10 more councils have joined the Coalition to End Gambling Ads! Local authorities across the UK are stepping up to protect residents from the harms of gambling advertising. cega.org.uk/councils-joi...

🚭🍷🍔💰Policy responses to tobacco, alcohol, gambling & unhealthy food are inconsistent, despite industries using similar tactics to promote harmful products. This study explores public opinion on measures to address unhealthy commodity industries. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Strange choice at any time, particularly ahead of budget where further taxes on industry are on the table. Let’s hope she intends to also meet those making the case on the health / mental health side eg @willprochaska.bsky.social

The alcohol, gambling & junk food industries have no place providing educational materials to schools 58 leading academics & orgs have urged Education Sec. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to follow Ireland’s lead - removing these materials from classrooms www.theguardian.com/education/20...

🚨UK Lawyers for Israel Ltd has tried to silence various voices supporting Palestine. Their charitable wing has made public statements rejecting international law. Activist Em Hilton is on the Charity Commission offices to ask for an investigation. youtu.be/Ui70R8PCkJ4

I reacted to BBC File on 4's investigation into the failure of gambling venues to protect customers - which won't be a surprise to anyone except apparently the Government and the Regulator.

Government policy is to grow the gambling industry. That means more addiction and more suicide. Time for a rethink. - @endgamblingads.bsky.social & @mzc.bsky.social

“Nobody wants gambling on the highstreet” @willprochaska.bsky.social speaking at the Reducing Harm: Public Health in Gambling and Addition panel

Large SUVs are too big for parking spaces and dangerously heavy in crashes - time to bring in weight and size based charges? “In 2024, a record 1,213,385 cars wider than 1.8 metres were sold.”

It's such a joke that the gambling lobby say they make billions for the economy. Where are those billions coming from? Often the pockets of poor & addicted people. Where do those billions go? Into the pockets of exploitative gambling execs. 💸👎🏻

What is going on? Everton and Leicester City continue to advertise unlicensed gambling sites despite the Gambling Commissioning threatening prosecution that could result in imprisonment for officers of the clubs. CEGA's investigation reported in The Athletic. www.nytimes.com/athletic/621...

Dropped into House of Commons for @chapterone-uk.bsky.social launching as a national provider addressing gambling harm. Good to catch @sianberry.bsky.social @mzc.bsky.social and @willprochaska.bsky.social to plan ways of tackling gambling adverts on public transport and in betting shop windows.

Today we’re launching Chapter One as a national provider of gambling harm prevention for everyone affected by gambling across the UK with an event in the @ukhouseofcommons.bsky.social Thank you to our speakers for today’s event

The Red/Blue, Labour-Tory team lines up to continue #GamblingHarm in football @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social @endgamblingads.bsky.social

📢 BREAKING: An investigation by CEGA has found illegal gambling websites promoted by @evertonfc.com and Leicester City FC are still easily accessible to British Consumers, a month after the Gambling Commission warned them of potential prosecution if found to be the case...

Today my colleagues & I sent a letter of concern to the minister for gambling. The evidence shows clearly that the gambling industry is a vector of harm, not a partner. We urge the government to change their position. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Suppressing the negative impact of the gambling industry in parliament after taking hospitality from the gambling lobby leaves questions to answer. I think this is potentially quite serious for Stephanie Peacock. As ever - hats off to @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Great news that #Sheffield City Council have introduced a Gambling Harms Prevention Strategy including a clear understanding of the harmful impact of advertising & marketing - a national ban on all gambling ads would really support this @endgamblingads.bsky.social @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social

The secrecy of special measures that allows operators, like Betfair, to avoid regulatory action is completely inadequate and allows for deaths to occur. I have now launched a judical review claim to challange the GC's decision not to investigate Betfair. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

In shock news, gambling industry use same strategy as tobacco industry This excellent analysis sets out how this happens and why that matters

Merkur slots fined £100k for their exploitation of my terminally ill mum. It doesn't go far enough, but it's a start. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Haringey are the first council in the UK to join the Coalition to End Gambling Ads! Councillor @ldasneves.bsky.social explained to Eddie Nestor on BBC London why they've taken a stand for the health of their citizens, and why society can choose to 'permit but not promote' gambling.

www.bmj.com/content/388/... Ending gambling adverts could prevent harm to millions of adults and children in the UK Very much this Tell me why this isn't the most no brainer of no brainers!! @profkevinfenton.bsky.social @endgamblingads.bsky.social

The Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social have joined @adphuk.bsky.social and @rsph.bsky.social as members of CEGA to call for an End to Gambling Ads. @profkevinfenton.bsky.social and @willprochaska.bsky.social write in @bmj.com on why and how to achieve it. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

If you have kids, the chances are they play those free phone games you can download from the app store. Do you monitor what they see while they are playing? Perhaps you should. My latest investigation. inews.co.uk/news/how-gam...

A shocking example of gambling advertising using sexualised content to push gambling amongst a young audience. Hats off to @endgamblingads.bsky.social for calling this out. Listen to our podcast episode on gambling ads with CEGA's Will Prochaska: shows.acast.com/better-witho...

Porn stars used to promote gambling to children over social media - what could wrong? Covered in the Telegraph, our letter to Lisa Nandy lays out how the system of advertising regulation in the UK isn't fit for purpose. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Anyone with an Admiral Slots venue on their high street could have told the Gambling Commission the company is socially irresponsible. A £1m fine is paltry, they should have had their licence revoked. www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article...

This is a really interesting & significant intervention. For the last 20 years, US tech companies were moving in only one direction on the trade off between safety & free speech: towards safer platforms. Now Meta & X are moving back towards free speech. www.facebook.com/zuck/videos/...

Alcohol can cause cancer even at low levels of drinking, as the US Surgeon General's recent report states. That is why it is so important for people to have the information to make informed decisions. Our cancer film with Professor Linda Bauld explains more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAJ8...

I thought conflicts of interest in gambling policy were bad - but it looks like the food industry takes the biscuit. (sorry for the Christmas cracker level pun) Shocking stuff exposed by Chris van Tulleken www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...

The gambling industry doesn't want people gambling on the lower risk products, it wants to entice people in & move them over to the highly profitable, highly addictive products Hear more from @willprochaska.bsky.social of the Coalition to @endgamblingads.bsky.social: www.ias.org.uk/podcast/gamb...

Think what you will of graffiti - sometimes it captures local sentiment perfectly.

"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent." Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on) youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as

The whacky right on X have got all worked up over this story. Do they really think it's a good look for the Speaker of the House to be lending legitimacy to a company that profits from addiction and which was fined £3.25m last year for being irresponsible? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour's Gambling Act 2005 was a “big mistake”, says @willprochaska.bsky.social. As Alastair Campbell said in his recent podcast: "One of the worst things we did as a government was liberalise the gambling industry". Links to our podcast with Will: www.ias.org.uk/podcast/gamb...

As a huge admirer of the Institute of Alcohol Studies I jumped at the chance to contribute to their podcast to discuss gambling harms and the parallels with the world of alcohol.

"We realised very soon after Jack died that the system of a voluntary system was mad" Today’s announcement is a big step forward – independent research, treatment and prevention will save lives – but there is more to do #StopGamblingSuicides

Today's £100m levy on gambling companies is a first step. Here are three reasons from @willprochaska.bsky.social why the Government must go further: 1. Far more people are being impacted than was thought 2. The gambling industry is a deadweight on the economy 3. The public demand change

Today'sannouncement of a statutory levy on gambling companies is a hard won step in the right direction, but it must mark the beginning of a full government review of gambling’s place in society. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-...

We wouldn't let Big Tobacco control lung cancer clinics. This levy will stop Big Gambling controlling mental health services. It's a long awaited start. Now we need Labour to get on with some preventative gambling reform. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

👀Looks like government ministers have had to answer questions raised by The Pitch Inspection's investigation on Premier League teams allowing gambling sponsorship to appear on web pages aimed at kids - a clear breach of the rules. Read our full report here: open.substack.com/pub/thepitch...

“About 20 years ago, I was in a grad school class where we had a discussion with a Parisian city planner. Bikeshare in #Paris had just launched. He said "Parisians will never give up their cars." When I start getting frustrated about progress, I think of that conversation.”— @storiteller.bsky.social

This was my mum, around the time I raised a complaint to Merkur Slots. She'd spent 16 hours and £2k gambling in their venue, with not a single safer gambling interaction recorded. No one even asked if she was OK. She died while the gambling commission investigation is still dragging on.

People's lives are more important than the gambling industry's profits. Once again @annieashton2705.bsky.social reminds of this simple fact. It's about time somebody at the Gambling Commission and in Government listened to her. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

About time. They - and many others - belong behind bars in the Hague. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey Bluesky, I am excited by all the energy coalescing on this platform. It seems like a place for strategic thinking, which we badly need. A few initial thoughts: 🧵

It's become normal to write off London as full of elites, and that it's a city that needs to be diminished for other parts of the UK to flourish. We need a more nuanced and informed debate about levelling up and the north/south divide.

The Government claims there's a lack of evidence that gambling advertising leads to harm. 🤔 We asked people impacted by the gambling industry for their view....

🚨 Breaking News 🚨 In today’s Guardian you will see more work from Save Windermere and Professor Peter Hammond from Windrush Against Sewage Pollution. Analysis from Prof. Hammond shows over 500 days with illegal spilling in and around Windermere in 6 years ⬇️ www.savewindermere.com/news/500-day...