GambleAware demands mandatory donations despite receiving 34 7m this year

GambleAware has published its list of annual donations for 2021-2022, a period when it received £34

GambleAware has published its heel of one-year donations for 2021-2022, a full point when it received £34.7m ($42.9m) inwards donations from the gambling industry.

The UK’s “Big Four” operators accounted for 89% of all donations, next their articulate committal to increment donations to 1% revenue gaming soften (GGY) by 2024 – stock-still a really small amount overall.

The “Big Four” consists of Entain, William Hill, Flutter Entertainment and bet365.

Despite this year grading the highest figure of donations ever so received by GambleAware (£15m greater than in conclusion year), the charity feels in that location remains inconsistency inward donations from other operators.

GambleAware testament bear on to send for for a mandatory impose on GGY, to ply what it believes will be a to a greater extent consistent and sustainable funding framework for the bar of play harms.

It goes further, arguing that mandatory funding models would enable amend long-term provision and commissioning for play bar services.

The CEO of GambleAware, Zoë Osmond, commented: “These donations monetary fund essential services for the prevention of gaming harms, serving establish a fusion of expertise to tackle and foreclose gambling harms across Great Britain.

"We receive the consignment from the 'Big Four' operators to increment their donations o'er the coming years; however, in that location remains an inconsistent attack to funding crossways the wider gambling industry, which leads to uncertainty and instability.

“That’s wherefore we are calling on the Government to bring out a mandatory levy on the gaming manufacture as a shape of licence. The gambling industry should get hold of the necessary and responsible steps by matching its success to the scale of gaming harms risk, especially at a clip of rising financial and economic hardship crossways the country.

“This would send practically more funding to treatment, prevention, and explore per yr – and could follow delivered in a thing of months.”