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Qualitative research on the consequences of gambling

Qualitative research on the consequences of gambling: follow-up interviews with participants from the Gambling Survey for Great Britain

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Published
8 May 2025

Last updated
4 February 2025 - Changes

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Contents

• Qualitative research on the consequences of gambling

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• Executive summary
• 1 - Introduction
• 2 - Methodology
• 3 - Overview of impacts of gambling on participants
• 4 - Participants’ journeys with adverse or severe consequences from gambling
• • Introduction to participants’ journeys with adverse or severe consequences from gambling
  • 4.1 - Initial experiences with gambling
  • 4.2 - Changes to gambling consequences through time
  • 4.3 - External factors
• 5 - Interrelation of different adverse or severe consequences from gambling
• 6 - Preventing and reducing consequences
• 7 - Conclusion and recommendations
• Appendix A - Qualitative research on the consequences of gambling

Introduction to the consultation on removing obsolete Commission requirements due to the government's upcoming statutory levy

On 29 November 2023 we issued our consultation on removing obsolete Commission requirements due to the government's upcoming statutory levy (opens in new tab). The consultation ran for 12 weeks until 21 February 2024.

We received 40 written responses to the consultation from the following categories of respondents:

• 20 from people representing a gambling business 
• 8 from people representing a charity and/or not for profit 
• 6 from people representing a trade association 
• 3 from people responding in a personal capacity who are or who have worked in a gambling business
• 2 from people representing a licencing authority or other regulator
• 1 from a member of the public.  

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Last updated: 4 February 2025

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