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Spain takes a lead we should follow
27 Jan 2021
Spain introduced new regulations last year which are being further strengthened. So now gambling can only be advertised on TV or radio, or even on YouTube,...
Read MoreGambling regulation on the move elsewhere in Europe
09 Mar 2020
Gambling is on the political agenda almost everywhere it seems. Germany, which until now has stood out against legalisation of online gambling, is moving in...
Read MoreGambling companies are spreading sports betting across Africa with frightening results
19 Dec 2019
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing serious problems connected with online sports betting (see The Conversation, 24 Nov). A combination of the...
Read MoreSpaniards protest about gambling centres
09 Dec 2019
Visit Spain now, as I did recently, and you will notice a new feature of its highstreets – gambling centres advertising a variety of ways of gambling...
Read MoreImportant New Book about Machine Gambling
02 May 2013
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by Natasha Dow Schüll (2012, Princeton University Press). This important book is based on research which...
Read MorePublic Health and Gambling: Lessons from New Zealand
04 Oct 2012
Public Health and Gambling: Lessons from New Zealand Peter Adams, of the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, has been...
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