UK financial firms ‘may be lending over £174m a week to at-risk gamblers’
Updated: 2023-08-28 07:00:30
Bank data analysis suggests lenders could be unwittingly fuelling gambling problems by extending creditFinancial institutions in the UK may be lending more than £174m a week to people who are using a risky proportion of their income on gambling, an analysis of the spending patterns of loan customers suggests.The credit technology firm Abound looked at the open banking data of people who applied for its loans and used artificial intelligence to assess all their financial transactions over a six-month period. Continue reading...
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By John Grochowski Many table and slot players are switching to video poker because it’s possible for average players to have an advantage over the casino when they play. What follows are the most frequently asked questions about video poker that I’ve received and my responses. Isn’t playing a video poker machine the same […]
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