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Place your bets: government sets out gambling reform proposals

03 May 2023
Issue: 8023 / Categories: Legal News , Sports law
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Ministers have set out proposals for an overhaul of gambling laws.

Online stake limits of between £2 and £15 per spin and restrictions on bonus offers are among reforms proposed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in its white paper, ‘High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age’, published last week.

Other proposals include a mandatory levy on betting firms to pay for addiction treatment, new player protection checks, a horseracing levy and tougher powers for the Gambling Commission to enable it to tackle black market operators through court orders and work with internet service providers to block illegal gambling sites.

The DCMS said the UK has 30,000 problem gamblers. In March, the Gambling Commission fined bookmakers William Hill £19m for failures, including letting a customer spend £23,000 in 20 minutes.

Culture secretary Lucy Frazer said: ‘We live in an age where people have a virtual mobile casino in their pockets.’

Issue: 8023 / Categories: Legal News , Sports law
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