Further information has been revealed about the UK Gambling Commission Survey, which is set to develop and improve support for gambling-related harm.
UK Gambling Commission Survey
The UK regulators have created the GSB to help analyse the different areas of gambling markets and how different aspects impact the betting industry.
Its aim is to curate the best methods to support people who face issues from gambling and informing them over the best steps to take.
In the early parts of March the opening release of results were made and this revealed that betting participation, through any format, was at 48% for the previous month.
Laura Balla, the Gambling Commission’s head of research, has spoken over the due diligence that has been taken when creating this survey.
She said: “Various phases of development over the last few years (have been completed) before ultimately being included as core questions.”
“ We wanted to take our time to make sure that we were producing questions that were effective in capturing negative impacts, were reliable, and which gave us representation across the three domains of harm outlined in the Wardle framework.”
This ‘Wardle framework’ was implemented by the UKGC to help define what comes under gambling issues and look into the serious effects it can have on people, families, society and communities.
Balla added on to her previous statement, as she found that when researching the matter there were more underlying issues that met the eye.
Balla said: “There were differences in the severity of some of the issues that were being considered,
“Going forward we will be treating items that are unquestionably more severe, such as bankruptcy, relationship breakdown and committing a crime, separately to what we are terming ‘other negative consequences,
“The new survey will also allow us to explore the relationship” between the Problem Gambling Score Index and the wider impacts of gambling “for the first time.”
“We will, however, need to take care with our use of language, and will be engaging with our Lived Experience Advisory Panel as we approach the first publication to ensure that the findings are being articulated sensitively and without stigma.
The first release of the new data will be issued by the Gambling Commission in July, as a part of the annual GSGV report.
