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Carnevale di Venezia 2018 a Palazzo Mocenigo: Il giocatore di Biribissi

Francesco Guardi, Il Ridotto

Forma per maschera Bauta

Carnevale 2012: documentary exhibition catalogue

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Guardi, The Ridotto Pubblico at Palazzo Dandolo

Open Access at The Met

Stardust Hotel & Casino

Celebrating Nevada Statehood Through Neon

Betting and Gaming Act 1960, as enacted (PDF)

Betting and Gaming Act 1960, contents

Gaming Act 1968, introduction

Gaming Act 1968, section 10

Gaming Act 1968, section 11

Gaming Act 1968, section 12

Gaming Act 1968, section 54

Gambling Act 2005, introduction

Gambling Act 2005, section 1

Gambling Act 2005, section 4

Gambling Act 2005, section 358

Gambling Act 2005 explanatory notes, introduction

Gambling Act 2005 explanatory notes: Background

Gambling Act 2005 explanatory notes: Summary

The Gambling Act 2005 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2006, article 2

Gaming Act 1845, section 18

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963, introduction

Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014, introduction

Hansard, Commons, 16 November 1959: Betting and Gaming Bill

Hansard: Betting and Gaming Act 1960 parliamentary record

Gaming Bill, 13 February 1968

Hansard: Gaming Act 1968 parliamentary record

Hansard, Commons, 18 November 1969: Gaming Clubs (Licensing)

Gambling Commission: history of the Commission (appraisal methodology and selection policy)

Gambling Commission: FOI response, Gaming Board's Annual Advice

Gambling Commission: Who we are

2015 statistics notice explaining the 2014 change

Historic England: Devonshire Club, list entry 1235890

Historic England: 44 Berkeley Square, list entry 1066466

Survey of London vols 29-30: St James's Street, east side

Britannica: William Crockford

Hippodrome Casino: The History of The Hippodrome

Etymonline: casino

Betting and Gaming Bill, 11 May 1960

Gambling, 19 May 1966

Gaming Act 1968 as enacted

CERN: the birth of the Web

2021 online-games design announcement

Gambling Act 2005, section 4 as enacted

Gambling Act 2005, section 67 as enacted

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Das Casino von Monte Carlo bei Nacht · Martin Furtschegger · Source · CC BY 3.0. Displayed with a responsive crop; original photograph unchanged.