The Gambling Act 2005 regulates commercial gambling in Great Britain, including arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, gaming machines, society lotteries and remote gambling operations based in the UK. It has three principle objectives:
- Keeping gambling crime free.
- Making sure that gambling is fair and open.
- Protecting children and vulnerable adults.
An example of some one who have broken a gambling law would be Chicago White Sox faced the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series. This series would go down as one of the biggest sports scandals of all time. As the story goes, professional gambler Joseph Sullivan paid eight members of the White Sox around 10,000 dollars each to fix the World Series. The players involved were Oscar Felsch, Arnold Gandil, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Charles Risberg, George Weaver, and Claude Williams. All of these players have been banned for life this was in 1919.
AO1 DCMS - Sport England
Sports England have set five targets which will see us deliver these outcomes the first outcomes is grow, sports England wants one million people taking part in more sports and they want more children and young people taking part in five hours of PE and sport a week these target account for 15% of our investment.
The second outcome is sustain, sports England want more people satisfied with their sporting experience also want 25% fewer 16-18 year olds dropping out of at least nine sports - badminton. basketball, football, hockey, gymnastics, netball, rugby league, rugby union tennis, these targets account for 60% of our investment.
Sport England intend to achieve there main five target by invest expertise, resources and both government and Lottery money into community sport and by having an £480 million is invested directly through 46 national governing bodies of sport. And there are five open funding streams other organisations can apply to. Also Sport England work with a lot of organisations such as:
- National governing bodies of sport
- National partners
- Local authorities
- County sports partnerships
- Higher and further education
- The third sector
- The commercial sector
- London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Delivery Authority
DCMS is trying to do to engage children to be involved in sport by doing this package of events designed around supporting schools to provide more opportunities for their pupils to compete in sport through a vibrant programme of regular intra- and inter-school competitions. These competitions will lead to the best performing school teams featuring at county or city level Festivals of Sport, with the most talented young sports people having the chance to represent their schools in a high-profile national event – the first of which will be held in and around the Olympic park in 2012, In my veiw this is a great event because it enviable everyone to have a go at there most talented sports and have a chance to go to a level young people would love to take part in.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley saids "It helps in the drive against child obesity and competitive school sport offers a wide range of benefits like better self esteem, confidence and social skills. That is why we have got behind the School Games by providing up to £20 million of funding over the next two years.
DCMS and sports England really want a increase of the number of young leaders and volunteers, and the Youth Sport Trust to build capacity in schools - set against the context of increasing competitive sporting opportunities.
AO1 DCMS - Places, People, Play
Places People Play is a £135m initiative that will bring the inspiration and magic of a home Olympic Games and Paralympic Games into the heart of local communities from this I can clearly see that the government is try to get the people of England to play the Olympic sports instead of watch it on the TV. The Government also want England to be a healthier country and also want to provide the facilities to play sports.
For iconic faclilties Sport England’s thinks investment will be in large capital grants - on average, awards between £500,000 - £1,500,000 will be made.There are different funding for different area such as iconic facilities have £30 million of capital National Lottery funding, plus partnership funding, over three £10 million funding rounds 2011 to 2014.
For protecting playing fields Sport England thinks right across the country with this investment, we are proposing to make grants of between £20,000 - £50,000 Will be make. Protecting playing fields have £10m National Lottery plus partnership funding over five £2 million funding rounds, with two in 2011/12, two in 2012/13 and one in 2013/14.
Places, people, play work alongside the lottery and the British Olympic Association, the British Paralympic Association and with the support of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games.
AO1 DCMS - Summarise what the DCMS
What is DCMS and what does it do?
DCMS is a department that is responsible for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and we help drive the Digital Economy.
Our purpose:
- DCMS works to make sure the communications, creative, media, cultural, tourism, sport and leisure economies have the framework to grow and have real impact on people’s lives.
- We create the conditions for growth by removing barriers, providing strategic direction and supporting innovation and creativity.
- Through DCMS, the public funds: our cultural heritage, free access to world-class cultural institutions, art that challenges and provokes, the BBC, the sporting stars of the future. We want everyone to be able to enjoy our national culture, play sport and have access to effective communications.
- We are accountable to Parliament and the public for getting value from the money we spend and the work that we do.
- Jeremy Hunt hails economic legacy from 2012 Games as £1.8 billion retail gateway to Olympic park officially opens.
- UK Sport is looking for athletes with raw talent to develop into future medallists.
- Army, Royal Navy and RAF personnel urged to sign up to see the Games.
- National Lottery fund is part of the Places People Play legacy programme
The Government Olympic Executive (GOE), which is part of the DCMS, oversees the entire London 2012 project.
We supervise £9.3 billion of public sector funding which comes from a variety of sources including central Government, London authorities and the National Lottery. We produce Quarterly Economic Reports and Annual Reports which provide a full financial update on our progress.
We will ensure that the Games are delivered on time, on budget and for the benefit of the whole country.
Three facts about DCMS
- Encouraging competitive sport in schools through the School Games.
- Delivering the mass participation Places, People Play strategy, which was launched on 15 November 2010.
- Reforming arm’s length bodies in the sport sector and improving governance arrangements within sporting bodies.
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