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German State Closes All Betting Shops

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News from over in Europe today. I wouldn’t usually cover this sort of thing but it’s quite extraordinary, and you can’t really imagine it happening over here. In Bremen, the smallest state in Germany, every single betting shop is to be closed with immediate effect in an attempt to rid the industry of illegal money…

William Hill Closing 700 Shops

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We have been aware of the plight of high street bookies for a long time now. People just aren’t using the high street in the way that they used to, with the internet shouldering most of the blame. Retail businesses of all kinds are suffering and bookies are no different. Despite the drop in footfall,…