Rebecca Pow to oversee UK gambling industry

07/31/19

The MP Rebecca Pow has been appointed to oversee the horse racing and gambling industry in the UK.

UK.- Rebecca Pow is the new authority in charge of overseeing the horse racing and gambling industry in the UK. The MP was reappointed as the parliamentary under-secretary of state for arts, heritage and tourism at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

The MP’s role will also include gambling, lotteries and horse racing. Her appointment comes after last week’s Cabinet reshuffle following Boris Johnson’s appointment. This isn’t the first time that the Sports Ministry is not in charge of gambling in the territory. Under David Cameron’s coalition government, the overall responsibility for those sectors moved to the former minister four tourism and heritage john Penrose, while the sports minister worked on the 2012 Olympics.

Pow said that she is happy that the Prime Minister has reappointed her as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for arts, heritage and tourism. “All of these areas are important in the Brexit landscape. I’m looking forward to continuing in this role. Although, as ever, representing the people of Taunton Deane will remain my top priority,” she added.

While the DCMS is currently in a transition period, it will eventually oversee the regulatory development, implementation and oversight of the gambling regulations from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC).

Taunton managing director Bob Young added: “Our local MP comes with their family to the Christmas meeting every year. As long as she has been MP she has been every year to our Christmas meeting and presented a prize. She is very pro-racing.”

UKGC to review bookmakers’ licences

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revealed that seven bookmakers are currently under review. The bookmakers could lose their licences after they allowed a 16-year-old to place bets.

The gambling regulator from the UK said that officers from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, supported by the Gambling Commission and Trading Standards, conducted last month the Age Verification test purchasing at Royal Ascot.

Out of the 17 operators tested, seven allowed a 16-year-old to place a £5 bet. Because of this failing, the bookmakers are now facing regulatory action from the UKGC and could lose their licences.