Racecourses Are Facilitating Illegal Gambling
Racecourses who hire corporate boxes to "in running" layers on betting exchanges are, in the view of the ABB, providing illegal facilities for remote gambling. Such activity does not fall within any exemption under the track licence and therefore facilities which accomodate high specification PCs, specialist software and faster TV pictures (which in themselves create an unfair advantage)are in our view illegal.The facilites are the box itself, the TV screens and the related utilities; it is irrelevant whether or not the computer equipment is brought to the track by the individual layers. The majority of racecourses now accept regular bookings from unlicensed layers who are present at just about every race meeting. The provision of such facilities does not fall within the exemption under S37(4) of the Gambling Act and without the necessary operating and premises licences the provision of any facilities is illegal. The ABB is calling upon racecourses to desisit from such activity and for the Gambling Commission to properly enforce the law in this area.
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