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Affordability Checks

'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

BHA chief calls on government to halt affordability checks after ministers rule out levy reform

BHA chief calls on government to halt affordability checks after ministers rule out levy reform

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

'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

BHA chief calls on government to halt affordability checks after ministers rule out levy reform

BHA chief calls on government to halt affordability checks after ministers rule out levy reform

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