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Gamblers in Moscow and other major Russian cities are placing their last bets ahead of a government ban on casinos and gaming halls.

A new law comes into effect at midnight, confining gambling to four regions far from the capital.

It bans gambling on the internet and at airports, supermarkets and other sites.

But critics say the move will leave more than 300,000 people without jobs and push the industry underground, amid a continuing economic crisis in Russia.

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Bookmakers are to assign staff to check the age of customers after a watchdog criticised procedures.

The Gambling Commission found that 98 out of 100 betting shops it surveyed allowed under 18s to make bets.

Now the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) has said a member of staff will be assigned in each shop to monitor anyone who looks under 21.

Staff who fail to keep to the age restriction rules could be disciplined for gross misconduct.

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Religious groups have condemned a decision by Parliament to allow gambling operators to raise the minimum stakes for slot machines.

The regulations were approved by the House of Lords on Tuesday evening.

The changes mean some stakes will double from 50p to £1, with prize money also increasing in value.

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A police finance officer has been given a nine-month suspended jail sentence for stealing £2,382 from the Dorset force to fund his gambling addiction.

David Cox, of Bournemouth, worked for the force for 31 years but started stealing after losing money while betting on horse racing.

The 48-year-old was caught last year when a criminal complained £222 of money seized from him was missing.

Cox admitted four counts of theft between October 2005 and 2008.

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An assistant bank manager who stole £113,000 to feed his gambling addiction has been jailed for 15 months.

David Braid, 37, took the money in stages at a Lloyds TSB in Cupar, Fife, while transferring it between the safe and cash machine.

He then falsified the balance sheets to cover up his crime.

His lawyer told the court that he was caught after deliberately not altering the figures on one occasion so that his gambling problem would be exposed.

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A treatment centre for addicted gamblers is to be opened in Weston-super-Mare.

Broadway Lodge, which is to be run as a charity, has been chosen to provide residential treatment for people.

The courses are to be funded by GamCare, an organisation set up by the gambling industry, to offer help to people suffering addiction.

The scheme should allow about 30 people to receive treatment annually a spokesman said.

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A woman has been jailed for two and a half years for stealing £150,000 from her employers to feed her online gambling habit.

Eileen Evis, 61, from Colaton Raleigh, Devon, took the money from building firm TAG in Sidmouth where she worked as a £50-a-week book-keeper.

Exeter Crown Court was told she won £36,000 by gambling, but the £150,000 she took had disappeared.

Evis admitted six charges of fraud and two charges of dishonesty.

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A finance officer has admitted stealing £2,382 from Dorset Police force to fund his gambling addiction.

David Cox worked for the force for 31 years but started stealing after losing money on horse race betting.

The 48-year-old from Bournemouth changed sums on envelopes of cash in order to hide his thefts, Weymouth Magistrates’ Court heard.

Cox pleaded guilty to stealing from Dorset Police on four occasions between October 2005 and 2008.

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A civil servant addicted to gambling ran over his wife in an attempt to kill her to avoid losing everything in their divorce, a court has heard.

Martin Hewlett, 45, knocked estranged wife Anne, 36, off her bicycle in Worthing, West Sussex, then drove back over her body, leaving her for dead.

Hove Crown Court was told Mrs Hewlett was badly injured and would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

Mr Hewlett, of Guildford Road, Worthing, denies attempted murder.

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