Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, among other changes, moved Member of Parliament (MP) Michelle Donelan to the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). She was previously in charge of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which had a leading role in the white paper.<\/p>\n
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MP Paul Scully also moved to become part of the DSIT. Scully is a staunch supporter of commonsense gambling, having stated previously that the government doesn\u2019t need to tell people how they can spend on the activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
These and the other changes come only about six weeks before the end of the parliamentary session. The UK Parliament goes on recess on March 30 and returns on April 17.<\/p>\n
Optimism is waning that the white paper will be released before the recess, despite assertions from the government that it is coming. The DCMS, following Scully\u2019s departure, has no gambling minister, which means a delay is almost inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Recent reports have indicated that gamblers and bettors in the UK are required to submit more affordability checks at the insistence of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). However, the gaming regulator\u2019s CEO, Andrew Rhodes, has rejected the idea that it\u2019s responsible. Rhodes insisted in a speech during last week’s World Regulatory Briefing at ICE that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":259412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13592],"tags":[81919,81915,82142],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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