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Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Sixth Special - Gambling regulation: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report

Published 19 April 2024

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The government's response

This document responds to Second Report - Gambling regulation.

This is the government's response, published 19 April 2024.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government welcomes the Committee's report and says the white paper's measures will be implemented quickly, through secondary legislation, existing powers and voluntary industry action rather than a standalone Bill.

  • On online slots, it has confirmed a statutory maximum stake of £5 per spin for those aged 25 and over and £2 for 18 to 24-year-olds, which it says align with the Committee's recommended range of £2 to £5. These take effect in September, following Parliamentary approval.
  • On financial risk checks, it is committed to a "proportionate, frictionless system". The Gambling Commission will run a pilot for enhanced risk assessments, launching this summer, and will publish its consultation response "in due course".
  • On point-of-sale information about product risk, it "notes" the recommendation and says existing risk-measurement models are not "sufficiently granular". It prefers design rules applying to all games, while a Department of Health and Social Care evidence review will inform new messaging.
  • On the statutory levy, it says it remains "on track" to introduce it by secondary legislation "by this summer". It will publish its consultation response "in the coming weeks".

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