Archive: Gambling

Bingo protestors brave Westminster sun

Bingo protestors get hot under the collar

Bingo-lovers defied police in Westminster today to protest against the decline of bingo halls.

Audio: Bob Spink on bingo

Audio: Tobias Ellwood on bingo

Bingo company takes on Lib Dem MP

Audio: Bob Spink on bingo

Independent MP Bob Spink gives his reasons for supporting a bingo protest outside parliament.

Audio: Tobias Ellwood on bingo

Trouble looms for George Osborne (but not too much trouble)

Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood admires the bingo protestors' spirit.

Bingo company takes on Lib Dem MP

A bingo company has survived an attempt by Liberal Democrat culture spokesman Don Foster to have one of its adverts removed from the air.

Govt abandons supercasinos amid gambling concerns

Manchester supercasino will now not be built

The government has formally dropped plans for a Las Vegas-style supercasino.

Gambling Act comes into force

New laws have today come into effect allowing the advertising of gambling on television and radio in the UK.

Govt crackdown 'bans' thousands of gambling ads

Online gambling sites based in jurisdictions which do not promote responsible gambling will be banned from advertising in the UK, the government announced today.

Brown 'scraps' super casino plans

Gordon Brown has signalled the beginning of the end for the proposed super casino plans.

Jowell looks for plan B as Lords reject casinos

Lords rejected Manchester for first super casino

The House of Lords last night voted against the government order on casinos, leaving culture secretary Tessa Jowell struggling to claim plans are "very much alive".