Stop concentration of betting shops on high streets, say local authorities

Move against ‘unregulated casino-style gambling’ comes from 93 boroughs, with call to reduce stakes on fixed-odds terminals

More than a quarter of all local authorities in England have joined forces to use the coalition’s “localism” legislation to block the clustering of betting shops on high streets that offer “unregulated casino-style gambling”.

Ninety-three local authorities – spanning Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem control – have demanded, under the Sustainable Communities act, that ministers consider reducing the maximum stakes on betting shop gaming machines, also known as fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), from £100 a spin to £2.

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