{
  "id": 16653551,
  "title": "Bookies fear budget hit but gaming machine self-harm killed off the old-fashioned shops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/bookies-fear-budget-hit-but-gaming-machine-self-harm-killed-off-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T18:35:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/oct/26/bookies-budget-gaming-machines-horse-racing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A wholesale plunder of local communities via casino-gaming took place and racing was content to sit on sidelines Has it really been almost a year since racing’s last bout of Budget-related anxiety? Apparently so, because having successfully persuaded Rachel Reeves to exempt racing from a (modest) hike in betting day in 2025, here we are again, nervously anticipating Wednesday’s budget amid…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}