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07/04/2019

Today William Hill have announced they are closing 700 betting shops, causing a loss of over 4500 jobs. You can listen to me talking about this on talkRADIO from 12.30pm, BBC News at 1.45pm, BBC News at 6 & 10, Sky News at 7.30pm tonight and across your local news bulletins every hour. And for my Sheffield locals, on BBC Radio Sheffield at 5.15pm.

‘This move was long in coming for the betting industry who failed to protect addicts and clean up their act in time. Betting machines on the high street have caused untold misery and now punters will make their move into the growing area of online betting.

For the industry to remain sustainable the online firms need to implement their own spend checking and affordability limits online quickly to prevent a similar crackdown.

These jobs were inevitably going to go and at least represent a decline in the misery of betting on the high street. Perhaps William Hill can deploy its staff into treating addicts and supporting those who are vulnerable across their other betting outlets.’

The firm blames the move on the government slashing the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals.

07/02/2019

The UK’s biggest betting firms have come together and proposed to invest a further £60m in supporting gambling addicts. I’ll be debating this massive move tonight at 6.30pm on Channel 5 News. Tune in!

Plan to help problem gamblers would raise funds sixfold to £60m a year but some critics dismiss offer

06/24/2019

I’ll be on Heart & Capital from 4-7pm today discussing gambling and public health, with a special feature at 6.45pm. You can also hear me and my dad discussing this on LBC at 2pm this afternoon -

A tax on betting companies to pay for the treatment of gambling addicts appears to be moving closer after the head of the NHS said that a voluntary industry levy was not raising enough money. Simon...