Gaming Machines Debate
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Lord Smith of Hindhead
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Gaming Machines
Lord Smith of Hindhead Excerpts(6 years, 7 months ago)
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Lord Smith of Hindhead (Con)
My Lords, will the Minister update the House about what the Government are doing to make online gambling safer for consumers, particularly in relation to operators based outside of the UK with British customers?
Lord Ashton of Hyde
Online gambling was brought under the regulatory regime in 2014. One of the main ways of dealing with this is to approach the payment providers. If an unlicensed gambling operator is not obeying the regulations, they will be prevented from operating with the payment providers. There is not much point in them operating if they cannot get paid.