Since 2005 there has been a dramatic increase in gambling sponsorship of sport in the UK, prompting critics to call time on self-regulation in the industry.
No date has been set for the introduction of a £2 stake limit on fixed-odds betting terminals.
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There is reason to suggest new reforms, such a banning credit bets and establishing a self-exclusion register, will have some impact in helping to tackle problem gambling online.
William Hill is among the online bookies to be registered in the Northern Territory, where the tax and regulatory environment is more favourable.
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No state wants to see its revenue base decline – particularly when the jurisdiction benefiting doesn’t even tax (or regulate) its bookies as well as it might.
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