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- 250-620 deaths each year in the UK are linked to gambling
- Scottish MP calls for gambling companies to take action against problem gambling
- 140m could be brought in each year with 1% statutory levy aimed at gambling companies
A Scottish National Party MP has written an article in the press, in which he says that the damage being done to gamblers by gambling companies is tantamount to gross negligence.
Damage done to gamblers
Ronnie Cowan, MP forInverclyde and vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on fixed odds betting terminals, wrote his article in Politics Home ahead of his debate today on gambling-related harm at Westminister Hall.
Talking about drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, Cowan stated that people know the…
Read the full article at: https://www.vegasslotsonline.com/news/2019/03/20/mp-damage-gambling-firms-cause-tantamount-gross-negligence/