Carolyn Harris MP and Ian Duncan Smith MP have written on behalf of the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals APPG to Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to raise a number of points that emerged from a meeting between the APPG and Gambling Commission.

In particular the FOBT APPG wishes to highlight that the Gambling Commission have confirmed that their advice to the department recommended that the stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals be reduced to £30 or less and that they in no way oppose a £2 stake on FOBTs, despite misleading claims in the media.