This gravy train is a bad way to make policy on gambling
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One good thing to be said about our report that sports and betting companies dominate the list of gifts to MPs is that such donations are declared publicly. This matters because the Government is reviewing the legislation on fixed-odds betting terminals, which seem to be particularly associated with problem gambling. This is the kind of issue that raises difficult, almost philosophical questions about the nature of addiction, and the idea that betting companies can provide dispassionate information about this by taking MPs on a day out is an insult to democracy.
History of this topic
Experts worry about a lack of addiction treatments as legalized sports betting grows
NPR
The Big Gamble
Al Jazeera
US gambling group seeks crackdown on illegal betting sites
Associated Press
Will bookmakers' pledge of millions to address problem gambling buy off their critics?
The Independent
Gambling regulator to investigate new roulette-style games as fixed odds betting terminal restrictions begin
The Independent
Labour to ban credit card betting to tackle 'public health emergency' from problem gambling
The Independent
The government should have taken action on FOBTs to protect gambling addicts long ago
The Independent
There's no place for fixed-odds betting terminals on Britain's high streets
The Independent
Yes, mankind has always gambled, but we’ve also always regulated – we should now do so again over fixed-odds betting terminals
The Independent
Maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to be cut from £100
The Independent
Legalising gambling: law panel in moral quandary
The Hindu
Betting machines should require ID cards to protect vulnerable gambling addicts, report says
The Independent
New rules on 'crack cocaine betting machines' will cost 20,000 jobs, bookmakers claim
The Independent
The murky battleground over Fixed Odds Betting Terminals is of MPs’ making
The Independent
'Government leaves protection of online gamblers largely up to operators'
Dutch News
'Government leaves protection of online gamblers largely up to operators'
Dutch News
Should fixed odds terminals - the "crack cocaine" of betting - be banned from the high street?
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