Horseracing Bettors Forum

Horseracing Bettors Forum (HBF) Chair Sean Trivass led a delegation from the HBF and met with Stuart Andrew MP, the minister with responsibility for the Gambling Act Review, on Wednesday. Discussions included topics such as account closures and restrictions, the protection of funds, and terms and conditions, but focused primarily on affordability checks and their potential consequences for bettors and the horse racing industry in the UK. The HBF urged the minister to ensure affordability checks had no negative consequences on an individual's crediworthiness. Andrews was receptive to the suggestion...

The results from the latest survey of the British horseracing betting public was completed by the Horseracing Bettors Forum. The survey, which involved input from the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), ran from Mar. 28-Apr. 16. Among the notable findings were: That 65.7% of respondents "strongly agreed" or "somewhat agreed" that there are too many race meetings on Saturdays; That 49.4% of respondents considered seven races as the optimum number on a race card, followed by 26.6% in favour of six; That 76.6% of respondents stated that they would be interested...