Martin Paterson
@beathefix.bsky.social
Trying to raise awareness of gambling harms by the harmful gambling industry. Remove gambling Ads from our TV and our football clubs.
The state of football and other sports needing sponsorship from
Addictive products. Not good for young fans our children
Addictive products. Not good for young fans our children
January 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The state of football and other sports needing sponsorship from
Addictive products. Not good for young fans our children
Addictive products. Not good for young fans our children
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Anyone wanting to know more about the key findings from our Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling should give this a listen:
www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...
@thelancet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
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@thelancet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
Legalized gambling is exploding globally. What policies can limit its harms?
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Malcolm Sparrow and a global public health commission predict that gamblers could lose up to $700 billion annually by 2028, creating a serious global public health con...
www.hks.harvard.edu
December 7, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Anyone wanting to know more about the key findings from our Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling should give this a listen:
www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...
@thelancet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...
@thelancet.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
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Was a joy to work on this with Ellen and the rest of the team.
Advertising & gambling harms. Research finds evidence of a 'dose–response' effect.
Ellen McGrane, one of the PRU team, & colleagues have won the Royal Society for Public Health’s most cited paper award. Read about their work showing how gambling ads contribute to harm here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...
Ellen McGrane, one of the PRU team, & colleagues have won the Royal Society for Public Health’s most cited paper award. Read about their work showing how gambling ads contribute to harm here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pu...
December 7, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Was a joy to work on this with Ellen and the rest of the team.
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Bankrupt premier league sponsor to lose gambling licence, but will still be plastered all over kits.
An excellent report with all of the details.
An excellent report with all of the details.
It gets wilder and wilder. Not only is Leicester City's sponsor BC.GAME bankrupt (and seemingly about to lose its licence), it also appears to run a huge illegal gambling network in Europe. New piece with @stevemenary.bsky.social for @josimarfootball.bsky.social.
josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...
josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...
License revoked - josimarfootball.com
Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester City FC sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one of the largest illegal betting networks...
josimarfootball.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Bankrupt premier league sponsor to lose gambling licence, but will still be plastered all over kits.
An excellent report with all of the details.
An excellent report with all of the details.
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You know it’s a cool research method when the BBC asks to replicate it.
I used social media ad repositories to find that 93% of ads failed to disclose loot box presence: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl....
@twgerken.bsky.social of BBC News found 90.9% of games failed to comply: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
I used social media ad repositories to find that 93% of ads failed to disclose loot box presence: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl....
@twgerken.bsky.social of BBC News found 90.9% of games failed to comply: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
November 29, 2024 at 7:06 AM
You know it’s a cool research method when the BBC asks to replicate it.
I used social media ad repositories to find that 93% of ads failed to disclose loot box presence: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl....
@twgerken.bsky.social of BBC News found 90.9% of games failed to comply: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
I used social media ad repositories to find that 93% of ads failed to disclose loot box presence: doi.org/10.1016/j.cl....
@twgerken.bsky.social of BBC News found 90.9% of games failed to comply: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
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New
Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one the largest illegal betting networks in Europe.
@philippeauclair.bsky.social @stevemenary.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...
Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one the largest illegal betting networks in Europe.
@philippeauclair.bsky.social @stevemenary.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...
License revoked - josimarfootball.com
Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester City FC sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one the largest illegal betting networks in...
josimarfootball.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:00 AM
New
Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one the largest illegal betting networks in Europe.
@philippeauclair.bsky.social @stevemenary.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...
Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one the largest illegal betting networks in Europe.
@philippeauclair.bsky.social @stevemenary.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2024/11/28/l...
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Adult gaming centres are the slot machine farms popping up on every high street. There's nothing inside but row after row of slot machines.
It's not leisure or entertainment. It's addiction.
They will pay less towards the statutory levy, claiming they 'do less harm and don't get complaints'.
It's not leisure or entertainment. It's addiction.
They will pay less towards the statutory levy, claiming they 'do less harm and don't get complaints'.
Slot machine operator being investigated over cancer patient’s activity
Staff at Merkur’s Stockport branch reportedly looked away as customer lost £2,000 over two days of play
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Adult gaming centres are the slot machine farms popping up on every high street. There's nothing inside but row after row of slot machines.
It's not leisure or entertainment. It's addiction.
They will pay less towards the statutory levy, claiming they 'do less harm and don't get complaints'.
It's not leisure or entertainment. It's addiction.
They will pay less towards the statutory levy, claiming they 'do less harm and don't get complaints'.
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Today's £100m levy on gambling companies is a first step. Here are three reasons from @willprochaska.bsky.social why the Government must go further:
1. Far more people are being impacted than was thought
2. The gambling industry is a deadweight on the economy
3. The public demand change
1. Far more people are being impacted than was thought
2. The gambling industry is a deadweight on the economy
3. The public demand change
November 27, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Today's £100m levy on gambling companies is a first step. Here are three reasons from @willprochaska.bsky.social why the Government must go further:
1. Far more people are being impacted than was thought
2. The gambling industry is a deadweight on the economy
3. The public demand change
1. Far more people are being impacted than was thought
2. The gambling industry is a deadweight on the economy
3. The public demand change
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I have been campaigning for this for 5 years and was delighted to see it in the previous government’s gambling White Paper. It will totally transform the research, prevention and treatment of gambling harm. Pleased to see this is now going to be implemented
Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companies
Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companies
Money to be used to fund education and treatment of gambling harms in plans to be unveiled as soon as this week
Casinos and bookmakers in Great Britain will be forced to pay a £100m-a-year levy to fund research, education and treatment of gambling harms,…
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:07 PM
I have been campaigning for this for 5 years and was delighted to see it in the previous government’s gambling White Paper. It will totally transform the research, prevention and treatment of gambling harm. Pleased to see this is now going to be implemented
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'We can't grow the gambling industry and reduce harm at the same time. We really need the Labour Government to grip that principle quickly'
@willprochaska.bsky.social speaking to the BBC today about inconsistencies in Labour's approach to gambling policy.
@willprochaska.bsky.social speaking to the BBC today about inconsistencies in Labour's approach to gambling policy.
November 27, 2024 at 3:46 PM
'We can't grow the gambling industry and reduce harm at the same time. We really need the Labour Government to grip that principle quickly'
@willprochaska.bsky.social speaking to the BBC today about inconsistencies in Labour's approach to gambling policy.
@willprochaska.bsky.social speaking to the BBC today about inconsistencies in Labour's approach to gambling policy.
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Given the harm that #gambling can do, I’m not sure any of the brands involved here should be quite so smug about targeting women with a family-audience gameshow #media #tv
Why Paddy Power turned to ITV to boost its gaming appeal
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Why Paddy Power turned to ITV to boost its gaming appeal
uk.themedialeader.com/why-paddy-po...
Why Paddy Power turned to ITV to boost its gaming appeal - The Media Leader
The broadcaster offered a platform that had broad reach, including a vast female audience that the brand wanted to target.
uk.themedialeader.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Given the harm that #gambling can do, I’m not sure any of the brands involved here should be quite so smug about targeting women with a family-audience gameshow #media #tv
Why Paddy Power turned to ITV to boost its gaming appeal
uk.themedialeader.com/why-paddy-po...
Why Paddy Power turned to ITV to boost its gaming appeal
uk.themedialeader.com/why-paddy-po...
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Gambling harm is a serious public health epidemic - with a doubling of number of young people directly experiencing harm and 1 in 10 living in a household where gambling harm is having an impact on their lives.
November 8, 2024 at 6:19 AM
Gambling harm is a serious public health epidemic - with a doubling of number of young people directly experiencing harm and 1 in 10 living in a household where gambling harm is having an impact on their lives.
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Time for a #publichealth response to gambling
Lancet commission calling for stronger policy and regulatory controls focused on harm #prevention to protect public health
AND
A shift from individual responsibility framing to population approaches to reduce harm
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 28, 2024 at 10:10 AM
Time for a #publichealth response to gambling
Lancet commission calling for stronger policy and regulatory controls focused on harm #prevention to protect public health
AND
A shift from individual responsibility framing to population approaches to reduce harm
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...