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A Taxing Dilemma

By Warwick Bartlett, Global Betting and Gaming Consultants chief executive

I think the British Government is on the verge of making a huge mistake.

A Taxing Dilemma

Matthew Hancock MP successfully managed to persuade a handful of MPs to
vote for his bill that would enable the government to tax punters at the
place of consumption.

The bill will enable the UK customers to pay horserace betting levy
which will delight Hancock he is the MP for Newmarket the centre of
British horseracing.

If only things were so easy. They are not. The internet as the
government is about to learn is very difficult to regulate. If it were
so easy the nasty governments in the Middle East would be better able to
control their people. There would be no child pornography on the net,
but sadly there is.

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