I understand how the system works, and if we are to come up with a fit-for-purpose solution, we will need robust evidence of a link between the number of those premises and levels of deprivation, coupled with evidence of a link between fixed-odds betting terminals and problem gambling, and statistical evidence for individual communities.Research that was done in England and Wales by Geofutures and the National Centre for Social Research on behalf of Channel 4’s “Dispatches” shows that in affluent areas with low unemployment there are only five betting offices per 100,000 people, compared...