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Trade body Business in Sport and Leisure has urged the government and the Gambling Commission to return to the old practice of reviewing the gaming sector every three years. In its submission to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s inquiry into gambling and the Gambling Act 2005, BISL said the Triennial Review allowed evidence-based policy-making, and that it was unclear why it had been abandoned.
“Machines have often been made the scapegoat in terms of political discord and action despite there being no evidence of them causing a disproportionate amount of harm,” said chief executive Dominic Harrison (pictured).
“The recent treatment of gaming machines in terms of legislation, regulation and scrutiny by the Gambling Commission and the government has rarely been evidence-based, has occasionally been ill-considered and, ultimately, has proved highly damaging commercially to relevant sectors, including bingo clubs and snooker clubs,” he added.
For example, Harrison said, “the removal of Section 16- and Section 21-type products [from arcades and bingo halls] was not evidence-based, and had a significant impact on commercial venues”.
