Gaming Machines

(asked on 3rd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of consistency between the recent advice of the Gambling Commission to his Department and the proposed reduction in the maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals to £2.


Answered by
Tracey Crouch Portrait
Tracey Crouch
This question was answered on 11th May 2018

On 31 October 2017 the government published proposals for changes on gaming machines and social responsibility measures. The consultation outlined options for cutting the maximum stake of Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals to between £50 and £2 and invited views. The consultation closed on 23 January. On 19 March the Gambling Commission published its advice which recommended that the maximum stakes be cut to between £30 and £2, with the exact level being a matter for judgement by the Government. The Government will consider this alongside the responses received by the consultation and will publish its response in due course.

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