Gambling watchdog under fire over betting firms` role in addiction taskforce
(The Guardian Business News)

Companies are `marking their own homework´ by being part of working groups, say critics The gambling regulator has denied allowing betting firms to `mark their own homework`, after it asked companies behind a string of high-profile transgressions to lead a push to improve standards.The Gambling Commission has set up three working groups to look at ways to strengthen safeguards designed to protect vulnerable people, amid mounting concern about the spread of gambling addiction. Continue reading...