Minister Boris Johnson (pictured) has announced renewed restrictions to battle the coronavirus pandemic, including closing bars, restaurants, and casinos after 10pm.
The new restrictions could last up to six months and the gambling sector is anticipating massive job losses.
The curfew will likely cut casino income by 75% and “some 7,000 people” will be made redundant. Previously, casinos offered to close their bars at 10pm to keep the rest of their venues operational, since 70% of casinos “do their trade after 10pm”.
Casinos pay £1.3bn ($1.66bn) in tax to the Treasury in the last three years. Johnson said he understood the issues this will cause, “But now is the time for us all to summon the discipline, and the resolve, and the spirit of togetherness that will carry us through.”
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