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[sports betting](https://sabiile.com/read-blog/2114_best-u-s-sports-betting-sites-amp-sportsbooks-for-2024.html) Minister Tracey [Crouch resigns](https://munidigital.iie.cl/wiki/index.php?title=Usuario:AngelesGoodfello) over ['hold-up'](https://www.sportpassionhub.com/read-blog/1465_sports-minister-tracey-crouch-resigns-over-039-delay-039-to-betting-crackdown.html) to [sports betting](https://social.myschoolfriend.ng/read-blog/40775_online-betting-firms-gamble-on-soccer-mad-nigeria.html) crackdown
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[sports betting](https://uptoscreen.com/read-blog/74203_sports-minister-tracey-crouch-resigns-over-039-hold-up-039-to-betting-crackdown.html) minister Tracey Crouch has resigned over "delays" to a crackdown on maximum stakes for [fixed-odds wagering](https://personal.spaces.one/read-blog/3098_sweepstakes-casino-controversy-and-celebrities-039-all-important-role.html) machines.
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[Chancellor Philip](https://www.tobeop.com/sport-betting-industry-wants-to-protect-itself/) [Hammond stated](https://infinirealm.com/read-blog/8252_sport-betting-industry-looks-to-protect-itself.html) in [Monday's](https://aijoining.com/read-blog/201_how-much-are-americans-spending-on-sports-betting.html) Budget that the cut in stakes from ₤ 100 to ₤ 2 would enter into force in October 2019.
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Ms Crouch stated pressing back the date was "unjustifiable" and it could cost the lives of problem gamblers.
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She tweeted: "Politicians reoccur but concepts remain with us permanently."
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Prime Minister Theresa May said she was disappointed Ms Crouch had [resigned](https://friendspo.com/read-blog/28362_sports-minister-tracey-crouch-resigns-over-039-hold-up-039-to-betting-crackdown.html) however there had actually been "no hold-up in advancing this crucial procedure".
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High stakes for fixed-odds wagering machines
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' I lost ₤ 250,000 on wagering machines'
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[sports betting](https://www.proathletediscuss.com/read-blog/411_the-history-of-the-nfl-and-how-to-bet-on-it.html) machine stakes to be cut to ₤ 2
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The federal government has [rejected](https://maxmeet.ru/read-blog/66_best-u-s-sports-betting-sites-amp-sportsbooks-for-2024) [Labour claims](https://wiki.snooze-hotelsoftware.de/index.php?title=Benutzer:Ola81K63696156) that MPs had been led to believe the cut would enter force at the start of the next tax year, in April 2019. They suggested the cut had been intended to be [introduced](https://social.japrime.id/read-blog/23402_how-fantasy-betting-app-development-companies-and-sports-developers.html) in April 2020.
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But in her resignation letter, Ms Crouch said: "Unfortunately, application of these changes are now being delayed up until October 2019 due to dedications made by others to those with registered interests.
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"From the time of the announcement to decrease stakes and its implementation, over ₤ 1.6 bn will be lost on these devices.
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"In addition, two individuals will tragically take their lives every day due to gambling-related issues and, for that reason as much as any other, I believe this hold-up is unjustifiable."
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She included: "It is a truth of government that ministers must adhere to cumulative obligation and can not disagree with policy, let alone when it is policy made against your dreams relating to your own portfolio."
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'God bless'
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Among those praising her on social networks, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby tweeted, external that she was "principled and brave" adding: "May God bless her commitment to doing right."
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Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson tweeted, external that she "deserves big credit not just for her campaign but for sticking up for her concepts".
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Fixed-odds [sports betting](https://gayplatform.de/read-blog/3342_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) terminals produce ₤ 1.8 bn in [revenue](http://video.firstkick.live/read-blog/4637_tennessee-sports-betting-top-4-legal-betting-sites-in-2024.html) a year for the [wagering](https://infinirealm.com/read-blog/8263_things-you-need-to-know-about-rafting-adventures.html) market, according to the [Gambling](http://experienciacortazar.com.ar/wiki/index.php?title=Usuario:BrigetteTrost9) Commission, external, and taxes of ₤ 400m for the federal government.
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Currently, individuals can bet approximately ₤ 100 every 20 seconds on electronic gambling establishment video games such as roulette. [Anti-gambling advocates](https://fishtanklive.wiki/User:KZWAlejandro) state the makers let gamers lose money too quickly, causing addiction and social, psychological and [financial issues](https://www.proathletediscuss.com/read-blog/420_the-ins-and-outs-of-betting-on-the-nfl-draft.html).
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But bookies have actually cautioned the cut in stakes might result in thousands of outlets closing.
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In her [reaction](https://redmonde.es/read-blog/112_uk-betting-firms-gamble-on-us-after-sports-wager-ruling.html) to Ms Crouch, the PM stated the federal government had actually listened to those who wanted the changes to come into result earlier than April 2020 and "had actually agreed that the modifications must remain in place within the year - by October 2019".
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In his Budget on Monday, the chancellor stated the modification to fixed-odds stakes would come into force next October at the same time as changes to task charged on based abroad but running in the UK.
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The government says co-ordinating the date of the two modifications would suggest the federal government would not be struck by a fall in tax revenue.
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Who is Tracey Crouch?
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The 43-year-old MP has actually represented [Chatham](https://uconnect.ae/read-blog/170805_online-betting-firms-gamble-on-soccer-mad-nigeria.html) and Aylesford, in Kent, given that 2010
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She was [promoted](https://twoplustwoequal.com/read-blog/58986_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) to the front bench as [sports betting](https://blablasell.com/read-blog/11964_how-are-betting-odds-calculated.html) minister in 2015
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She is understood for her opposition to fox hunting and her love of football - she is a certified FA coach
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Grade school informed at Folkestone School for Girls, she went on to get a degree in law and politics from Hull University
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She had worked for numerous Tory MPs, consisting of Michael Howard and David Davis before meaning election
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She had her first kid in 2016 and is believed to have actually been the very first Tory minister to take maternity leave
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But in the Commons on Thursday, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson implicated the government of "capitulating to the [sports betting](https://blkbook.blactive.com/read-blog/2313_best-u-s-sports-betting-sites-amp-sportsbooks-for-2024.html) industry".
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He praised Ms Crouch's "brave and principled choice" and [stated Culture](https://pittsburghpenguinsclub.com/read-blog/11546_uk-betting-firms-gamble-on-united-states-after-sports-wager-ruling.html) Secretary Jeremy Wright "should be completely embarrassed" of prioritising "business interests over victims, profits over public health and greed over great".
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MPs from all sides of your home took part his criticism. Former Tory leader Iain [Duncan Smith](https://cheere.org/read-blog/36261_tennessee-sports-betting-top-4-legal-betting-sites-in-2024.html) said it should be talked about as part of the Finance Bill later this month.
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Week ahead in Parliament: The Finance Bill
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He informed the BBC: "There are a lot of people whose lives have been damaged by this dependency ... We need to do this extremely rapidly, as quickly as we can and in the meantime, the [sports betting](https://embargo.energy/index.php/User:WiltonVennard9) industry will make about ₤ 1bn as a result of this hold-up. That's wrong."
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Labour has informed the BBC that they will put down an amendment to the Finance Bill to try and bring in the changes next April.
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