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Created: 2025-07-24 10:45:00 UTC

The Home Office has launched an investigation into asylum seeker payment cards after data showed some had been misused for gambling.

A Freedom of Information request revealed more than XXXXX payments in gambling settings were attempted by asylum seekers in the past year.



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