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Uk Opposition Leader To Call For New Age Limit On
Gambling?
Tories want minimum age of 18 years before gambling
The British newspaper The Daily Mail reports that the Leader of
the Opposition in the British Parliament, David Cameron is going
to call on the Labour government led by Gordon Brown to raise the
age limit for all forms of gambling to 18.
The call follows a Conservative Party study by its Commission on
Social Justice which found that imposing a minimum limit for gambling
of 18 years was the "single most important" measure for
combating problem gambling. The report from the Tory commission
also argues for a cap on the number and size of land casinos in
the UK, and urges that new media gambling like the Internet, interactive
and mobile gaming also receive scrutiny.
The commission, headed by former Tory Party leader Iain Duncan
Smith expects Cameron to endorse and action its findings next week.
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