Gordon Brown to rethink gambling legislation act

 

Prime Minister Gordon Brown will soon ditch plans that would allow gambling companies to advertise on television and radio, according to reports from the UK's Times newspaper. The change of policy was indicated by new culture secretary James Purnell, who, responding to comments from Church leaders and opposition groups which argued that gambling advertising would lead to a rise in problem gambling, said that there would be a 'thorough review of all the evidence'. 

"I will be going through methodically to see if the concerns are legitimate," Purnell said, adding that he would be reviewing the full range of proposed gambling legislation. According to the Times newspaper, Purnell has the authority of the Prime Minister to ditch the plans.

He also defended Brown's decision to look again at supercasinos, commenting: "I think you have to have an effective regulatory structure and I wanted to look at the concerns that people had expressed and go through the act methodically to make sure that we had good answers to those worries."

The new proposal would see an abrupt change to the advertising rules that govern gambling, this could have an adverse effect on many gambling companies.  In our opinion it is probably best to wait and see before jumping on the political bandwagon as we are all aware this is just speculation at the moment.