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Lords reject amendment to block illegal gaming transactions in UK

5th March 2014 2:03 pm GMT

The UK Gambling Commission has reached agreement with three major payment systems to work together to block financial transactions involving unlicensed gaming operators, while lawmakers narrowly rejected a proposed amendment which would have provided the Commission with discretionary powers to block financial transactions across all payment mechanisms.

The question of payment blocking as a measure against unlicensed operators was discussed Tuesday in the House of Lords during the Report stage of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) [...]

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