Welsh MPs call for the UK government to publish its gambling white paper amid concerns for children.
Meanwhile, recovering gambling addict Emma, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, said online gambling was "so dangerous" for young people, saying: "It's a real-life casino on your phone."She has signed up to an app that blocks gambling websites, but said there were still triggers on online games and social media.
Mr Phillips said another problem young people faced was loot boxes in computer games which can be bought to improve a gamer's performance, but the contents are unknown when the player pays for them. Loot boxes are unlikely to be included in the government's gambling paper and, while it said in July that they "may be linked to a variety of harms", including problem gambling, it sees "the ability to legitimately cash out rewards as an important distinction".
She said: "The gambling industry is behaving like the tobacco industry, they have to create addiction in young people."He said: "Every video game console has a parental or family settings area. One of the things I really like is the ability to say 'can this account make transactions? can it spend money? Also, how much can it spend?'
The Betting and Gaming Council said the most popular forms of betting by children were arcade games like penny pusher and claw grab machines, as well as bets between friends.
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