{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"iGaming Daily","title":"OHID Funding Row: Industry vs Campaigners | Ep. 900","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1470,"description":"Is the UK gambling levy already becoming a battleground between industry and campaigners?\nThe latest list of funded organisations from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has opened a new fault line in UK gambling, with industry stakeholders questioning why some reform-minded groups are receiving levy money.\nOn today’s iGaming Daily, host Fernando Noodt is joined by Ted Menmuir, Editor at Large at SBC Media, and Ted Orme-Claye, Editor at SBC News, to unpack the fallout from OHID’s gambling harms funding decisions.\nThey discuss which allocations have drawn criticism and why, including the funding for Gambling with Lives and Chapter One. They also look at what the list reveals about OHID’s wider strategy, and whether the harms prevention sector is becoming fractured.\nThe conversation also covers the “slush fund” concerns around the statutory levy, where NHS England and UK Research and Innovation fit into the treatment and research picture, and the launch of the Gambling Policy Commission ahead of the government’s planned review in 2028.\nWith lobbying set to intensify, what should operators be preparing for next?\n\nIn this episode:\nThe fallout from OHID’s latest gambling levy funding list\nWhy some organisations’ funding has drawn industry criticism\nWhat OHID’s allocations reveal about its strategy\nConcerns over transparency and the “slush fund” allegation\nRivalries between funded harm prevention organisations\nNHS England and UKRI’s roles in treatment and research funding\nWho is behind the Gambling Policy Commission\nWhether the UK is ready for a Gambling Act review\nHow the industry should approach lobbying ahead of 2028\nFeaturing:\nFernando Noodt, SBC Media\nTed Menmuir, Editor at Large, SBC Media\nTed Orme-Claye, Editor, SBC News\n\nChapters:\n00:00 UK Gambling’s New Fault Line\n01:03 Ted and Ted Join Fernando\n02:42 What Are OHID and the Statutory Levy?\n04:27 Which Funding Choices Have Angered Industry?\n07:00 Will the Funding List Change?\n08:36 What Does...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cZ2FwM6s_9DEPwGCh6wV21TnqVO3P8VncmqH-PvKfjw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84M2U5/ODUxNDE4MDFjYTZm/Njc4OTFlMmJiNmRl/NGMzMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}