GambleAware Receives £5.4m in Donations

UK charity GambleAware has received £5.4m in donations during the period of six months upto September 30, 2019.

GVC remains the top donor with £1.46m. It is the same amount that the gambling operator donated during the previous fiscal. William Hill donated £1m, the same as last year. While Bet365 has donated £868k, Rank Group, through its Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo brands, has so far donated £284,500.

Earlier in the year, GambleAware announced that it would be funding an additional £3.9m for the treatment of problem gambling. Of the total £3.9m, £2.35m will go towards expanding infrastructure for in-person gambling addiction treatment in the UK and £705,000 will go to the National Gambling Helpline.

Another £435,000 would be spent on making computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy accessible to people. The remaining £438,000 will go towards developing a peer-to-peer gambling addiction treatment programme.