{"id":43177,"date":"2020-09-25T07:58:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T07:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=43177"},"modified":"2020-09-25T07:58:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T07:58:40","slug":"ni-could-have-its-own-gambling-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/ni-could-have-its-own-gambling-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"NI Could Have Its Own Gambling Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_28370\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28370\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28370\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/stormont-ireland-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/stormont-ireland-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/stormont-ireland.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stormont Parliament<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Following a three month consultation by the Department for Communities\u00a0in Northern Ireland regarding gambling the Communities Minister has said there is strong support for its own Gambling regulator in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At present Northern Ireland does not has such a body unlike the UK Gambling Commission, the consultation lasted from December 2019 till February this year and in total 382 responses were received.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Michael McAvera an official at the Department for Communities\u00a0said that nine out of ten supported an independent regulator for Northern Ireland, surprisingly also 60% of those responses supported also the amendment of law in the country to law for casinos and the relaxation of opening hours for bookmakers for them to trade on a Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of all those responding to the consultation 97% of them said that the gambling industry should contribute to &#8220;funding research, education and treatment&#8221; for problem gamblers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Following the consultation the Communities Minister said they would over the coming weeks make an announcement on the next steps to take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a three month consultation by the Department for Communities\u00a0in Northern Ireland regarding gambling the Communities Minister has said there is strong support for its own Gambling regulator in the country. 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