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To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Make online slots less dangerous – slash stake limits & spin speeds
Reduce stake sizes and spin speeds of online slots. Even a £2 limit will cost more lives.
Why is this important?
Online slots are highly addictive and highly profitable, with more people needing treatment for gambling disorder after using them than any other gambling product.
Up to 1.4 million people are already addicted to gambling in the UK and every day at least one person takes their life because of gambling.
The government has announced plans to reduce online slot stakes – which are currently unlimited – to either £2, £5, £10, or £15 or “none of the above”.
Online slots can spin every 2.5 seconds, severely impacting mental health, meaning people can lose vast amounts very quickly, even with a £2 limit.
Sign this petition and tell the government 2.5 seconds per spin is too fast and even a £2 stake limit would ruin more lives – slots must be slowed and stake limits reduced to much lower levels.
