Calls to ban free bets as a bookies’ promotional tool have received an emphatic thumbs down from Britain’s punters.
The government is due to publish its white paper, set to bring the biggest raft of reforms to be betting industry since the Gambling Act of 2005, within weeks.
Anti-gambling campaigners have called for the scrapping, or severe restriction, of promotions such as the William Hill £2 shop bet – free with the Daily Mirror during this week’s Cheltenham Festival.
