ONS study reveals gambling businesses still ever-present in Burnley
The area has 15 gambling businesses, the same number it had seven years ago, according to the register of businesses held by the ONS, while nationally, the UK's high streets had 11,370 gambling businesses in 2017, about 4% fewer than seven years earlier.
The gambling sector includes casinos and amusement arcades, but the Gambling Commission estimates that about three quarters of businesses are betting shops.
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