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Betting, Gaming and Lotteries

I must make some progress. Not only was that the view of the Committee, but it was backed by the study of international research which was commissioned by the casino advisory panel, but which for some reason"““was not used in the Panel’s selection process””," according to the Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee. The Secretary of State will remember that one of her former Ministers, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, formerly the Minister with responsibility for gambling, told the Joint Committee:"““we have taken the view that in what I call destination gambling—in other words where you have to make a positive decision to go into a location where gambling takes place””—"