Ym mis Mawrth 2021, ymatebodd y Gweinidog Iechyd Meddwl, Llesiant a'r Gymraeg i alwad Llywodraeth y DU am dystiolaeth yn nodi safbwynt polisi Llywodraeth Cymru ar gamblo. Nododd y Gweinidog farn y Llywodraeth y dylid mynd i'r afael â gamblo fel mater iechyd y cyhoedd ac fe roddodd ein safbwynt ar nifer o feysydd y mae angen eu cryfhau er mwyn amddiffyn pobl yn well rhag niwed sy'n gysylltiedig â gamblo. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys yr angen am reoleiddiwr cadarn, mwy o gyfyngiadau ar hysbysebu, cynhyrchion mwy diogel a chyflwyno ardoll statudol i gefnogi lleihau niwed, atal, opsiynau triniaeth sy'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth ac ymchwil i niwed sy'n gysylltiedig â gamblo. Ers hynny, rwyf wedi ysgrifennu at y Gweinidog Technoleg a'r Economi Ddigidol i ailadrodd safbwynt Llywodraeth Cymru wrth aros i ganlyniad yr Adolygiad gael ei gyhoeddi a manylion cynigion Llywodraeth y DU.
In March 2021 the Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Welsh Language responded to the UK Government’s call for evidence setting out the Welsh Government’s policy position on gambling. The Minister set out the Government’s view that gambling should be addressed as a public health issue and provided our position on a number of areas that require strengthening to better protect people from gambling related harm. These include the need for a robust regulator, greater restrictions on advertising, safer products and the introduction of a statutory levy to support harm minimisation, prevention, evidence-based treatment options and research into gambling related harm. I have since written to the Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy to reiterate the Welsh Government’s position while we await the publication of the outcome of the Review and details of the UK Government’s proposals.