According to Derek Webb, the Campaign for Fairer Gambling will be relaunched in order to address problems on the US market.
The campaign to reform gambling was originally launched to combat fixed odds betting terminals in the UK. It targeted a “poorly-designed policy” that allowed electronic gaming machines to become legalized at a maximum stake amount of PS100 ($124.43).
Webb’s crusade was successful in the UK, as the maximum bet was reduced to PS2 ($1.24) for each spin. This resulted in a 40% decline in revenue from FOBTs.
Webb, however, has decided to relaunch the Campaign for Fairer Gambling with an emphasis on the US market.
In a blog posted on the group website, Webb stated: “Meanwhile some operators consistently breach regulations, others profit from the black market, and now some are major players in the newly-liberalized US remote gaming market.
In the rush to expand remote gambling, some US States have ignored these bad practices and the lessons learned from other countries. They have also not prepared adequately to mitigate any negative effects.
Webb reforms the campaign in order to “improve US remote gambling legislation, regulations, and enforcement standards, as well as reduce the harms associated with it”.
Webb said that in preparation for the campaign, the Campaign for Fairer Gambling had retained the ’boutique bipartisan DC company’ Imperium Global Advisors for advice at the federal level and the Doura -Schawohl Consultants for guidance at the state-level.
