restrictions for land based casinos will be relaxed to level the playing field between physical and online betting. for example, machine number limits for smaller casinos are expected to increase from 20 to 80. plans to use some of the money raised from the new levy for nhs treatment in future. previously, funding from a voluntary levy has not been welcomed by health leaders. not much change around advertising and marketing is expected which would be a big disappointment for campaigners who feel gambling ads are now endemic in sport. with more on this i am nowjoined by our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. david, i guess with six gambling ministers since this was announced, three prime ministers, four culture secretary is, that goes to explain why it has been over two and a half years, it has taken the government that long to bring this in. why has
period, many people have committed suicide, many families have had their lives devastated because of gambling problems. we now know that for instance there are 60,000 children who are now deemed to be gambling addicts. at long last we have got it. at long last some of the key measures at least are being addressed. i would argue some not going far enough, but we are now going far enough, but we are now going to have greater control of online gambling. it is worth reflecting that we actually, the food we eat is currently more regulated than online gambling. so that s a good move. i m pleased that we are going to have a statutory levy, after all only about 500 of the 2500 gambling companies of currently paid to the voluntary levy so that is a good news. i m pleased there are more affordability checks so we don t have people, at one case