REPORT ON BETTING IN BRITAIN.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20878, 10 June 1933, Page 11

REPORT ON BETTING IN BRITAIN.

|l COMMISSION'S OPINIONS.

LARGE LOTTERIES NOT FAVOURED. 'BBUTI9B CimcliX WiaiLBSS.) (Received June 9, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, June 8. The final report of the Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting states that the main principle followed was that while gambling among private individuals should not be interfered with organised ' {ambling facilities should be prohibited or restricted where they ifid to serious social consequences. jHu> report recommends that the • Costing legislation concerning lotteries, gaining, and betting should » amended and consolidated. No change is recommended in ii» existing position at civil law whereby wagering transactions are «ot enforcible in the courts. Office totaliaator betting should be proMbited, all bookmakers on or off ■ taceorarses should be registered, -and no betting should be allowed ,*rth persons under the age of 17 years. " The institution of large lotteries ~in Great Britain is not recommended, as this is considered unbearable in itself and unlikely to otsist materially in suppressing the »te of tickets in lotteries promoted * gsewaere. If the institution of a "'«*s? lottery were permitted the *#ast objectionable form would be i« te tottery for the benefit of we Exchequer. The commission's recommendaw»ns include legalisation for postal «se betting, the restriction of book- , 2* 861 ! advertisements, the prohibi- - XL?* tipsters' businesses, the reliction of betting to 10 days jwntbly, or 100 yearly, with all and dog tracks limited . 2!?' 0 a week, the prohibition *m Plication of sweepstake rei , r™s . or information encouraging ( 2^P?" on in them, and also the Fotubition of newspaper competi- . "2* m sporting events unless the Wafcs are limited to £IOO.