BGC-commissioned poll claims majority oppose betting limits 8th March 2021 | By Conor Mulheir A YouGov survey commissioned by the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) shows that 51% of British adults are opposed to legislated maximum-spend limits, with 27% in favour. The poll surveyed 1,683 British adults, and also found that 59% agreed with the statement that if too many limits are placed on people’s gambling behaviour, more will shift to the unlicensed black market. Only 10% of respondents disagreed with this statement. The BGC pointed to a report published by PwC last month, which claimed that the number of British customers using black market sites to place bets had increased from 210,000 to 460,000 in the past two years.