Representatives of the racing and betting industries have been told that “nobody is going to get everything they want” from the government’s gambling review white paper when it is finally published.
However, Paul Scully, the minister with responsibility for both racing and gambling at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), said his door would always be open and he wanted both sectors to thrive.
Scully was speaking at a House of Commons reception on Monday evening jointly organised by the Betting and Gaming Council, BHA, Racecourse Association and Thoroughbred Group and which was attended by leading racing industry figures as well as politicians including foreign secretary James Cleverly and former health secretary Matt Hancock.
