Gambling Law & Regulation - April 2012

This is an expanded edition of Addisons' Gambling Law & Regulation Newsletter. It contains articles on current gambling issues, ranging from summaries of the current position relating to the regulation in Australia of pre-commitment in connection with gaming machines to the aftermath of last week's High Court decisions relating to the constitutional validity of the race fields regime.

We also comment on an issue that has been highlighted recently in the British press, namely, whether game shows are in fact gambling or glamorise gambling (and the implicit question as to whether further regulation is appropriate). Our article summarises the differences in approach between the UK and Australia.