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Casinos: Betting

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 3 April 2025UIN 41778

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the decision to allow sports betting in all casinos.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock

The Department has considered the available evidence and a full impact assessment will be published for the measure which allows casinos to site up to 80 gaming machines. The Government’s Better Regulation Framework classifies the sports betting measure as a de minimis measure, and therefore a de minimis assessment will be completed for this measure, although this won’t be published.

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