Thursday’s publication of the UK government’s plans to reform the governance of English football has cleared the decks for ministers to proceed with the gambling review white paper, but the pressure is on for it to be published before the Easter recess at the end of March.
The leadership of both British racing and the betting industry are desperate for clarity on the government’s proposals for gambling reform, especially over the issue of affordability checks which the sport estimates is already costing it tens of millions of pounds in revenue.
The government’s gambling review was launched in December 2020 with the promise of making regulation “fit for the digital age” but it has been the subject of repeated delays ever since.
