Gambling Regulations

Gambling act of 2005 this states that every place in the uk betting, bingo, casinos, gaming machines, society lotteries and remote gambling operations will have 3 objectives:

• keeping gambling crime free
• making sure that gambling is fair and open
• protecting children and vulnerable adults

This makes sure that noone under a sertan age will start playing or betting as this will be illegal and this will make sure that people from these betting sites wont take advantage of people that are younger and presurising people into making bets that wont come through. Also this goes for older people they will make sure that they dont get taken advantage of and make sure that they dont get hooked into gambling.

Every year illegal betting assoisications make millions of takes payers money and much more money is spent on tryint to prevent this from happening. But to make sure that it stays safe they off different services and have age restriction on betting sites and in some bookies in the UK.

The owner of a Belfast poker club, raided by police a year ago, has been fined £3,000 after being convicted of breaking betting and gambling laws. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6340527.stm)