WEEKLY FEATURE: UK FOBT Change Set For April

The UK government, faced with growing opposition in parliament and the resignation of Sport Minister Tracey Crouch (l.) has agreed to move up a cut in the maximum stake allowed on FOBTS to April. More than 100 conservative MPs revolted when the government first announced that the cuts would be made in October, rather than the widely reported date of April. The MPs had threatened to attach amendments to the government’s budget bill to force the cuts to be moved up or possibly send the bill to defeat.