Paddy Power wants to “steal everyone else’s business” after being granted a licence for its third Liverpool shop despite concerns around the impact on vulnerable people.
The Irish bookmaker’s parent company, Power Leisure Bookmakers Limited, has won its bid to open a location on Broadway, Norris Green, amid worries being raised about how a third betting shop in the area could impact residents. Representations had been made to Liverpool Council ’s licensing and gambling sub-committee by business owners and councillors objecting to the proposals, but Paddy Power officials have said they hope to run a “community led” operation.
Nindi Dhanjal, Paddy Power’s regional acquisition and licensing manager, told the three-member committee at Liverpool Town Hall that he had a “vested interest” in the safety of the customers who would use the shop as it would be “his neck on the line” to uphold policy and procedures. Explaining why the bookmaker was seeking to open in Norris Green Mr Dhanjal said: “There’s a good model there, we want some of it.”
