Key Takeaways
- The focus of the report is on its recommendations over the controversial fixed-odds betting terminals.
- The new report has “identified a number of areas [...] to improve the protections in place for consumers” in online gambling.
- A review of consumer fund protection is recommended—the current requirement that operators must publish what level of protection they afford consumers has had “limited apparent impact on consumer behavior.”.
The UK gambling regulator has recommended significant new consumer protection mechanisms over the regulated online gambling industry in a wide-ranging review of the gambling market in the UK.
The focus of the report is on its recommendations over the controversial fixed-odds betting terminals. However, the review explores many other parts of the regulated market, and online gaming comes under particular scrutiny.
