In his assessment of gambling in the UK ('The best chance you'll get?', last week), Tim Adams rightly states that the 17 new casino licences are government-led rather than by popular demand. In fact surveys have indicated that around 95 per cent of the public were against the expansion of gambling opportunities and the relaxing of the current rules on casinos and slot machines. In particular, the question of location for the first super-casino has attracted a high level of speculation but the real issue should lie with the concept itself. The Campaign Against Super-Casino Expansion believes that wherever the first super-casino ends up being located, it will damage the local community, both in terms of problem gambling and the ruin it will bring to local businesses. For this reason no further increase in super-casino numbers should be contemplated until the end of an assessment period of at least three years.
Cllr Steven Bate
Campaign Against Super-Casino Expansion, Blackpool
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I don't see anything wrong with online gambling as long as their are safeguards in place to protect problem gamblers. When you play online, you can play at your own pace, with no noise, no smoking, and lower stakes.
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