Submitted on Saturday 30th December 2017
Rejected on Thursday 4th January 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Reanalyse the online gambling industry and provide help for gambling addicts
The government need to reanalyse the online gambling industry rather than just the FOBT in bookmakers. The government receive in excess of 1 billion a month from UK casinos in tax. The money paid to charity's to help gambling addicts recover is well under budgeted and the charity's cannot cope.
Gambling addiction is now the highest suicide rate. More needs to be done and offer extra help to those who need it. The self exclusion scheme which is offered does not work. Gambling advertisements are everywhere which entices vulnerable and recovering addicts back in. There are so many casino sites out there who use different gambling licenses, however are linked. This is so a gambling addiction can sign up to another sister site and the self exclusion doesn't apply. The casino wins again.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you're concerned about the support available for people who are addicted to gambling, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure what you mean by "Reanalyse the online gambling industry" and we're not sure exactly what support you'd like the Government to offer.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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