any changes introduced past the Government must live balanced so that they rightly protect the vulnerable patch non driving the vast majority who bet safely and responsible for(p) towards the unsafe bleak market online, where in that respect are none of the safer gaming measures which are used by BGC members.”