{"id":577627,"date":"2026-07-31T18:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/577627\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:53:12","slug":"betfred-to-shut-132-shops-after-gambling-tax-hikes-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/577627\/","title":{"rendered":"Betfred to shut 132 shops after gambling tax hikes &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBLNVRUeFJzZTJDOXBpZXhkOXF0TWExd3BNczNNLXBwNFVEeXA5a2xTTlBiSEJ0cXlmUTNvcUE5Z1V5TjJrOUQxTk01Z2NuNF9hVm02cmJsc0cwUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Betfred to shut 132 shops after gambling tax hikes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOWk5GV19UNTFrdGNSMUlkNTdiV29xdnB0S0xReC12WjA0X3ljd2hiZnZUZUttWXVGaXN1ai1DM1BPWHhwMWNrQTQyQzdFdGliTlhRN3JmdlRDLUYtTy1YZGF1ei1qRlI0Tk5rRDhVOUdSWVRqWlJTSDNkc0ZLSlZGcS1pTWxnYWVNUnQtZTktTENYcnJMR0FkV2V4YWVkc1MtT2hj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Betfred to cut 600 jobs as 132 shops close amid industry tax raid<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi9AFBVV95cUxNV1R2U3czdkFhZnlpTGRRNTY1M085VnhsOTFkUm9pbFlMd0ZwZl9maHhBN2tCdGstNzlxalI2V01qX0hyTElNb3poYWxSbXcySUNydTc4UDQxYUE2Vk83cjU3RmtVWFR5dFFfUmtyUFpvZVA1LWg5REMwUXU0OFcwLTY4RDc4bENxcFRra3J0ajIxODRNY0lXaUhZVWh3emYwdTdTSVhFNDlRT21xakJYZ0RVN1FaYUp5bHVEbThjMG9kOTZFaUM3WjJSUVlWcUVQdFVjQkhNT3FPcHpLXzIwNklpWWFPM2pxbzF6eDhSdlNHb0Nz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Like killing your own babies&#8217; \u2013 Fred Done&#8217;s 132-shop closure to cost racing \u00a34 million a year<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Racing Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxNanUzWmxrVV9tVUdlRHNkRnFRMkNnU2JRLTVxVjVYck5FdC1Tdm56ZUxRODd4c1lELUFPVUstcTV2V2R2aGU5WTRONWRSWnJXcGx3TkFfdW55Tng5WTBuXzVSYzE3N2c3UmtuN1RjNFNObG1xUTJfOU5KTlBwaGZ5NEhadlR6dHRf0gGOAUFVX3lxTE5HMVVUZTdsMTdhQk82ZjhFaFJTQV9GSUswVnZPV0lCTDlKS3Ztd3Y3VDJiczFsU3VSWmlFQ2xlbjluMkh0WndKMHZPV29GWmRfU2stLXFOcDBnTjhUaW5kS09USnlFNHZFM0h2UWl1UEFGTFBvUjZ3b29FR2JtSnlFOGpvZkVTdEo5cGxEY2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Betfred plans to close 132 shops and cut 600 jobs as gambling firm cites UK tax hikes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Mirror<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betfred to shut 132 shops after gambling tax hikes&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBetfred to cut 600 jobs as 132 shops close amid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-577627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}