In an expanding effort to stop the spread of gambling advertising, ten local councils from the United Kingdom have joined the Coalition to End Gambling Ads (CEGA).
The latest councils — Barnet, Blackpool, Brent, Bristol, Devon, East Suffolk, Enfield, Hackney, Lewisham, and Southampton — add to more than 80 others already taking steps to restrict gambling promotions on public property.
According to CEGA, the movement is a reaction to worries about gambling-related harm, which now allegedly affects 2.7% of the adults in the UK and is linked to hundreds of suicides annually.