Chair comments on Gambling Act Review
8 December 2020
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chair Julian Knight has issued this comment in response to the Government’s Gambling Act Review.
“We know that gamblers take their chances in a world increasingly dominated by online, pitting themselves against sophisticated algorithms and increasingly, artificial intelligence.
“The Government has an opportunity to re-balance these odds. We want to see greater transparency in how algorithms are used in marketing to promote gambling, we need fairness in bet exchanges. Crucially, robust age-verification must be brought in to keep children off age-restricted platforms and games.
“The predecessor DCMS Committee called for loot boxes to be regulated under the Gambling Act – we wait to see how Ministers intend to curb the menace they pose.”
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