This report was submitted by the GRG Team outlining and evidencing our belief that the Gambling Act Review should look to the available evidence to recognise that the current extent of harms associated with different gambling products have been under-estimated, that a prevention strategy is needed which takes population-level action to protect people from harms and that independent funding is secured to underpin and support these actions.

The Social Market Foundation hosted a panel event at the Conservative Party Conference on October 4^th, 2021. Dr Heather Wardle from the University of Glasgow, and member of Gambling Research Glasgow was invited to discuss the evidence relating to the relationship between area deprivation and gambling harms. This briefing note supports her contribution at that event.

Dr Heather Wardle’s work on the ongoing convergence of online gambling and gaming features in a letter to The Rt Hon John Whittingdale MP, Minister for Media and Data from the chairs of the Gambling Related Harm APPG and Peers for Gambling Reform. In the letter, Dr Wardle draws attention to the “coercive and controlling” nature of loot boxes, drawing on research published in her recent book Games Without Frontiers?, which is available to read open access here.

Submitted on 6 September 2019 this was the contribution of Dr Heather Wardle, Professor Gerda Reith, Professor Robert D Rogers, and Erika Langham to the House of Lords Select Committee Inquiry on the Social and Economic Impact of the Gambling Industry.