If the parliamentary rumour mill spins true, we may soon be doing more than simply dreaming of a white paper.
Three years after the Gambling Act review was first announced and two years on from the call for evidence, the government’s proposals for market reform are understood to be close.
That we are approaching the beginning of the end (or the end of the beginning) of this drawn-out process ought to be a source of relief for jaded participants.
What is less positive is the suggestion that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is charting a legislation-light course, with responsibility for implementation devolved in large part to the Gambling Commission – an organisation that has come under repeated fire where competence and integrity are concerned.
