07-04-2005 The House of Lords approves Gambling Bill

The Bill will allow casinos to open 24-hours-a-day with unlimited jackpots. It will also introduce compulsory age checks on gambling websites and create a new offence of permitting a child to gamble.

For the first time in the UK, the Bill will introduce a regulated regime for online betting and set up a new Gambling Commission to police the industry

The Government will no longer require for all egaming equipment to be based in the UK. The new Gambling Commission will take a case by case approach to judge which items of egaming equipment could be located offshore.