Gaming and Gambling Licences in UK Law
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Administrative problems of the provincial sales tax on beer in Papua New Guinea
With the establishment of provincial government in Papua New Guinea, the Organic Law has conferred on the provincial governments the authority to raise revenue using local revenue bases including r...... ... a fee is charged (c) fees for traders licences (d) fees for licences to sell intoxicating r (e) fees for gambling, lottery and gaming licences (f) taxes on land ... ...
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Criminological measures to counteract corruption offences in the field of illegal gambling
Purpose: Despite all the anti-corruption measures and anti-corruption initiatives, people offer or accept bribes without any hesitation. As anywhere in the world, the negative consequences of corru...... ... , video gameterminals, sports betting, online games and other gaming services legally permitted in therelevant jurisdiction.Gambling, as a ... to the gaming business;an obstacle in obtaining special permits, licences to engage in gambling business (the so-called “state racket”or trade ... ...
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Winsome, Lose Some: Beating the Gaming Machine
Machine gambling is frequently lost sight of amongst the more obvious difficulties experienced by Youth Custody trainees. Prison and probation staff at Glen Parva have worked together to address th...... ... Machine gambling is frequently lost sight of amongst the ... licences are ... by the sheer numbers of machines and their ... ...
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Gambling and adult safeguarding: connections and evidence
Purpose: Opportunities to gamble have boomed in the UK in recent years, since the passing of the Gambling Act 2005. The implications of this for adults with care and support needs and for safeguard...... ... slot machine style games/instant wins (1.7 per cent), virtual gaming machines in abookmakers (1.5 per cent), dog races (1.1 per cent), other ... overseeing gambling opportunities in their role asapprovers of licences, but they are also responsible for adult safeguarding with partners, ... ...
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The Gambling Act 2005: Regulatory Containment and Market Control
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...... ... and stimulation of demand for gambling, enshrined in the Gaming Act 1 968, have been abandoned. In their place, a new regulatory bo dy, ... syst em of ‘oper ating’ ,‘personal ’ and‘premises ’ licences is intr oduced and magistra tes’ co urts lose their licensing resp ... ...
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Getting the Bingo Hall Back Again? Gender, Gambling Law Reform, and Regeneration Debates in a District Council Licensing Board
This article explores the gendered nature of gambling promotion as a modality of economic regeneration in the aftermath of the Gambling Act 2005. Using an exploratory case study of a district counc...... ... The Betting and Gaming Act 1960 ushered in a brief period of liberaliza- tion, but moral panic ... Commission grants operator licences, district councils decide licensing applications for gambling premises, ... ...
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The Gambling Review Report: Redefining the Social and Economic Regulation of Commercial Gambling
... ... 2 Including 12% Lottery Duty, betting and gaming duties amounted in 2001/2002 to B d 1.44. 3 A prevalence survey conducted ... obliged to take into account when considering applications for licences under the 1968 Act; Part 1 concerns the question of demand. The Memorandum ... ...
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Regulation and the Public Interest: Commercial Gambling and the National Lottery
... ... It holds separate licences, awarded under section 6, for the promotion of individual ... for the regulation of commercial gambling (in particular, gaming); the impetus for and the distribution of the proceeds of the ... ...
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The Gaming Act, 1968, Takes Hold
Sir Ranulph Bacon's police career was extremely distinguished. He joined the Metropolitan Police in 1928 and was selected for the Metropolitan Police College, where he won the Baton of Honour in 19...... ... were upwards of 1,200 clubs' in Great Britain where gambling was taking place. Compared to betting-shops, it was a small ... by drawing a comparison with bookmakers who obtained licences for betting-shops after past convictions for street betting. It is ... ...
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Institutional anomie theory and gambling-related crime: An empirical test in Macau
To date, scholars have rarely applied institutional anomie theory to gambling-related crime. Using time series data on the rates of illegal gambling, money laundering, organised crime, and drug-rel...... ... industry and the major source of tax revenue for local government, gaming haseconomically and socially played a pivotal role in Macau, which has ... ly after the Macauauthorities expanded the number of g aming licences in 2002. The Macau GDP per ca pitagrew from MOP $126,271 (USD $15, 733) in ... ...
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