The gambling sector must do all it can to tackle any heightened risk of problem gambling during the coronavirus lockdown, UK Culture Minister Nigel Huddleston urged today.
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has requested regular intelligence from the industry on patterns of gambling during the coronavirus outbreak, including how operators are managing the risk of problem gambling and what more companies can do to promote safer gambling messaging during the current crisis.
Huddleston has written to the chief executives of five leading online gambling operators - Bet 365, GVC, Skybet, William Hill and Flutter - and the trade body the Betting and Gaming Council - to request regular and comprehensive internal data around online gambling habits as a result of the ongoing lockdown measures, remind them of their responsibilities and encourage extra steps to protect players at this time of heightened risk.
