{"id":14360,"date":"2025-10-30T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&#038;p=14360"},"modified":"2025-10-30T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:21:22","slug":"the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sun takes a swing at the government with \u201cSave Our Bets\u201d campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">British tabloid heavyweight <strong>The Sun<\/strong> has waded into the political storm surrounding the UK\u2019s gambling reforms, launching a full-blown campaign titled <strong>\u201cSave Our Bets\u201d<\/strong> to rally punters, betting-shop staff and sports fans against a proposed hike in gambling taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move comes after the <strong>Labour government<\/strong> hinted at raising the <strong>Remote Gaming Duty and Betting Duty<\/strong>\u2014the taxes paid by bookmakers and online casinos\u2014to as high as <strong>25% for sports betting<\/strong> and up to <strong>50% for online gaming<\/strong>. The paper\u2019s editors argue that the plan would hammer the country\u2019s betting culture, shutter hundreds of shops, and hand an advantage to unregulated offshore sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a fiery editorial, The Sun said the tax grab would \u201chit the high-street bookies, the jobs they support, and the sports that rely on them,\u201d pointing to the <strong>\u00a3350 million a year<\/strong> the betting industry pumps into <strong>horse racing<\/strong>, another <strong>\u00a340 million<\/strong> to the <strong>EFL<\/strong>, and millions more to darts, snooker, and greyhound racing. The paper claims Labour is \u201cplaying politics with people\u2019s pastimes\u201d and that the betting levy already brings in billions for the Treasury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"875\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign2-875x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign2-875x1024.jpg 875w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign2-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign2-768x899.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign has drawn support from across the sporting world, including trainers, bookmakers, and racing presenters, who warn that another tax raid could push punters out of legal markets. Social-media posts under the hashtag <strong>#SaveOurBets<\/strong> have been gaining traction, echoing the paper\u2019s long-standing defense of working-class leisure traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics, however, accuse The Sun of acting as a mouthpiece for the betting lobby and downplaying gambling-harm concerns. Advocacy groups like <strong>GambleAware<\/strong> insist that higher taxation could help fund treatment and prevention programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/the-sun-takes-a-swing-at-the-government-with-save-our-bets-campaign3-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, the paper\u2019s campaign hits a nerve. Betting is deeply woven into British culture\u2014from the Saturday flutter on the horses to the football accumulator\u2014and The Sun knows its audience. By framing the issue as a fight for freedom and jobs rather than corporate profit, the tabloid has positioned itself as the populist voice for punters just as the government weighs its fiscal next move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British tabloid heavyweight The Sun has waded into the political storm surrounding the UK\u2019s gambling reforms, launching a full-blown campaign titled \u201cSave Our Bets\u201d to rally punters, betting-shop staff and sports fans against a proposed hike in gambling taxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14363,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1287,3184,4964,1218,3149],"class_list":["post-14360","europe","type-europe","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-bets","tag-europe","tag-horse-racing","tag-tax","tag-uk","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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