We desire to congratulate Lord Newton upon the "Betting Inducements"
Bill, which has this week been introduced by him in the House of Lords. We understand that the Bill provides that any person who in the United Kingdom writes, prints, circulates, or publishes any advertisement of any betting or tipster's business, whether such busineas is carried on in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, shall be liable for a first offence to a fine not exceeding £25 or to imprisonment for three months, and for subsequent offences to a fine not exceeding £50 or to imprisonment for six months. The Bill in its present form will prevent the publication by newspapers of racing advertisements, though it will not interfere with the publication of "tips." Although, therefore, it does not go as far as we should desire in the direction of discouraging betting, we welcome it as a step forward.
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