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I've just seen the numbers from the most recent of the Gambling Commission's regular surveys on attitudes to gambling in the UK. The good news is that the number of people who think gambling is conducted fairly and can be trusted has gone up since…

Ralph Topping, whose latest diatribe I blogged about earlier today , is not the first person to have quoted Betfair's "turnover" in arguing, bogusly, about Betfair's relative tax or levy payments. The whole of the gambling industry is taxed (and levied) on gross profit; and…

Ralph Topping, whose latest diatribe I blogged about earlier today , is not the first person to have quoted Betfair's "turnover" in arguing, bogusly, about Betfair's relative tax or levy payments. The whole of the gambling industry is taxed (and levied) on gross profit; and…

I remember the first I met Ralph Topping. I was at the races at Windsor for an evening meeting, and he'd just been appointed. He was full of bonhomie, and was extremely friendly. I saw him again shortly afterwards, at a meeting for what became…

I remember the first I met Ralph Topping. I was at the races at Windsor for an evening meeting, and he'd just been appointed. He was full of bonhomie, and was extremely friendly. I saw him again shortly afterwards, at a meeting for what became…