Adrian Scarfe from Gamcare, an organisation which offers advice to gamblers, said he welcomed the moves.
"I think it's a complicated and ambitious project the (UK) government has started on but I think well worth doing," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Basically it's much, much better to have regulated gambling than unregulated gambling - that goes without saying.
"I think it's a complicated and ambitious project the (UK) government has started on but I think well worth doing," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
"Basically it's much, much better to have regulated gambling than unregulated gambling - that goes without saying.
