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Proposals for new gambling regulations are published to wide puzzlement. Who asked for 40 super-casinos in our run-down cities? Nobody seems to be able to recall this in any manifesto, nor having witnessed any public clamour for more slot machines in British life. Could there perchance be some promise of big-bucks back-handers being offrered to our Treasury from those altruistic folk who run international gambling? Surely not. Whatever, the less well-heeled are bound to be the ones who lose.

The Guardian; Thursday 21/10/04
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