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The government is currently reviewing the laws surrounding fixed odds betting terminals and planning to impose a limit on stakes when people use these machines. It seems that a change will happen but what is less clear is what the maximum stakes will be. It's being reported that it might be as low as £2 per stake.
I was listening to Stephen Nolan on 5 live last night and he was interviewing some communications director from William Hill. The bloke's whole attitude to was this issue was that it's all about personal responsibility and that they have safeguards on their FOBTs. These supposed safeguards are that when using the machines the player is given an option to self impose a stake limit (which problem gamblers will not do). Nolan also asked him how much a player would be allowed to spend before staff are trained to intervene and the bloke would not answer him.
The bloke said that if the stake limit is reduced to £2 it will mean that they will have to close branches and withdraw sponsorship at major sporting events. So what?
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I was listening to Stephen Nolan on 5 live last night and he was interviewing some communications director from William Hill. The bloke's whole attitude to was this issue was that it's all about personal responsibility and that they have safeguards on their FOBTs. These supposed safeguards are that when using the machines the player is given an option to self impose a stake limit (which problem gamblers will not do). Nolan also asked him how much a player would be allowed to spend before staff are trained to intervene and the bloke would not answer him.
The bloke said that if the stake limit is reduced to £2 it will mean that they will have to close branches and withdraw sponsorship at major sporting events. So what?
Views?