The film is free of charge and can be used for any specified event or session. We hope community centres will consider using it in events to raise citizen awareness and start conversation. You can watch and share it from here.

Organisations may wish to use it as a resource in their delivery of awareness raising, training and development. Since gambling harms ripple across all sectors of life, such organisations may include the health and social care sectors, the justice system, debt and money advice, formal and informal education, workplace initiatives, suicide prevention, local politics, sports and leisure sectors, religion, women’s groups, men’s groups, LGBQT groups, homelessness, housing, refugees, and -essentially – in any sector since gambling harms ripple through all communities. Some general suggestions for using the film can be seen here.

Please Share!

The film has received very positive feedback and we believe its strong impact serves well to raise the human dimensions of gambling harm and the wider contexts of gambling in society.

We want as many people as possible to see the film, and would be grateful if you could share this post with colleagues and through your networks.

Some Updates since the Film Was Made

A White Paper was published in 2023 by the Westminster government which is intended to review and update the 2005 Gambling Act in the light of developments in digital technology. Following plans to implement a levy on gambling industries’ profits (in most cases this will be 1%) monies have been allocated to UK agencies and institutions which are involved with addressing gambling harms; these include third sector organisations, educational institutes and local councils. (The Scottish government does not have devolved powers to legislate on gambling).

In September 2026 a House of Lords committee called for a ban on gambling advertisements (apart from some specified exceptions).