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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Emily Dugan

Betting industry will ‘keep back funds from gambling harm charity’

A person playing a fixed-odds roulette machine in a bookmakers
The gambling industry pays a voluntary levy to fund research, education and treatment. Photograph: Islandstock/Alamy

The betting industry has threatened to redirect a quarter of the funds expected to go to a charity tackling harms caused by gambling, the Guardian understands.

The four largest members of the Betting and Gaming Council have in the past pledged to use GambleAware as the main commissioner of any money it gave to tackle problems caused by its activities.

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