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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,...

Gambling 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...

Gambling 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...

Spaniards 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...

Important 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...

Public 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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