UK Government Gambling Bill Passes First Parliamentary Hurdle
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The UK Gambling Bill, which will allow Las Vegas-style super-casinos in Britain, passed its first regulatory hurdle in the face of opposition from some members of Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s Labour party.
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A controversial scheme for national identity cards has been approved by the British House of Commons.
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A bill in Congress seeks to eliminate military slot machines overseas that take in $130 million a year, mostly from soldiers. Part of what has prompted the bill  is one soldier's gambling addiction, which ruined his Army career and led to his suicide.
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Gambling Commission brings legislation up to date Major changes are in store for Britain's Â£91bn gambling industry after new gambling laws came into force on 1st September. The Gambling Act 2005 replaces legislation dating as far back as 1845 and governs nearly all forms of gambling.â¦
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Sweeping new gambling laws come into force in Britain bringing operators under a new regulatory body.
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Seeking a dash of Vegas glitter, Prime Minister Tony Blair's government said Thursday it will introduce legislation within weeks to allow giant casinos offering unlimited jackpots to set up across Britain.
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A cross-party committee of MPs and peers had recommended the government reconsider plans to limit slot machines that offer million-pound prizes to casinos of 5,000 sq metres or more.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government used fast-track rules to begin pushing a bill through the Parliament that will ban fox hunting with hounds, a traditional pursuit in the British countryside.
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The House of Representatives on  Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a business-backed bill that  would tighten rules for federal review of foreign takeovers of  U.S. companies without discouraging such investments.
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TORONTO - The Ontario government is hooked on gambling proceeds and has no plans to scale back operations, Premier Dalton McGuinty acknowledged yesterday following the release of a new report indicating problem gamblers generate more than one-third of
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A federal Internet gambling ban poses threats to lawful gaming online and must be amended right away, players argue in a Capitol Hill lobbying blitz.
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LONDON: The northern England city of Manchester unexpectedly won the competition for a license for Britain's first Las Vegas-style supercasino Tuesday, beating challengers including the faded resort city of ...Comment
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The British government Tuesday unveiled its plan to tighten rules for betting on the Internet but remove restrictions on the number of casinos.
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Most forms of Internet gambling would be banned under a bill that received final U.S. congressional approval early Saturday.
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President Vladimir Putin's plan to end the election of governors by popular vote passed its final legislative hurdle Wednesday when the Russian parliament's upper chamber approved the bill.
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The government on Wednesday rushed through the first steps towards passing a bill to nationalise troubled mortgage lender Northern Rock, the bank it had to step in to save six months ago.
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Online gaming group PartyGaming Plc and rivals Sportingbet and 888 warned on Monday they would be hit by legislation aimed at preventing gambling in the United States over the Internet.