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Rob Davies

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Rob Davies is a reporter for the Guardian, primarily covering business. His first book, Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain, is now available to order

November 2026

  • Bingo game slot machines at an indoor arcade in Warrington.

    High street ‘slot farms’ could avoid budget tax rise through bingo hall loophole

    Hundreds of adult gaming centres in England have bingo licences that still qualify them for discounted business rates

October 2026

  • How £100 vanishes in minutes: inside the ‘slot farms’ targeted in the budget John Healey has hit adult gaming centres with 25% tax. Undercover footage shows how they lure customers

    How £100 vanishes in minutes: inside the ‘slot farms’ targeted in the budget

  • John Healey delivering his Budget in the House of Commons

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Budget 2026: £100 energy payment for millions and rise in bank tax as watchdog warns on stalling living standards – as it happened

  • The Canary Wharf financial, banking and business district in London this month

    Business live
    JP Morgan to press on with London HQ despite new bank tax in ‘boring budget’ – as it happened

  • Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, wearing a blue scarf, claps with both hands raised

    Cyprus police investigate financial and tax affairs of ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

  • Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs

  • Revealed: African island fights offshore gambling network linked to UK family

  • Business live
    Wall Street drops after jump in US producer inflation; John Healey says UK banks are part of ‘jewel in the crown’ – as it happened

  • Done family took £30m dividend from Betfred before warning of job cuts

  • Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest

  • Business live
    Royal Mail to cut up to 2,500 head office and support jobs by end of next year – as it happened

  • Kinky dating app Feeld’s founders share in record £3.8m dividend after sales jump

  • Would a gambling tax rise in the budget really shut shops and cost jobs?

  • UK bookmakers that warned of rogue casinos profited from offshore gambling

September 2026

  • Tinie Tempah sings into a microphone while raising his leg high on stage

    Work intensifying on UK laws to stamp out concert ticket touts, say sources

  • A smartphone slot machine screen sits amid casino chips, cards, dice and a roulette wheel

    Vast Casino Secrets leak exposes inner workings of offshore gambling firms

  • Bottles of Brewdog beer

    BrewDog creditors owed £190m will not be paid in full, say administrators

  • Gambling machines

    Peers call for UK to enact tobacco-style ban on gambling advertising

  • Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads

  • ‘World’s most profitable football business’: Abramovich’s frozen Chelsea cash earns £175m

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