Online slot stakes will also be limited under the efforts to strengthen legislation on gambling addiction.
Roulette spinning, in movement, during a demo game. Roulette is a gambling and betting casino gamePicture of a roulette turning fast with a white ba.A levy on casino and betting operators’ profits will bring in £100 million to put into tackling problem gambling, the Government has announced.
A voluntary system is currently in place, which means some operators pay as little as £1 a year towards research, prevention and treatment. Gambling minister Baroness Twycross said: “Gambling harm can ruin people’s finances, relationships, and ultimately lives. “We are also helping to protect those at risk, with a particular focus on young adults, by introducing stake limits for online slots.
Some 2.5% of the population gamble in a “severe and harmful way” and many more people are affected, including family members and problem gamblers who are below the clinical threshold, Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, national clinical adviser on gambling harms at NHS England, said. Will Prochaska, an independent campaigner for gambling reform, said: “We wouldn’t allow Big Tobacco to control lung cancer clinics and we mustn’t allow Big Gambling to control mental health services. The purpose of the statutory levy is to remove gambling industry influence, and it can’t come soon enough.
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