The Betting & Gaming Council say they were not consulted over racing shutdown which its says is 'futile' and could ‘antagonise’ Government into clobbering racing even harder Fed up members of the Betting & Gaming Council said they were not consulted

The national horseracing strike nearly fell at the first after gambling chiefs branded it a ‘futile’ gesture that could make Rachel Reeves hike betting taxes even higher. ‌

Fed up members of the Betting & Gaming Council said they were not consulted over the racing shutdown. They said it was playing politics and warned it could ‘antagonise’ the Government into clobbering the sport of kings even harder. ‌

We told on Monday how the British Horseracing Authority had taken the ‘unprecedented decision’ to scrap racing for a day ove

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