Until October 18, the UKGC is accepting feedback on the proposals. Now would be a good time to have the question answered.<\/p>\n
Woodman points out in an op-ed piece published Tuesday that the checks go against the needs of the government. Instead of finding ways to increase tax revenue, which the UK desperately needs, the government is willing to push bettors to offshore platforms that don’t contribute to the economy.<\/p>\n
The consultation follows the Gambling White Paper, which heard much from the betting industry and the anti-gambling lobby, but precious little from the millions of ordinary gamblers who just want to have a reasonable bet without having to hand over their financial history, with scant safeguards over their personal data, to a faceless corporate institution,”<\/strong> stated Councillor Woodman.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nHe’s confident the reforms will not only impact tax contributions, but jobs as well. As more bettors turn to offshore options, some of the 88K people employed by the horse racing industry will be let go in order to compensate for the revenue losses.<\/p>\n
By his estimation, Woodman believes “hundreds of thousands” of bettors could move to unregulated sites. This not only means a reduction in tax revenue, but a reduction in responsible gambling oversight.<\/p>\n
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The cofounder of the Gamblers Consumer Forum also points out something that apparently no one in the UKGC, and some in government, knows. There’s no proof that affordability checks will reduce gambling addiction, as there’s no research that links the two.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Woodman asserts that the government has a “fundamental lack of understanding” regarding addiction and what causes it. If it understood the topic better, it would know that addiction is “not motivated by money.” It would also know that, according to multiple studies, an addict who loses one vice often looks for another to replace it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The affordability checks the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) wants to impose are going to have “crippling and absolutely devastating” consequences. This is the position of Member of Parliament Philip Davies, who has sent a warning to the horse racing industry about “the most out-of-touch” regulatory entity the UK currently has. He’s not the only one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":284525,"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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