Professor Orford noted that “consideration should be given to having a minimum age of 18 years for all gambling”481 and the Royal College of Psychiatrists stated that “young people between 16 and 18 should not be able to purchase National Lottery products”.

Even Camelot had no opposition, with Nigel Railton, the Chief Executive of Camelot stating: “To be honest with you, we are reasonably relaxed about it. For 25 years the age has been 16 so it is probably a good time to look at it. We do not have that many people playing at 16 or 17 online … Our position is that it is ultimately a matter for Government and if Government want to raise the age to 18, we will support that https://www.suissecasinoenligne.com/casino-en-direct/.”

The minimum age at which an individual can buy any National Lottery product should be raised to 18. Category D gaming machines 462. In evidence given to us, Sir Alan Budd discussed the UK’s anomalous position in allowing children to play certain types of gaming machines, and stated that “the Review Body spent a long time discussing this specific issue because we were aware that nowhere else in the western world were children allowed to play on gaming machines.”

There are many countries that prohibit gambling below the age of 18, including Italy, Germany, Portugal, and Denmark. 463. BACTA’s evidence argued that “the legal availability of certain forms of commercial gambling is not unusual by international standards” 485 and that “penny fall machines can be found across the globe”. However, as described below, the concerns about Category D gaming machines centre on fruit machines, rather than penny fall machines or cranes.