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| There are 8,532 betting shops and 183,928 gambling machines in the UK. Photograph: Daniel Hambury/PA |
Betting firms face a crackdown on breaches of advertising rules and consumer law in a drive to ensure fairer treatment for gamblers.
From October the Gambling Commission will have powers to impose unlimited fines for promotional campaigns that appeal to children or glamorise gambling.
The watchdog will also introduce an eight-week deadline for operators to resolve complaints with customers. It said the changes would make it quicker and easier to take action over breaches such as misleading promotions and bonus offers or unreasonable restrictions on withdrawals of winnings.
Britons gambled £13.9bn between October 2016 and September 2017, the most recent period for which figures are available. More than 100,000 people are employed across the industry and there are 8,532 betting shops, 649 bingo halls, 152 casinos and 183,928 gambling machines.
Full story at Yahoo News.
By Damien Gayle and agency.
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