Fixed Odds Betting Terminals — [Sir Alan Meale in the Chair]

Part of Backbench Business – in Westminster Hall at 10:09 am on 26 April 2016.

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Photo of Graham Jones Graham Jones Labour, Hyndburn 10:09, 26 April 2016

The hon. Gentleman seems to be making a principled argument that we should not even have a £100 limit on FOBTs. He is asking why we should we have that—if someone can bet £1,000, or £10,000, on a horse race, or can walk into a casino and put x amount on whatever, what is the point in having a £100 maximum stake on a FOBT? Clearly, his argument is to remove the maximum stake and for people to have the freedom to stake as much as they want.