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UK Ministers Warn Gaming Industry

UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the UK Independent: "Ministers are warning the gaming industry that the Government will scrap the controversial Gambling Bill and reintroduce it after the election rather than agree to the concessions being demanded by casino operators.

"The warning comes as the gaming industry embarks on a last-ditch campaign to secure changes in the Bill when it returns to the House of Lords this week for its second reading.

"Although the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) insisted yesterday that it was determined the Bill would reach the statute book, senior Westminster sources made it clear that the Secretary of State for Culture, Tessa Jowell, would rather sacrifice the legislation and start again in the next Parliament than succumb to the demands of casino operators for greater liberalisation.

"The British Casino Association, which represents 90 per cent of UK casino operators, is incensed at what it claims are measures in the Bill which will favour overseas operators at the expense of home-grown gaming companies…"

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