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Friday, February 10, 2006
Survey shows need for more regulation of online betting in UK
A private survey of 1000 UK bettors shows that 80% believes that the government needs to regulate more the online gaming market Other conclusions from the survey: 65% of the people think the industry does too little to prevent problem gambling; People who place sports bets on the Internet spend more than those gambling by phone, in person or at sports venues; Internet sports betting sites have the least protection against under-age gambling; 35% of the people believe that overseas based gambling sites are less trustworthy than UK based sites; Although Internet gamblers plan to bet more than land-based gamblers, more than 50% of the people do not know to play most casino games and most casinos were failing to help;
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