Global Gambling Control Scorecard (GGCS) Dataset (Version 1, November 2025) Authors: Ą Dr Daria Ukhova, Gambling Research Glasgow, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Ą Dr Virve Marionneau, Centre for Research on Addiction, Control and Governance, University of Helsinki, Finland Ą Dr Susan Batchelor, Gambling Research Glasgow, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Ą Prof. Christopher Bunn, Gambling Research Glasgow, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Ą Prof. Emma McIntosh, Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA), School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow Ą Prof. Rory O'Connor, Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow Ą Prof. Gerda Reith, Gambling Research Glasgow, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Ą Prof. Heather Wardle, Gambling Research Glasgow, School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow Description The Global Gambling Control Scorecard (GGCS) is a comparative dataset designed to assess the strength, comprehensiveness, and public-health orientation of gambling control systems across countries. By gambling control, we refer to a range of policy measures aimed at protecting individuals from the health and other harms associated with gambling. GGCS systematically codes relevant legal, regulatory, and policy measures. This first version of the scorecard covers 34 jurisdictions, with a primary focus on Europe. The dataset captures primarily national-level legislation, regulations, and policies across seven domains: 1. Legal status of gambling & Regulatory Regime 2. Actions to prevent illegal/unlicensed gambling 3. Policies to prevent gambling harms; multi-sectoral policies 4. Use of effective prevention measures; availability of treatment 5. Effective regulatory controls (legal powers; prescriptive vs voluntary regulation) 6. Systems for monitoring harms 7. Methods of funding for harm prevention. Version 1 reflects legislation and policy up to 1 October 2025. Methodology The GGCS coding framework was developed using: - A two-round e-Delphi study with 36 global experts (protocol of the study could be found here) - A review of evidence of gambling harm prevention measures efficacy from the Lancet Public Health Commission on Gambling - Alignment with questions on gambling disorder treatment from the WHO GLOBAL SURVEY ON PROGRESS ON SDG HEALTH TARGET 3.5 The accompanying User Guide (http://dx.doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.2090) contains definitions, scoring rules, and coding instructions. No personal data was collected; only publicly available policy documents and legislation were used. Geographic coverage: 34 jurisdictions (European Union and European Economic Area states, the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland coded separately), and Georgia. Data collection period: MarchĐSeptember 2025 Temporal coverage: Legislation and policy in force up to 1 October 2025 Data structure The Excel dataset contains: - Seven tabs corresponding to each of the seven domains - Each tab contains: o One row per jurisdiction o Columns representing all indicators across the domain o Numeric scores - Data source for each code is provided in the ÔcommentŐ to the respective cell - Missingness codes: Đ1 = not applicable Data format: Excel (.xlsx) Version: 1 (November 2025) Keywords: Gambling regulation; gambling harms; public health; gambling policy; comparative regulation; gambling legislation; Europe; harm reduction; behavioural addictions; regulatory governance Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0 Funders: UKRI Impact Acceleration Account grant via the University of Glasgow Related publications Ukhova, D., Wardle, H. & Marionneau, V. (2025). Global Gambling Control Scorecard: User Guide, Version 1. University of Glasgow. http://dx.doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.2090 How to cite this dataset Ukhova, D., Wardle, H. & Marionneau, V. (2025). Global Gambling Control Scorecard (GGCS), Version 1. University of Glasgow Enlighten Research Data Repository. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5525/gla.researchdata.2089 Contact For questions or updates: daria.ukhova@glasgow.ac.uk File list 1. GGCS_Master_Dataset_v1_2025.xlsx Ń coded dataset for 34 jurisdictions 2. GGCS_User_Guide_v1_Nov2025.pdf Ń full codebook and methodology 3. GGCS_README.docx Ń this document 4. GGCS_Codebook_README.docx 1