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A gambling levy could be a fiscal ace up the sleeve

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When James Bond played a straight flush against Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, he looked cool. Very cool. The odds of such a hand? One in 72,192, or a probability of just 0.00139 per cent. But this tuxedoclad, odds-defying image of gambling is misleading. In the UK, gambling is more likely to take place on a smartphone than in a glamorous Monte Carlo casino. The three most popular forms of gambling in Britain are online: online casinos, online slo…

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A gambling levy could be a fiscal ace up the sleeve

When James Bond played a straight flush against Le Chiffre in Casino Royale, he looked cool. Very cool. The odds of such a hand? One in 72,192, or a probability of just 0.00139 per cent. But this tuxedoclad, odds-defying image of gambling is misleading. In the UK, gambling is more likely to take place on a smartphone than in a glamorous Monte Carlo casino. The three most popular forms of gambling in Britain are online: online casinos, online slo…

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New Statesman broke the news in 18 hours ago on Friday, May 23, 2025.

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