Glasgow is losing more to fixed-odds betting terminals than any other council area in the country, according to research.

The machines, dubbed the crack cocaine of gambling, are costing Scotland’s largest city £27 million a year in lost money, health expenses and job problems associated with addiction to the terminals.

Read the full story in The Times.

Britain’s advertising regulator has unveiled a set of new standards for gambling ads, on the back of a broad government consultation on the health risks associated with the sprawling industry.

The new standards will restrict adverts that create what the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) deem to convey an “inappropriate sense of urgency” – such as those that include phrases like Bet Now! to push offers during live events.

Read the full story in The Independent.

The Campaign for Fairer Gambling reflects on the recent ICE trade show and says that the Campaign has been and will continue to be ‘a force in changing the political climate on gambling’.