{"id":211724,"date":"2025-10-14T06:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211724\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T06:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:47:08","slug":"high-street-gambling-venues-left-unchecked-by-councils-bbc-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/211724\/","title":{"rendered":"High street gambling venues left unchecked by councils, BBC finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The couple, live in Harlesden, in the London borough of Brent, nicknamed by some as the “Las Vegas of London” because it has one of the highest concentrations of licensed gambling premises in the country. <\/p>\n

‘It’s always on an adult to take accountability for their actions,” Zoe said. “However, I also see the medical side of an addiction. <\/p>\n

“Whether it’s alcohol, drugs or gambling an addiction is an addiction. Kester has tried to get help.<\/p>\n

“Yes it’s a personal choice and at the time you take that choice you know it could turn into an addiction – but it’s like that with anything.”<\/p>\n

Zoe and Kester want urgent action to ensure better monitoring of all gambling establishments and fewer opening on the high streets. <\/p>\n

Brent Council carried out 21 inspections last year and only found a few examples of non-compliance over the past five years.<\/p>\n

It is one of dozens of councils calling on the government to make it easier to reject licence applications for gambling premises so it can control the numbers and better protect deprived communities, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bacta said removing current legislation “would risk blocking modest investment in high streets and coastal towns \u2013 often in communities that most need jobs and regeneration \u2013 and it would also mean taking away low-stake, closely supervised entertainment from the many people who enjoy it safely.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The couple, live in Harlesden, in the London borough of Brent, nicknamed by some as the “Las Vegas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-211724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}