Petitions/Recognise gambling as a trade and form of income for child maintenance
StatusClosed
Opened30 Dec 2024
Closes30 Jun 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We call on the Government to recognise gambling as a trade and professional gamblers as self-employed. We would like the earnings made by professional gamblers to be used to calculate how much child support should be paid.

We believe too many single parents are not getting child support payments from parents who are professional gamblers. We would like professional gamblers to be made to declare earnings and pay child support.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Dr Allison Gardner
1Dr Allison Gardner MP
Stoke-on-Trent South
9
Adam Jogee
2Adam Jogee MP
Newcastle-under-Lyme
4
Sir Gavin Williamson
3Sir Gavin Williamson MP
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
4
Victoria Atkins
4Victoria Atkins MP
Louth and Horncastle
2
Gareth Snell
5Gareth Snell MP
Stoke-on-Trent Central
2
Peter Dowd
6Peter Dowd MP
Bootle
1
Ruth Cadbury
7Ruth Cadbury MP
Brentford and Isleworth
1
Lewis Cocking
8Lewis Cocking MP
Broxbourne
1
Jacob Collier
9Jacob Collier MP
Burton and Uttoxeter
1
Aphra Brandreth
10Aphra Brandreth MP
Chester South and Eddisbury
1