Rank prospects

25 April 2017 By Dominic Elliott

The UK gambling industry faces a new wave of regulatory costs that favour bulking up, like in banking after 2008. A few big betting firms will probably emerge, with a long tail of me-too mass-market players. Online savvy should keep smallish peers Sky Bet and 888 in the hunt.

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William Hill's second fold raises the ante

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Britain should drastically reduce the amount of money gamblers can stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to tackle addiction and associated crime, a group of MPs said on Dec. 8.

The maximum stake should be reduced from 100 pounds to only 2 pounds, they said, and the government should also consider slowing the speed of spin on the machines to reduce the amount wagered in a session.

However, the results of a triennial review of the gambling industry could now be delayed until after the UK's June 8 general election, the Racing Post reported on April 20.

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