Gambling in UK Law

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Leading Cases
  • Charnock v Liverpool Corporation
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 18 June 1968
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    In my view there was a clear contract to be inferred from the facts between the garage proprietor and the car owner that in consideration of the car owner leaving his car with the garage for repair the garage would carry out the repairs with reasonable expedition and care, and that they would be paid by the insurance company.

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Legislation
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Books & Journal Articles
  • Internet gambling, credit cards and money laundering
    • No. 6-1, January 2003
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control
    • 57-65
    Contrasts the approaches to offshore Internet gambling taken by the UK and the USA: the Budd Committee recommended that it be permissible under license in the former, but it is arguably illegal for...
  • The experience of gambling in an illegal casino: The gambling spin process
    • No. 10-1, January 2013
    • European Journal of Criminology
    • 0000
    The present study depicts the experience of gambling in an illegal casino through a qualitative, phenomenological approach, in light of the criminal spin theory. Semi-structured interviews were con...
  • Should gambling be a predicate for money laundering?
    • No. 7-3, July 2004
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control
    • 254-260
    Defines predicate‐based offences as derivative offences, ie offences like money laundering that depend on the existence of others. Examines gambling as a rational choice social activity, estimates ...
  • The Gambling Act 2005: Regulatory Containment and Market Control
    • No. 70-4, July 2007
    • The Modern Law Review
    The Act marks a fundamental shift from legislative to market control of gambling. While plans for Las Vegas style casinos and internet gambling sites in Britain have suffered setbacks, restrictions...
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