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<p>In 2017 the Church of England’s General Synod passed a unanimous motion calling
on Government to reduce the stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals to £2.00. This
is an issue on which bishops, most notably the Bishop of St Albans, have spoken frequently
on and campaigned for. The Church has therefore welcomed the Government’s announcement
of the reduction in stakes, and the decision to implement the change in April 2019,
as well as the increase in Remote Gaming Duty. The Bishop of St Albans continues to
spearhead the Church’s activity in this area and has recently raised in the House
of Lords the high quantity of gambling advertisements, increases in child gambling,
the voluntary levy paid by gambling firms, and the socio-economic cost to society
of problem gambling.</p>
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