Latest figures from the Gambling Commission show that 2.7 per cent of adults in the UK (around 1.4 million people) experience problem gambling. He observed that while Coates donates millions to local causes, the NHS-funded West Midlands Gambling Harms Clinic counts former Bet365 customers among its clients. Families torn apartThe Gambling Commission’s 2025 annual survey on gambling harm revealed that almost half of adults in Britain gambled in September. While it claimed that the increase in problem gambling was “statistically stable”, Will Prochaska, the Director of the Coalition to End Gambling Ads, disagreed. But there’s something very wrong when over a million people have a gambling problem and millions more are being harmed.

Source: The Guardian January 12, 2026 17:24 UTC