Nick Timothy

Nick Timothy

Conservative — West Suffolk

Speaking in the House of Commons on 22 May 2025

Debate

Remote Betting and Gaming Duty: Horseracing

Contribution

The racing industry is getting a bit tired of the warm words and lack of action. At the last oral questions, the Secretary of State said that “we need to treat different forms of gambling differently”,—[Official Report, 3 April 2025; Vol. 765, c. 412.] but the Government have since proposed a flat tax on all online gambling, which fails to distinguish between betting on sports like horseracing, which is limited by the number of races and requires knowledge and thought, and online casinos and gaming. However, problem rates for bets on racing are about the same as for lottery scratchcards. Will the Minister commit here and now to making sure that betting on sports like racing is not treated the same as betting on online casinos and gaming?

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