Gambling sites told to remove ads for games aimed at children

Roughly 450,000 kids in England and Wales gamble every week

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Bookmakers claim crackdown will devastate the gambling industry
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Regulators have ordered gambling websites to take down adverts for casino games that are targeted at children.

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