Calls for mandatory tax on gambling industry to treat addiction in UK

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Overhaul of laws needed, with onus on industry to reduce problem gambling, says BMJ paper

Gambling laws should be radically overhauled, including a mandatory tax on the industry to fund addiction treatment, according to the authors of a paper.

 

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And the other addicts:

Good luck to him:

How about just ban crooked online slots?

Genuine question: what is the rationale for not including a link to the actual source paper in a piece like this?

How about taxing the city of London?

That £1.2m going into prevention of gambling harm doesn't take into account the R&D into problem gambling going on in different gambling companies. Or the other c£8m that is being spent on treatment and research.

It might also help if 80% of all ads on tv and sports kits/billboards wasn't for gambling 🤔

And there should also be a ban on adverting on the TV and elsewhere

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