Gambling: Video Games
Commons · Question 20878 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Louie French
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to prevent children participating in gambling via online video games.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 23 Dec 2024
Protecting children and young people from being harmed or exploited by gambling is a core priority for the Government and a Gambling Commission objective. Under the Gambling Act 2005, gambling is defined as playing a game of chance for a prize of money or...