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January 6th, 2009

Companies ‘facing’ gambling levy

Another story from the BBC:

Bookmakers, casino operators and other gambling firms could be forced to fund research into gambling addiction under proposals put forward by ministers.

They are consulting on plans to impose an annual compulsory levy of about Â£5m from June to fund research into problem gambling and treatment for sufferers.

Firms have failed to provide the money required voluntarily, forcing ministers to consider compelling them to do so.

The bookmakers’ trade body said it did not believe a forced levy was needed.

Posted by casino man in Gambling News at 3:41 PM GMT

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January 5th, 2009

Bets are off for Macau gambling boom

Another story from the BBC:

BBC News, Macau

Macau’s landscape shows the far reach of human ambition - land reclamations have joined up the two islands of Coloane and Taipa to make a gambling and shopping sprawl called the Cotai Strip.

Flashy casinos and garish hotels tower over what was once a sleepy trading town at the mouth of south China’s Pearl River Delta.

But now some of those towers stand half-finished, the sound of building work has gone. Only dust and concrete remain.

Posted by casino man in Gambling News at 9:41 AM GMT