Night-Time Economy Systems Maps
Mapping the night-time economy at a local level to reduce unequal harms
Increased drinking and gambling at home, online and in local pubs, leading to closure of betting shops
Source of power:
Economic
Space of power:
GAMBLING AND ALCOHOL
Description:
Participants felt some heavy drinkers and gambling users don’t ever frequent the city centre and instead remain in their local pub (which may have snooker tables and gambling machines) or drink and gamble at home or at local betting shops in district shopping centres. This means the context of what is happening locally differs to what is happening in the city centre. Participants noted that they tend to see advertisements for online gambling rather than local betting shops and that these advertisements are outside of the local authority’s remit. They also noted that online gambling apps have risen in popularity and are used by residents watching football matches at their local pub. This has contributed to the closure of betting shops.
Quotes from participants:
~ “...those gamblers or those drinkers don’t ever come into the city centre... they’ll be in their local pub with a snooker table and machines, they might be gambling online, they might be in the local betting shop which is often in a district shopping centre…”
~ “...they stay local, they act local, they drink at home, they bet at home.”
~ “You don’t tend to see advertising for the nearest betting shop. It’s all online stuff... It’s out of our remit”
“...they’ll be [at] the pubs showing the football match and the advertising’s there and they’ll be… online betting on their phones, they don’t have to go to the betting shop… They can be sat in a pub, betting...”