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UK Bookmakers Launch Responsible Gambling Warnings with Ad Campaign
A group of concerned UK bookmakers have begun to offer warnings about the dangers of gambling, as a part of a campaign to make the marketing of gambling more socially responsible. The...
UK Councils in Revolt over “Crack Cocaine” FOBTs
A coalition of local government councils in the UK is waging war against the country’s high street bookmakers and the central government’s policy on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBT). The controversial machines,...
UK Bookmakers Threatened with Mandatory New Levy
The stock market had reacted badly to news that the UK Labour Party is planning a multimillion-pound levy on all sports betting, online and off, should it be elected in 2015. Ladbrokes...
UK FOBT Review Suggests New Restrictions
Without a doubt, fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) have been the single biggest issue for UK bookmakers over the past few months. The machines are highly profitable, but their spread has resulted in...
UK Study on FOBTs Due By Easter with Crackdown Possible
With barely a week passing without another debate over their presence in the UK, fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) have become one of the most controversial topics in the gambling industry. Now the...
Increased Tax on FOBTs Hits UK Bookmakers Where It Hurts
Fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) have been a highly controversial issue for the UK's bookmakers, who have put tens of thousands of the machines in their betting shops. Most of that controversy has...
In Zimbabwe, Gambling is No Game for Unemployed Masses
Head to Las Vegas and Macau, and you’ll find an endless number of gamblers enjoying themselves as they put $10, $100 or more on the table for a single bet. And that...
Labour MP Ed Miliband Vows to Introduce FOBT Legislation
It looks as though UK Labour MP Ed Miliband may be grasping for public appreciation, as he has now vowed to gear up his attack on the controversial high-stakes gambling machines which...
UK Drug Dealers Use FOBTs to Clean Dirty Money
The high street betting shops throughout the UK are filled with desperate punters and casual gamblers alike, and you could be forgiven for thinking that a handful of them may fall into...
UK Pubs May Double as Bookies with Controversial New Law
There is certainly no shortage of critics to new planning laws which allow bookies to set up shop within Britain's pubs, in what has been dubbed a "free for all" on the...