TWO OF THE biggest bookmakers on the high street lost a combined £460m from their stock market valuations yesterday after a 25 per cent tax rate was announced for fixed-odds betting machines. William ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in British bookmakers fell on Thursday after Prime Minister David Cameron voiced concern about the high-stakes gambling machines that make up a big part of the business in ...

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July 4 (Reuters) - Gambling company William Hill plans to close 700 betting shops, putting 4,500 jobs at risk, after Britain in April cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals. The British ...

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Britain should drastically reduce the limit on the amount of money gamblers can stake on fixed-odds-betting terminals to tackle problems in the industry, a committee of ...

All bookmakers in Northern Ireland are expected to voluntarily limit the maximum stake allowed at fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) to £2, an NI-based industry body has said. Laws slashing the ...

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LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Shares in British bookmakers fellon Thursday after Prime Minister David Cameron voiced concernabout the high-stakes gambling machines that make up a big partof the business ...