mo4ch:>Gambling industry 'needs tougher regulation'

Gambling industry 'needs tougher regulation'28 February 2020 Image copyrightGetty ImagesMore should be done to limit problem gambling, including toughening up oversight of the £11bn industry, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said.The body, which scrutinises public spending on behalf of parliament, called for better protection for "at risk" gamblers.It said the government should look at the way the regulator, the Gambling Commission, is funded.The Commission said it agreed that more needed to be done.Licensed gambling has grown by 57% over the last decade boosted by online and smartphone access. William Hill site penalised over gambling addictsThe people most likely to have a gambling problemGambling links with football have 'gone too far'Gambling on credit cards to be banned"The Gambling Commission is a small regulator in a huge and fast-evolving industry. While the Commission has made improvements, gambling regulation lags behind the industry," sa…