Talking Horses: Labour needs to wake up to gambling's complexities


A deeper understanding of betting is essential if any future Labour government is to make a better fist of gambling regulation than the last one

Tom Watson, the deputy leader of the Labour party and a politician with a long-standing interest in the regulation of gambling, offered some hints of what might be in a new Gambling Act if or when his party returns to power in a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research on Thursday morning.

Watson was a prominent figure in the long-running and ultimately successful campaign to reduce the maximum stake on betting shop gaming machines (FOBTs) from £100 to £2.

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