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    Labour ist bereit, eine Abgabe von 100 Millionen Pfund auf Glücksspielunternehmen anzukündigen


    Labour ist bereit, eine Abgabe von 100 Millionen Pfund auf Glücksspielunternehmen anzukündigen

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/25/labour-poised-announce-ratify-100m-gambling-levy-addiction-charity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

    Von Beneficial-Mud7753

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    16 Comments

    1. Beneficial-Mud7753 on

      This is excellent news.
      I don’t believe landbased operators should pay less though. They see the damage they cause in real time, to real people. They’re just as bad, and all gambling operators should pay for the harm they cause.

    2. evolveandprosper on

      They need to add another zero to that figure – £100m is chicken-feed to the gambling industry.

    3. polymath_uk on

      In other news, gambling companies cut prizes to pay for Labour’s new levy. 

    4. winkwinknudge_nudge on

      Total gross gambling yield was £15b last year according to the Gambling Commission.

    5. PrestigiousGlove585 on

      That’s 1 percent of the money paid to the gambling industry in the last 12 months in bets. That’s pathetic. That’s a sweetener from the industry that was threatened with tax increases worth nearly 1 billion a year before the government backed out. These figures are based on companies that make excellent use of every available loophole to pay as little tax as possible compared to the profits they are making.

      https://igamingbusiness.com/legal-compliance/uk-budget-no-gambling-tax-hike/

    6. JC_snooker on

      Most people are using websites based in god knows what country. I don’t think labour will do much there.

    8. 0ttoChriek on

      While you’re at it, ban them from advertising. Especially advertising like they offer the most fun activity you can possibly have.

    9. Downtown_Letter_9853 on

      About time. Why only £100m, all profits should be taken. Drive the industry out.

    10. tebbus on

      I think we can all agree this is one thing that the government can and should tax to the moon.

    11. Nice-Substance-gogo on

      Whole new act needed. Gambling ads everywhere especially online with no controls. Must sticker limits and controls on industry needed. Hidden epidemic.

    13. Agreeable_Falcon1044 on

      Excellent news and cancel that silly petition now. Strike one up for the good guys. These predators are feeding on the vulnerable and destroying communities.

      Pay pay

    14. opalfruit91 on

      They should tax them hard on advertising too or ban it outright. Every other ad on YouTube is from some betting company and there’s loads of them. it’s no wonder people get addicted, It’s literally being shoved down their throats, pay £10 get £30 free ect ect.

      And yes I know adblocks exist but they don’t always work and the sort people who get suckered in by this shit aren’t usually very computer literate

    16. pjs-1987 on

      I completely understand the desire to hammer these reprobates out of existence, but hear me out.

      I remember over the summer hearing about the ‘scandal’ of staff at 10 Downing Street placing bets on the date of the next election and didn’t quite understand the fuss. It was the first time I’d ever felt sympathy for a Tory. They knew something the bookies didn’t, and they monetised it without anyone innocent losing out. As far as I was concerned, it was the bookies’ fault for offering odds on something that someone would obviously be aware of before them at some point. They knew this and took the risk anyway.

      So allow gambling, but deregulate it to the point that cheating is effectively legal.

      Premier League footballer wants to bet on the time of the first throw in, then proceeds to hoof it into the stand from kick-off? Enjoy your winning big lad.

      Card counter wants to rinse a casino for all they have? Fill your boots rain man.

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