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• Posted on 01 October 2018 by Nikki Heinze, Researcher

  Wellbeing mental health and drinking in the context of gambling

  On 6th September 2018 the Gambling Commission published the Gambling behaviour in Great Britain report. It uses data collected in 2016 as part of the Health Survey for England, the Scottish Health Survey and Beaufort Research’s Wales Omnibus Survey, to provide updated estimates for gambling participation, frequency of gambling, low-risk and moderate-risk gambling and problem gambling.

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  Tags: drinking, gambling, mental health

• Posted on 12 December 2014 by Debbie Collins, Senior Research Director, Director of NatCen Learning

  D’you know what I mean?

  

  We have all, at some point, misunderstood what someone was saying, perhaps because they used slang or been confused by colloquial or technical language.  Such misunderstandings are common and in our day-to-day life we develop strategies to avoid or deal with them. 

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  Tags: QDT, Questionnaire Development and Testing Hub, cognitive interviewing, gambling, interviewer's perspective, research

• Posted on 10 December 2013

  Do industry-held data hold the key to gambling policymaking?

  More and more, gambling is being seen as a public health issue and in the wake of major changes to the way it’s regulated, there is an increasing demand for evidence on gambling behaviour and its impact on society. The Responsible Gambling Trust asked us to look into what kinds of data gaming machine hold about people’s gambling behaviour. 

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  Tags: FOBT, gambling, gambling machine

• Posted on 16 December 2011

  The High Street, Localism and Community Voices; challenges raised by the Portas Review

  The Portas Review, released this week, set out a vision for strengthening, supporting and developing British high streets. A crucial element of this review focused on the need to give communities greater say in how their high streets are developed, their look and feel and sorts of services they offer. This has clear resonance to the localism agenda but raises important questions about how to balance (potentially conflicting) viewpoints from different community sectors – in short, how do you decide which sectors’ voice is most important?

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  Tags: British Gambling Prevalence Survey, gambling, health and lifestyle

• Posted on 30 November 2011

  Gambling – lessons from a public health perspective?

  October saw the start of oral testimony to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry into Gambling and the impact of the Gambling Act, 2005. Industry members, treatment providers, researchers, regulators and faith groups will all be putting forward their views to the Committee, and at the session on the 22nd November, Heather Wardle attended to provide an expert research perspective.

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  Tags: British Gambling Prevalence Survey, Gambling Act, society, gambling

• Posted on 17 February 2011

  Gambling on the increase - but public defends the right to gamble

  Our Chief Executive, Penny Young introduces the publication of a survey we conducted in 2010 for the Gambling Commission led by Heather Wardle, looking at how much gambling there is in Britain.

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  Tags: Gambling Commission, crime and justice, gambling, health and lifestyle