Alex Ballinger, Labour MP for Halesowen, has called for work to begin on a new Gambling Act.
Speaking at an SMF Panel on machine games duty (MGD) and social harms, Ballinger suggested that, in his capacity as co-chair of the APPG for Gambling Reform: “We would like to look in the medium term for a new Gambling Act to recognise the complete change that we’ve seen in the types of gambling, the new forms of online gambling and the like.”
The politician appeared at the presentation on 30 June to lend his support to the SMF’s new policy paper calling for a doubling of machine gaming duty to 40%.
