Two English schools have taken the unusual step of informing their pupils about the threat of gambling addiction. Harlow School, located in Middlesex, and King's College School in south London are helping their young students to avoid getting caught up in gambling as the wave of online access increa

You’ve seen them on Premiership football tops, in the tube and on other forms of public transport and in your daily papers but now Online gambling companies will be able to advertise straight into your front room.

Its been announced that bans on TV and radio adverts for casinos, betting shops and online gambling sites are to be scrapped. The new rules will come into operation in September as part of the Gambling Act 2005 and have been welcomed within the British gambling community.

It seems the Government’s plan to have the first ever British super casino built in Manchester could turn into an embarrassing fiasco. This week one of the world's leading experts on gambling will question the decision to award the licence to Manchester.

Birmingham is one of more than 60 local authorities who applied to the Casino Advisory Panel for a large Casino licence and now the local City Council are expected to back Casino plans.