In a wide-ranging speech delivered at the International Association of Gambling Regulators, Gambling Commission chief Andrew Rhodes led a blistering attack on the critics of affordability checks.
Rhodes highlighted the controversy in certain sections of the press around the government’s approach to gambling reform, in particular financial risk checks, often dubbed affordability checks.
This measure is widely considered to be among the most controversial in the government’s gambling white paper and has been subject to a great deal of criticism in the media.
The Commission’s head said that misunderstandings around the checks have resulted from the complexities of the issues involved.
