Editing Gambling (section)

===Great Britain===

{{Main|Gambling in the United Kingdom|History of gambling in the United Kingdom}}
Gambling has been a main recreational activity in Great Britain for centuries.<ref>Roger Munting,  ''An economic and social history of gambling in Britain and the USA.'' (Manchester UP, 1996).</ref> [[Queen Elizabeth I]] chartered a lottery that was drawn in 1569.<ref name="Brenner Brenner Brenner 1990 p. 10">{{cite book | last1=Brenner | first1=R. | last2=Brenner | first2=G.A. | last3=Brenner | first3=G.A. | title=Gambling and Speculation: A Theory, a History, and a Future of Some Human Decisions | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=1990 | isbn=978-0-521-38180-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3-Z46tgupAC&pg=PA10 | access-date=2023-03-12 | page=10}}</ref> Horseracing has been a favorite theme for over three centuries.<ref>Mike Huggins, ''Flat racing and British society, 1790-1914: A social and economic history'' (Routledge, 2014).</ref> It has been heavily regulated.<ref>David Forrest,  "An economic and social review of gambling in Great Britain." ''Journal of Gambling Business and Economics'' 7.3 (2013): 1-33.</ref> Historically much of the opposition comes from [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Nonconformist Protestants]], and from social reformers.<ref>Roger Munting, "Social opposition to gambling in Britain: a historical overview." ''International Journal of the History of Sport'' 10.3 (1993): 295–312.</ref><ref>Mike Huggins,  "Betting, sport and the British, 1918-1939." ''Journal of Social History'' (2007): 283–306. [http://www.academia.edu/download/30530097/Betting__sport_and_the_BritishDecember_2007_issue_(Volume_41_Number_2)..pdf Online]{{dead link|date=July 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>