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UK Cabinet Ministers Against Gambling Deregulation

UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the UK Guardian Unlimited: "Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary, is facing a revolt over plans to deregulate the gambling industry, with one influential Labour backbencher, Frank Field, warning she was off her rocker if she thought she could get the legislation passed.

"There are signs that some cabinet ministers are looking again at the planned deregulation with fears that the spread of casinos will prove unpopular, especially ahead of an election. They are pressing for a rethink on the bill. The leader of the Commons announced last week that the bill would be published soon.

"There has been a large increase in gambling revenues in Britain, mainly due to the rise of online gambling, and critics claim that further deregulation will increase addiction.

"…Frank Field, the former welfare minister, said yesterday on GMTV: 'I think the government is off its rocker thinking, even if it was the first year of a parliament, that it would actually get this through. And once they actually let this tide of big money from America come in this way there will be no turning it back.'…"

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