HIT: Health Information Technology? Wanna bet...?
HIT on Vulnerable individuals
What do these words mean to you -
'Fixed'
'Odds'
'Betting'
'Terminals' ?
'Cognitive access'
Children
Gambling advertising in football
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FIXED ODDS BETTING TERMINALS
Stakes £50 or £30 or £20 or £2
£300 per minute
Physical access
HIT - the button yet again... "... not a single fixed odds betting terminal among the 35,000 or so in Britain which has ever had a losing week" Guardian |
HIT on Relationships and Families
Breakdown
Loss of Social Capital:
Crime
Job-loss
'Civil Society'
"A Government gets the
citizenry it legislates for"?
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12-Week Public consultation
HIT to the gambling industry
60,000 jobs
Staff training & awareness
£1.8 billion market
HIT on Tax £700 million
Tracey Crouch MP Gambling Minister
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Source: Various