BGC Confirms Safer Gambling Week 2026 Dates
The campaign, supported by Bacta and the Bingo Association, aims to raise awareness of safer gambling tools while encouraging engagement among customers, operators and stakeholders across both online and land-based environments.
Britain’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has confirmed that Safer Gambling Week 2026 will take place from 16–22 November, as the initiative continues to promote safer play across the regulated iGaming and wider gambling sector.
The campaign, supported by Bacta and the Bingo Association, aims to raise awareness of safer gambling tools while encouraging engagement among customers, operators and stakeholders across both online and land-based environments.
The announcement follows Safer Gambling Week 2025, which generated more than 80 million impressions across social media platforms including X, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram, marking a 40 percent year-on-year increase.
The 2025 campaign also saw heightened engagement from UK policymakers, with cross-party MPs and peers backing the initiative. Support included contributions from Fiona Twycross, Nigel Huddleston and Louie French, underlining continued political focus on safer gambling measures.
Now in its 10th year, Safer Gambling Week has evolved into a coordinated, industry-wide effort designed to highlight tools available to consumers, including deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion mechanisms.
Consumer protection focus
The programme is expected to feature activity across digital channels and physical venues, with operators and stakeholders participating in awareness initiatives throughout the week.
Industry bodies have emphasised that such tools are primarily available within regulated environments, with the campaign also reinforcing the distinction between licensed operators and unregulated offerings that do not provide comparable consumer protections.
Grainne Hurst, CEO of the BGC, said:
“Safer Gambling Week has gone from strength to strength, with last year’s record-breaking campaign showing just how powerful a united, cross-sector effort can be.
“The strong backing from parliamentarians across all parties reflects the importance of this campaign and the shared ambition to ensure customers are protected and informed.
“By working alongside Bacta and the Bingo Association, we will continue to raise awareness of the tools that help customers stay in control and promote safer play right across the sector.”
The initiative spans the UK and Ireland and runs alongside the separate but related European Safer Gambling Week.
