Overview

• The Treasury’s Remote Betting and Gaming Duty consultation closed on July 21 and its responses will be reviewed over the summer under Cabinet Office guidance.
• A summary report for ministers is due by mid-October with final duty rates expected to be announced in the autumn budget.
• The British Horseracing Authority has ramped up its “Axe The Racing Tax” campaign to press for an exemption from the proposed duty hike.
• Flutter UKI warns that doubling gaming duty could cost the industry about £1 billion and put tens of thousands of betting and gaming jobs at risk.
• Industry figures caution that higher regulated-gambling taxes would drive customers toward unlicensed black-market operators lacking oversight or consumer protection.