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| October 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Bristol Evening Post)

As a nation, we love a flutter. The football pools have long been a favourite and the National Lottery was always going to be a winner.

More recently, bingo has joined the lotto as a popular numbers game.

However, while all this was going on, gambling was still restrained by legal niceties from another era.

These affected the casino and the bingo hall. These restrictions, relating to membership, were a curious anachronism, considering both forms of gambling have been around for decades.

It was only a matter of time, therefore, until someone decided to drag the legislation governing both of them into the…

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