\u201cYou\u2019ve got to virtually prove that the secretary of state was insane at the time of making the decision,\u201d a senior industry source was quoted as saying.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nPublic Awareness Campaign Planned<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn addition to the FOBT restrictions, the review is also expect to include a proposal that would see bookmakers and broadcasters work together to fund public service announcements about problem gambling.<\/p>\n
The move was initially proposed by those groups, likely in hopes of avoiding restrictions on gambling advertisements being run during live sporting events.<\/p>\n
Other recommendations could include more restrictions on the kinds of arcade games children can access, in order to help prevent the normalization of gambling at a young age.<\/p>\n
The review is expected to be published on Tuesday, with the news to be announced after the opening of the stock market because of the potential impact on the share prices of gambling firms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bookmakers in the United Kingdom are expecting to be hit with tough new restrictions on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) when the results of a government review are published sometime this week. According to a report in The Guardian, government sources have indicated that the report will recommend three different maximum betting levels, all of which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":61815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,60,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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