Ms Carol Boate:

The Act established the role of an independent regulator at an arm's length from the State, which would keep an eye on, oversee and monitor the operator. Much of it is about ensuring that the money is in the right place at the right time and is going to the right place, which is stated in the licence, and, in terms of probity, that we can trust that these games are run in the way we can continue to trust them, as we have for 30 years. The only requirements in terms of reporting to the Minister are the ones contained in the annual report, namely, the reporting of the accounts and all the information there. He or she would not have any more information than this committee.