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'Sleepwalking into a disaster' - government and Gambling Commission decline to answer Racing Post questions on affordability

'Sleepwalking into a disaster' - government and Gambling Commission decline to answer Racing Post questions on affordability

'It should ring alarm bells' - illegal black market operators on track to overtake regulated firms for UK gambling spend, new research warns

'It should ring alarm bells' - illegal black market operators on track to overtake regulated firms for UK gambling spend, new research warns

Affordability check results cannot be trusted, Gambling Commission told, as it moves closer to decision on controversial scheme

Affordability check results cannot be trusted, Gambling Commission told, as it moves closer to decision on controversial scheme

Explainer: what is the latest on affordability checks and how might they fuel the black market?

Explainer: what is the latest on affordability checks and how might they fuel the black market?

Black market bookies took bets from accounts registered in names of top jockeys . . . and Constitution Hill, expose reveals

Black market bookies took bets from accounts registered in names of top jockeys . . . and Constitution Hill, expose reveals

'Black market bookmakers work on word of mouth and they're difficult to stop - which is why affordability checks need to be eased off'

'Black market bookmakers work on word of mouth and they're difficult to stop - which is why affordability checks need to be eased off'

What an £840,000 court case brought by a black-market bookie tells us about today's dysfunctional betting landscape

What an £840,000 court case brought by a black-market bookie tells us about today's dysfunctional betting landscape

The government has had plenty of kind words for British racing - but actions speak louder

The government has had plenty of kind words for British racing - but actions speak louder

For Keir Starmer's government, affordability checks are bad policy but also bad politics - the time has come to see that and act

For Keir Starmer's government, affordability checks are bad policy but also bad politics - the time has come to see that and act

Lee Mottershead

Affordability checks, the levy and tax - how government policy and gambling regulation have hit racing's finances

Affordability checks, the levy and tax - how government policy and gambling regulation have hit racing's finances

Special reports

We asked 10,000 punters about affordability checks and the black market. What you told us is alarming

We asked 10,000 punters about affordability checks and the black market. What you told us is alarming

The Big Punting Survey

How the white paper miscalculated the impact of affordability checks on racing

How the white paper miscalculated the impact of affordability checks on racing

The Affordability Files

'The elephant in the room' - are frictionless affordability checks a flight of fantasy?

'The elephant in the room' - are frictionless affordability checks a flight of fantasy?

The Affordability Files

'By the time our punters get to the third race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, we'll be asking them for their P60s'

'By the time our punters get to the third race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, we'll be asking them for their P60s'

The Affordability Files

The Big Punting Survey: one in six have already been hit with affordability checks

The Big Punting Survey: one in six have already been hit with affordability checks

Gambling review

'Sleepwalking into a disaster' - government and Gambling Commission decline to answer Racing Post questions on affordability

'Sleepwalking into a disaster' - government and Gambling Commission decline to answer Racing Post questions on affordability

'It should ring alarm bells' - illegal black market operators on track to overtake regulated firms for UK gambling spend, new research warns

'It should ring alarm bells' - illegal black market operators on track to overtake regulated firms for UK gambling spend, new research warns

Affordability check results cannot be trusted, Gambling Commission told, as it moves closer to decision on controversial scheme

Affordability check results cannot be trusted, Gambling Commission told, as it moves closer to decision on controversial scheme

Explainer: what is the latest on affordability checks and how might they fuel the black market?

Explainer: what is the latest on affordability checks and how might they fuel the black market?

Black market bookies took bets from accounts registered in names of top jockeys . . . and Constitution Hill, expose reveals

Black market bookies took bets from accounts registered in names of top jockeys . . . and Constitution Hill, expose reveals

'Black market bookmakers work on word of mouth and they're difficult to stop - which is why affordability checks need to be eased off'

'Black market bookmakers work on word of mouth and they're difficult to stop - which is why affordability checks need to be eased off'

What an £840,000 court case brought by a black-market bookie tells us about today's dysfunctional betting landscape

What an £840,000 court case brought by a black-market bookie tells us about today's dysfunctional betting landscape

The government has had plenty of kind words for British racing - but actions speak louder

The government has had plenty of kind words for British racing - but actions speak louder

For Keir Starmer's government, affordability checks are bad policy but also bad politics - the time has come to see that and act

For Keir Starmer's government, affordability checks are bad policy but also bad politics - the time has come to see that and act

Lee Mottershead

Affordability checks, the levy and tax - how government policy and gambling regulation have hit racing's finances

Affordability checks, the levy and tax - how government policy and gambling regulation have hit racing's finances

Special reports

We asked 10,000 punters about affordability checks and the black market. What you told us is alarming

We asked 10,000 punters about affordability checks and the black market. What you told us is alarming

The Big Punting Survey

How the white paper miscalculated the impact of affordability checks on racing

How the white paper miscalculated the impact of affordability checks on racing

The Affordability Files

'The elephant in the room' - are frictionless affordability checks a flight of fantasy?

'The elephant in the room' - are frictionless affordability checks a flight of fantasy?

The Affordability Files

'By the time our punters get to the third race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, we'll be asking them for their P60s'

'By the time our punters get to the third race on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival, we'll be asking them for their P60s'

The Affordability Files

The Big Punting Survey: one in six have already been hit with affordability checks

The Big Punting Survey: one in six have already been hit with affordability checks

Gambling review