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The liberalization of the online casino gambling industry in the UK has significantly increased the government’s tax revenue over the past year and allowed the UK Gambling Commission unprecedented authority and control over gambling regulations and policies. With all of the money coming into the government from the online casinos though, it’s surprising to learn that the UK spends a mere GBP 10 per person on problem gambling support measures – this from the nation that expects other nations to model their internet gambling regulations! Other nations spend as much as GBP 44 per person on gambling support measures but the UK is sadly falling behind…and watchdog groups in the UK warn that high levels of problem gambling and gambling debt are the result of insufficient support efforts.

The UK has done a superb job in ensuring that all of the online casinos and internet gambling companies have responsible gaming measures in place that include voluntary exclusion by the gamblers themselves. Several of the companies have an additional measure that includes software that automatically flags gamblers displaying problem gambling and betting behaviors.

But while the online casinos themselves have taken the initiative to prevent the worsening of the problem gambling situation, the government has really only added marginal additional support for potentially problem gamblers despite the fact that the more liberal gambling market means that not only is there a higher chance of problem gambling worsening, but the government has more funds than ever before to solve this problem yet is choosing to stay static.