The racing industry’s concerns over the impact of affordability checks on the sport’s finances have been re-raised by a group of eight stakeholders, who have written to the government.
Affordability checks proved to be one of the most contentious issues of the two year Gambling Act review. Advocates argued that measures were essential were customer protection, whilst critics – with many from racing – argued such measures would infringe individual privacy and impact sports finances.
Ultimately, the government’s White Paper on the review would propose ‘finance risk checks’, setting out thresholds as to when these should be implemented. Finance risk checks had previously been outlined by former Gambling Minister Paul Scully as the likely answer to affordability checks in the review.
