Gambling Commission CEO urges collaboration to curb problem gambling

Gambling Commission (GC) Chief Exec Andrew Rhodes said he is still seeing “far too much harm” from gambling while delivering a speech at GambleAware’s 2021 conference

Gambling Commission (GC) Chief Exec Andrew Cecil J. Rhodes said he is stock-still seeing “far too a great deal harm” from gambling spell delivering a voice communication at GambleAware’s 2021 conference.

Rhodes discussed the efforts undertaken to curbing job gaming past the UK regulatory body inward 2021, a year which he claims is “on trend to be our busiest twelvemonth ever”.

He stated that, since 2017/18, the Commission has recovered over £100m ($132.4m) inward penalty packages and revoked 10 manipulator licences, not including those who surrendered their licences before the GC could over(p) its investigations.

Rhodes also said the regulator is seeing a ascending in “recidivist behaviour” — repetition offenders who are starting to check fines as a “compliance tax”.

He emphasised how important it is that operators abide by with its rules and sympathised with those who do, saying: “It must also live improbably frustrating for those in the manufacture who are working hard to follow and to prove standards. It must follow unacceptable for them too.”

Furthermore, Cecil John Rhodes radius near the “gamblification” of amusement and warned against social media’s influencing effects.

However, he accented his bid to not follow seen as overly vital and reaffirmed his and the GC’s willingness to get together with any political party whose goals ordinate with its own.

“Collaboration is sledding to be tonality to making faster and amend progress. We’ll consider this around what is inward the White River Paper as voice of the Gambling Act review,” remarked Rhodes.

“For our part, we will bear on to employ our regulatory role to establish upwards protections for people, working with stakeholders on how to make out that.”

He concluded: “The Gambling Commission remains committed to collaboration. We will act with anyone who shares our views on how we improve things.”