{"id":10786,"date":"2026-05-19T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/uk-and-ireland-safer-gambling-week-sets-deposit-limit-record\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:06:57","slug":"uk-and-ireland-safer-gambling-week-sets-deposit-limit-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/uk-and-ireland-safer-gambling-week-sets-deposit-limit-record\/","title":{"rendered":"UK And Ireland Safer Gambling Week Sets Deposit Limit Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/safer-gambling-week-2025\/\">Safer Gambling Week 2025<\/a><\/strong> delivered a sharp rise in customer use of deposit limits across the UK and Ireland, according to new figures from the Betting and Gaming Council.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Good to Know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Customers set 281,000 deposit limits during the campaign.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The number of deposit limits rose 41% from 2024.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Operators sent 10.95 million safer gambling messages in one week.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>The campaign ran from November 17 to 23 and brought together betting operators, casinos, bingo clubs, amusement arcades and online gaming companies from the regulated gambling sector.<\/p>\n<p>BGC data showed that 153,960 account holders used deposit limits during the week. 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Support in 2025 also came from Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Nigel Huddleston, and Shadow Gambling Minister Louie French.<\/p>\n<p>Hurst also linked the campaign to black market risk. She said:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt a time when the illegal, harmful black market poses a growing threat to player safety, it is vital customers remain in the regulated market, where robust safer gambling measures and protections are available.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOur members promote safer gambling every single day of the year, but bringing the whole regulated sector together for one dedicated week \u2013 with support from MPs, peers, the regulator and other stakeholders \u2013 helps amplify those messages further than ever before.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Around 22.5 million adults in Britain gamble each month across lotteries, sports betting, bingo, casinos and online gaming, according to industry figures. The latest NHS Health Survey for England estimated that 0.7% of adults in England are problem gamblers.<\/p>\n<p>Safer Gambling Week remains voluntary for operators, although many tools promoted during the campaign form part of licensing duties for regulated companies. The campaign <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/safer-gambling-week-2026-set-for-november-16-to-22\/\">returns in November 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/uk-and-ireland-safer-gambling-week-sets-deposit-limit-record\/\">UK And Ireland Safer Gambling Week Sets Deposit Limit Record<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safer Gambling Week 2025 delivered a sharp rise in customer use of deposit limits across the UK and Ireland, according to new figures from the Betting and Gaming Council. Good to Know Customers set 281,000 deposit limits during the campaign. The number of deposit limits rose 41% from 2024. 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