In the Annual Report issued this week, Moyes said that the Commission will work with other interested parties and organisations to achieve each of the five objectives in the time-span. Much of the detail has already been published, but Moyes specifically mentions the statutory levy on the industry to fund research, education and treatment.
Moyes also says: “Companies also need to use the extensive data they hold to understand how to identify players who are developing gambling behaviour that is likely to become problematic and how to help them change before their problem becomes unmanageable. This includes the designers of gambling products as well as the operators.”
In terms of preventing harm, Moyes admitted that although the National Responsible Gambling Strategy sets out clear objectives “progress with implementation remains too slow". He adds: "Over the next 12 months we will continue to work with partners to improve understanding of the scale and nature of the problems that gambling can cause and of the impact on society.”
The three year plan was announced last year and showed that only 34% of the population believed gambling to be fair and trusted. The plan also showed that 0.8% of the population are classed as problem gamblers.
Source: GMB / InterGame Online
