http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/5934/1/Presentation.pdf
| Title: | Responsible gambling: a perspective from a pathological gambler |
| Authors: | Franklin, T 2011 London Workshop on Problem Gambling: Theory and (Best) Practice |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Publisher: | Brunel University |
| Description: | This presentation was given as part of the 2011 London Workshop on Problem Gambling: Theory and (Best) Practice by Tony Franklin. The workshop was organised by Professor Fernand Gobet and Dr Marvin Schiller and hosted by Brunel University on the 13th September 2011. |
| URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5934 |
| Appears in Collections: | Public Lectures and Seminars Psychology |
Responsible Gambling – A Perspective from a pathological gambler Anthony (Tony) Franklin
The gambling industry is a multi billion dollar industry and has huge budgets to spend on advertising and lobbying its agenda. It is my view that the government needs to further legislate in the gambling industry to restrict access for problem gamblers to gambling services. In addition law and policy needs to be rigorously
enforced via the regulator with very significant fines for breaches of the law in cases of problem gambling or under-age gambling.
Credit and gambling is an explosive combination that can lead to severe debt problems for a pathological gambler. Absent legislation the banks seem unlikely to stipulate how customers spend their money and adopt a best practice to restrict credit from use in gambling transactions. Instead most banks in the UK have altered their charges to reflect gambling transactions as cash advances attracting higher rates of interest and no interest free period.
Somewhat worryingly in my view gambling is becoming increasingly a part of the fabric of society; through subtle incremental change over the years in exposure to the general population. With the convergence of technology and globalization also playing an increasing significance in problem gambling it is my view that we now have to increase efforts to stay ahead of the curve, or we run the risk of an explosion in problem gambling over the next years with unforeseen costs to society at large.
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