Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has unveiled proposals to reform Britain’s betting laws to “bring the regulations into the smartphone age” and protect those with gambling addictions.
Writing in The Times of London on Thursday, Frazer said gambling apps on mobile phones had brought Las Vegas to people’s homes, but she said they had become “a trapdoor to despair and isolation” for some people.
A white paper, which was unveiled on Thursday, would introduce checks on customers who are losing large amounts of money.
The checks would kick in for gamblers who lose £1,000 in 24 hours or £2,000 over 90 days.
But Philip Davies, a Conservative MP, told the House of Commons the figure of £2,000 over 90 days seemed “bizarre and arbitrary” and amounted to £22 a day….