Nineteen MPs urge UK culture secretary to halt Gambling Commission financial assessments
A cross-party group of 19 MPs representing British racecourses urged Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy to intervene over the Gambling Commission’s planned financial risk assessments. The policy was scheduled to begin later in May, and the MPs said it could harm horseracing and the licensed betting market; the Commission’s pilot found that fewer than 3% of active customers would trigger intervention steps.
The proposed assessments could affect betting operators’ customer checks and the relationship between licensed betting and horseracing.