UK Gambling Commission CEO Andrew Rhodes and his deputy Sarah Gardner will be hosted by trade association Bacta at a number of coastal and high street AGCs and FECs.

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First up will be today when Sarah Gardner visits Novomatic’s Admiral AGC in Southampton and tomorrow Rhodes is due to lead a delegation to tour the Mumbles Pier FEC in Swansea.

The pier FEC is owned by Bacta president John Bollom’s family and he will be present for both of the visits today and tomorrow, with Bacta director George McGregor.

Bollom said: “Novomatic’s Elizabeth Speed, who serves on the Bacta National Council and chairs the association’s Social Responsibility Committee, and Neil Finch, the tegional operations manager at Admiral, will be explaining the challenges faced by high street operators, the industry-wide commitment to safer gambling and the urgent need for the earliest possible implementation of the reforms recommended in the white paper.”

He said that the arcade on the Mumbles Pier contains over 100 games.