INTERNET GAMBLING WILL BE BOOSTED BY UK SMOKING BAN SAY WEB CASINOS
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNET gambling boss has predicted England's new nationwide smoking ban could pump an additional GBPounds 5 million-a-year into his industry's coffers, as smoking punters abandon casinos and bingo halls banning cigarettes and cigars. Malcolm Graham, CEO poker website PKR.com, noted bingo attendance dropped by 20% after an earlier ban in Scotland.
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AN INTERNET gambling boss has predicted England's new nationwide smoking ban could pump an additional GBPounds 5 million-a-year into his industry's coffers, as smoking punters abandon casinos and bingo halls banning cigarettes and cigars. Malcolm Graham, CEO poker website PKR.com, noted bingo attendance dropped by 20% after an earlier ban in Scotland.
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