Following multiple delays, the UK government’s new review on gambling is expected to be released later this week, amid mounting concerns about gambling’s harm on people’s finances and mental health.
The industry has dramatically changed since the Gambling Act was brought in, in 2005 – most significantly the booming online market, driven by the ubiquity of smartphones.
Clinicians and charities say users have been failed by the lack of regulation. One of those is 27-year-old Lewis who has lost £100,000 to gambling, relapsed 12 times, and at his lowest point contemplated suicide.
Newsnight’s Anna Collinson met with him.
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