Britain bans betting on credit cards to fight gambling addiction
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's 24 million gamblers will no longer be able to use credit cards to place bets under the latest move by the government to tackle problem gambling.Less than a year after Britain slashed the maximum stake that can be placed on popular fixed-odds betting terminals, it said on Tuesday it would ban gamblers from using credit cards to bet online or offline to rack up debt.According to trade body UK Finance, around 800,000 Britons use credit cards to gamble. The Gambling..