Day: 15 November 2018

Category C Gaming Machines Accessible to Children in 89% of English Pubs, UKGC Says

Thu 15 Nov 2018 13.12 Olivia Cole
Category C Gaming Machines Accessible to Children in 89% of English Pubs, UKGC Says

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) found that a very small percentage of English pubs have managed to prevent children from accessing gaming terminals. As revealed by the major gambling regulatory body in the UK, some recently-held tests on a sample of pubs have found that under-aged individuals were actually able to get to adults-only gaming machines in almost 90% of the pubs located in England. The Programme Director of the UKGC, Helen Rhodes, shared that the Commission was “extremely concerned” that England-located pubs are not very successful at stopping under-aged…

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UK Government Reconsiders FOBT Crackdown and Proceeds with Initially-Announced Date in April 2019

Thu 15 Nov 2018 8.07 Daniel Williams
UK Government Reconsiders FOBT Crackdown and Proceeds with Initially-Announced Date in April 2019

Prime Minister Theresa May has been forced to reconsider and withdraw her position over the expected crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), after a large number of ministerial aides threatened they will follow Tracey Crouch and will resign if the Government does not proceed with the reform’s initially-announced deadline. The change was revealed in a written statement to Members of Parliament by the Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright, who also announced that an increase in remote gaming duty will also be made so that the change is affordable. The statutory instrument…

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