Question follow-through · 18767

Gaming Machines: Prizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has considered raising the stakes and prizes cap for adult gaming centres.

answeredDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
22 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has considered raising the stakes and prizes cap for adult gaming centres.

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The government has been clear that it will not look to make additional deregulatory changes to the adult gaming sector until further improvements are made on customer protections. Government officials meet regularly with the Gambling Commission and repres...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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