Lotteries
Commons · Question 96322 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the Problem Gambling Severity Index score for players of (a) The National Lottery, (b) Society Lotteries, and (c) instant win scratch cards.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 15 Dec 2025
The Government is committed to tackling gambling-related harm. DCMS regularly reviews the Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) from the Gambling Commission’s Gambling Survey of Great Britain and uses it as one of a range of sources of evidence. In 2024,...