{"id":10413,"date":"2023-06-15T08:37:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T06:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/tony-blairs-bet-on-gambling-britain-has-spiralled-out-of-control\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T06:37:59","slug":"tony-blairs-bet-on-gambling-britain-has-spiralled-out-of-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/tony-blairs-bet-on-gambling-britain-has-spiralled-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Blair\u2019s bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two decades after New Labour revolutionised the gambling industry,  millions of lives are being harmed for industry profits <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/contribute?acquisitionData=%7B%22source%22%3A%22GUARDIAN_WEB%22%2C%22componentType%22%3A%22ACQUISITIONS_EDITORIAL_LINK%22%2C%22componentId%22%3A%22Gambling_RD_piece%22%2C%22campaignCode%22%3A%22Gambling_RD_piece%22%7D&amp;INTCMP=Gambling_RD_piece\">Support open, independent journalism today<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2020\/jan\/16\/how-britain-got-the-gambling-bug\">phenomenal rise of the UK gambling industry<\/a> owes much to reforms, introduced by Tony Blair, that flipped the state\u2019s attitude to sports betting and casino gaming on its head.<\/p>\n<p>At the turn of the century, the government recognised that betting and gaming, in particular online, could not be prohibited and ought, instead, to be properly regulated.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2023\/jun\/15\/tony-blairs-bet-on-gambling-britain-has-spiralled-out-of-control\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a65893131801d2f769b60bf2e8866a4ff532c632\/0_167_3916_2349\/master\/3916.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=93364a8be0fe59d91f9ae4d30c236042\" title=\"Tony Blair\u2019s bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control\" \/>Nearly two decades after New Labour revolutionised the gambling industry,  millions of lives are being harmed for industry profits<br \/>\nSupport open, independent journalism today<br \/>\nThe phenomenal rise of the UK gambling industry owes much to reforms, introduced by Tony Blair, that flipped the state\u2019s attitude to sports betting and casino gaming on its head.<br \/>\nAt the turn of the century, the government recognised that betting and gaming, in particular online, could not be prohibited and ought, instead, to be properly regulated. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly two decades after New Labour revolutionised the gambling industry, millions of lives are being harmed for industry profits Support open, independent journalism today The phenomenal rise of the UK gambling industry owes much to reforms, introduced by Tony Blair, that flipped the state\u2019s attitude to sports betting and casino gaming on its head. At &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/tony-blairs-bet-on-gambling-britain-has-spiralled-out-of-control\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tony Blair\u2019s bet on gambling Britain has spiralled out of control<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10413"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}