Online Gambling, A Different Attitude
Published: Saturday, July 15, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
ONLINE GAMBLING, A DIFFERENT ATTITUDE
British minister says gambling could enhance quality of life if properly regulated
Amid all the hoo-ha over the American House of Representatives vote against online gambling this week, across the Atlantic the British were efficiently getting on with regulating the activity.
Gambling could be an 'enhancement to the quality of life' if it was brought into the mainstream, Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport and Gambling, said, asserting that the majority of adults in UK who enjoyed gambling should be allowed to bet in a well-regulated environment.
Caborn was speaking at the official opening of the UK Gambling Commission's new Birmingham city centre headquarters, and said: "Seventy-four per cent of the nation has gambled. The vast majority of adults want to drink and gamble, and as long as you do not abuse it, it can be an enhancement of the quality of life."
Headed by Peter Dean, the Commission will regulate all gambling Britain other than the national lottery and spread betting.
Now headquartered in Birmingham in the English Midlands, it is one of the first public bodies to move out of London as part of the government's Lyons Review on the relocation of public bodies.
