Gambling: Compensation
Commons · Question 24942 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of authorising the Gambling Commission to offer redress for losses following the collapse of a gambling operator.
Answer
Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 27 Jan 2025
The Government strongly sympathises with all customers who are impacted by the collapse of a gambling operator and appreciates the difficulties caused where significant sums of money are lost in such a scenario. However, there is no compensation scheme fo...