The Gambling Commission meets local communities
News item
Date: 24
February 2010
In the fifth of a series of open events in various locations
across England and Wales, the Gambling Commission is coming to
Plymouth this week:
When: Tuesday 2 March, from 9.45am – 3.30pm
Where: Novotel, Marsh Mills, Plymouth
The events are part of a nationwide outreach programme to give
smaller gambling businesses the chance to meet the Commission and
discuss industry issues.
Key individuals from the Commission will be
present and available for media interviews, including the Director
of Regulation, Nick Tofiluk and Mike Williams the Head of
Enforcement & Regional Compliance. The Commission’s local
compliance managers will also be present, and more than 20 small
businesses from Plymouth and the South West are expected to
attend.
After consulting operators, the Commission has
drawn up an agenda to cover a broad range of issues, including fees
and keeping children out. Time has been allocated to discuss
issues about arcades and bookmakers, and the Commission welcomes
suggestions from operators for further
topics.
More than 150 smaller gambling operators have
attended similar events in Bolton, Lancaster, Cardiff and Chester
in recent weeks and a further ten meetings are planned across
Britain over the next three months.
Ends
Notes to editors
The Gambling Commission
- 1. The Gambling Commission (the Commission) regulates gambling
in the public interest. It does so by keeping crime out of
gambling, by ensuring that gambling is conducted fairly and openly,
and by protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed
or exploited by gambling. The Commission also provides independent
advice to government on gambling in Britain.
- 2. The Commission is responsible for licensing and regulating
all gambling in Great Britain other than the National Lottery and
spread betting, which are the responsibility of the National
Lottery Commission and the Financial Services Authority (FSA)
respectively.
- 3. For a full list of dates and venues visit the open events page of our
website.
Further information
- You can call John Travers on (0121) 230 6700, (07852) 124624 or
email him via communications@gamblingcommission.gov.uk.