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Bookmakers Pull Brand-new Games After Gambling Commission Warning<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bookmakers pull new games after Gambling Commission alerting<\/p>\n

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2 April 2019<\/p>\n

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Two leading UK bookies have pulled brand-new high stakes betting<\/a> games after a warning from the .<\/p>\n

Paddy Power and Betfred dealt with criticism their roulette-style video games weakened new guidelines<\/a> on fixed-odds betting.<\/p>\n

The maximum stake on fixed-odds betting<\/a> terminals was this week cut from \u20a4 100 to \u20a4 2, and the regulator alerted against any efforts to circumvent the rules.<\/p>\n

Betfred said it wanted more talks with the commission, while Paddy Power stated its video game was just a restricted trial.<\/p>\n

The \u20a4 2 cap on fixed-odds wagering terminals<\/a> (FOBTs) was suggested<\/a> by the Gambling Commission in March last year and is backed by the federal government as part of efforts to minimize gambling-related damage.<\/p>\n

The Betfred video game included<\/a> 2 cyclists on a screen in stores racing on a velodrome track with numbers on it. When the cyclist at the rear catches the one in front, the number they are on is the winning number.<\/p>\n

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The numbers are 1 to 36, mirroring<\/a> those on a roulette wheel, and other bets can be placed on odd or even numbers, colours, rows and columns. Customers might wager up to \u20a4 500.<\/p>\n

Paddy Power’s<\/a> game, with a maximum stake of \u20a4 100 – the level before this week’s FOBT rule-change – also involved betting on numbers in between 1 and 36.<\/p>\n

A Paddy Power spokesperson stated: “This video game was introduced as part of a brief trial in a selection of shops. The trial was stopped within 24 hr of beginning and this item will not be launched across our estate.”<\/p>\n

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Ahead of the commission’s intervention, both companies drew fire from critics. Shadow culture minister<\/a> Tom Watson described them as “FOBTs through the back entrance”.<\/p>\n

Tracey Crouch MP, who resigned as sports minister over the hold-up in cutting FOBT stakes, said any effort circumvent this week’s modifications to the optimal<\/a> stakes “would be ethically reckless”.<\/p>\n

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In a statement on Tuesday, Richard Watson, executive director for enforcement<\/a> at the commission, stated: “We have been definitely clear with operators about our expectations to act properly following the stake cut execution this week.<\/p>\n

“We have actually told operators<\/a> to remove new items which undermine the changes, and we will investigate<\/a> any other items that are not within the spirit and intent of the yohaig code<\/a> new guidelines<\/a>.”He stated that a 3rd bookie that was poised to introduce a comparable product to those at Paddy Power and Betfred had actually been alerted against doing so.<\/p>\n

A Betfred spokesman said: “We got rid of the virtual cycling video game<\/a> and all associated marketing at 10.30 am today after conversations with the Gambling Commission.”<\/p>\n

Bookmakers cautioned over fixed-odds stake cut<\/p>\n

30 March 2019<\/p>\n

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Most pubs ‘do not stop children betting’<\/p>\n

15 November 2018<\/p>\n

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