The British Broadcasting Corporation reported Monday that GamCare, a charity funded by the U.K.’s gambling industry, plans to open Britain’s first gambling-addiction clinic in southwest England. The clinic will begin operating next month at the Broadway Lodge Treatment Centre in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset and will exist strictly as a charity service.
The clinic will offer four- [...]

Monday, more than 1,000 people joined in a “backward march” in Taipei to protest a bill that lifts the country’s ban on casino construction. The bill, which Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan passed in January, will allow outside companies to build casinos on the country’s offshore islands if a majority of voters approve of doing so in [...]