Nick@LRCMar 21, 20193 min readHow the gambling industry targets former gamblers.By Tom Chadwick POOR people and ex-gamblers are routinely targeted by the gambling industry with enticing offers, according to reports...
Nick@LRCNov 6, 20181 min readLiving Room Cardiff has the ear of UK’s Shadow Home SecretaryThe Living Room Cardiff welcomed the UK’s Shadow Home Secretary, Diane Abbott, as she met individuals receiving counseling at this unique...
Nick@LRCOct 10, 20181 min readTalking about gambling at Radio CardiffWho knows the most about how problem gamblers think? The gambling industry of course. Hear Nick Shepley at the Living Room discuss this...
Nick@LRCSep 27, 20181 min readExcessive Gambling Wales 2018 - Our video reportHere's what happened in Cardiff this summer at the fourth annual Excessive Gambling Wales Conference. Academics like Dr Samantha Thomas...
Nick@LRCSep 13, 20182 min readJoin us in demanding change in gambling https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/5XRGKB7 The Open Door blog is today promoting a new initiative by the Beat The Odds campaign to demand...
Nick@LRCAug 2, 20183 min readGambling addicts, the Institute of Economic Affairs needs you! According to right wing think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, there is “no obvious reason why a reasonably sized town or city...
wynfordellisowenJun 29, 20183 min readOur invitation to Ray Winstone to meet with gambling addicts and hear their stories.The actor Ray Winstone has appeared in one of the most controversial but effective gambling adverts in recent years. In the letter below,...
Greg HarrisonJun 26, 20186 min readExcessive Gambling Wales 2018 - Conference ReportBy Open Door Correspondent "Bernie" At teatime on the 23rd of June, just a couple of days ago, a frantic week of activity at the Living...
Greg HarrisonJun 7, 20183 min readSuffer The ChildrenBy Open Door Correspondent “Bernie” Three weeks ago we published an article following an announcement from the Government that it planned...
Nick@LRCMay 31, 20185 min readSeven unreasonable suggestions to the government over gamblingIndustries can be loosely grouped into two categories, value adding and value extracting. A business that solves problems by...
Nick@LRCMay 17, 20182 min readToday has been an epic victory against the bookies, but don't be fooled, they'll be back.In 1942, following the allied victory at the Battle of El Alamein, Winston Churchill famously and sagely said: '...this is not the end....
Nick@LRCMay 11, 20183 min readAre Democracy and the Gambling Industry Incompatible?Democracies are not simply societies where elections periodically happen. Nor are they just societies where newspapers are free to...
Nick@LRCMar 23, 20182 min readThe gambling industry is organised to protect its interests, we must be too.For a decade since the financial crisis since 2008, the costs of paying for the damage done to the economy has been shifted onto the...
Nick@LRCFeb 15, 20182 min readApproaches to working with gambling addicts Part Two - Talking about riskGambling is a process addiction, where instead of a person becoming intoxicated through consuming a substance, they become intoxicated...
Nick@LRCDec 14, 20172 min readSarah’s Tackling Gambling Industry A service user has used her personal experience of the perils of gambling to change the law, and support a local MP’s campaign In recent...
