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It looks like the UK will lift the ban on television advertising for casinos and other gaming interests from this September.  Obviously they aren’t allowed to target kids shows and are strictly banned from showing anyone under 25 playing.
The guidelines also prevent companies suggesting that gambling can either help your bank balance or suggest that [...]

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The UK’s Bingo Association launched a new campaign yesterday amid fears that Bingo operators face a double whammy from the incipient smoking ban and rival forms of gambling which, unlike Bingo, are zero-rated for VAT. Here’s the press release:
‘STOP DESTROYING BINGO!’ SAYS LINDA ROBSON. BRITAINS 3 MILLION REGULAR PLAYERS CALLED TO ACT NOW
Bingo players [...]

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A survey by the Gambling Commission reports that last year, some 8% of Brits used remote gambling services – not just internet sites, which 5% of people used, but also interactive TV stuff, phone bets and so on. That means some 3.75 million people in the UK are remote gamblers.
Source: Daily Record 

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They seem to be, judging by this story from today’s Guardian:
French authorities have requested interviews with executives from an estimated 20 online gaming firms over the legality of their marketing activities in France.
…It has also emerged that the online poker giant PartyGaming quietly closed its website to French customers last Friday. The group reports its [...]

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Apparently so, according to this report in the Daily Telegraph:
Gordon Brown will announce plans in next month’s Budget to encourage the beleaguered online gambling industry to be regulated and licensed by the UK Government.
The Treasury has long had its eye on the potential tax revenues that are generated by the likes of PartyPoker, 888, Ladbrokes [...]

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A cautionary tale from India, via Sky News: an Indian teenager may be forced to marry in order to settle her dad’s gambling debts.
She was just two years old when her father “lost” her in a poker game.

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From the Observer:
The government is reconsidering the shock decision to award Britain’s first super-casino to Manchester to stem a powerful rebellion among MPs and Lords. The revelation is the latest twist in Labour’s tortuous attempt to liberalise gambling laws.
As the number of MPs who have registered opposition to a super-casino opening in Manchester this weekend [...]

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From the BBC
A casino in Macau has been ordered to pay out nearly $100,000 (£51,000) in prize money won by a 16-year-old girl who was too young to enter the casino.
The Sands Casino had said the win was invalid because the girl was underage.
But gambling authorities in the Chinese territory said the rules only specified [...]

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