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Credit card groups block online use for gambling

By Lucy Warwick-Ching and Josephine Cumbo

Published: October 16 2004 03:00 | Last updated: October 16 2004 03:00

Two credit card companies - American Express and Citigroup - have blocked cardholders from using their cards to gamble on the internet.

The online betting industry last night attacked the card providers for creating a "nanny state".

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