Church leaders have urged to Government to do a U-turn on plans to increase the maximum prizes on slot machines, including end-of-the-pier-style “crane grabs”. Bishops accuse the Department for Culture of caving in to pressure from the gambling industry. They say doubling stakes and jackpots for Category C “One Armed Bandits” and even greater increases [...]

A panel of top US judges has thrown out a plan to SEIZE 141 gambling domain names. The Kentucky Appeal Court said the domain names were not “gambling machines” and therefore the State Governor could not use a law aimed at controlling  illegal slot machines to close them down. Beshear said the domains — which [...]

A body representing licensed gambling club owners wants a new law giving FAMILIES the power to turn in problem gamers. Under the proposed rules, gambling regulators would HAVE to intervene with blanket bans and counselling on the request of any family member. A pilot program in South Australia has already handled 150 complaints and taken [...]