But the popularity of gambling on the internet, and a handful of East German licences granted in 1990, have provided private operators with loopholes that regional governments have been trying to stop up.
Because - politics aside - a lot of the adjustments that the US economy needed to make to stop running up debts with the rest of the world and to compete in global markets are already well under way.
While he's beating up on the iPad, however, Doctorow takes a moment to tell the rest of us to stop beating up on Mom.
Because it was bankrupt, Cuba was forced to stop propping up the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua.
It is certainly no reason for the Fed to stop pushing up interest rates.
The government is also under pressure to stop propping up the finance sector.
If we're to achieve sustainable growth we need to stop beating up the only people who can solve our economic problems.
"China hopes that Japan take effective measures to stop stirring up tension in the East China Sea and making irresponsible remarks, " it said.
It provides roughly 50% of the U.S. electricity sector's needs--even with the "going green" craze at full throttle, power companies aren't going to stop gobbling up coal.
Between work and an internet connection full of unlimited possibilities to waste time, if I am going to stop everything to pick up a book, that book better be damn good.
So it was in July 2011 that the TWC issued an order requiring ATI to stop signing up new students in certain programs due to suspected over-reporting of employment related to the vocational training received in those programs.
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On what we would suggest George Osborne do, he said that "you have got to stop-up a whole lot of tax loopholes", for example the "glaring dodge" of very wealthy people avoiding stamp duty by owning their homes in the name of foreign companies.
Tander's car led for much of the race but dropped back with an hour to go after a pit stop to top up with some oil.
Drivers with bladders of steel might want to make such a run without a stop to fill up .
Mr Zygner said that he noticed a knife on the ground, picked it up and stabbed Mr Kulinski in the back in a bid to stop him beating up his co-defendant.
Her husband started to get up, to stop her, but one of the women grabbed his arm, holding him back.
In Seoul, protesters pleaded Wednesday with the South Korean government to step up efforts to stop the repatriation of the North Koreans.
So much so, in fact, that the authorities are having to think up ways to stop the electronic gadgets from being vandalised or stolen.
But Northwest Airlines, which is the biggest carrier between the two countries, is holding out for full open skies, allowing American airlines to use Japan as a bus-stop to pick passengers up and fly them elsewhere.
Groups set up to stop services being taken away from Stafford Hospital need to join up, according to a campaigner.
Jersey's waste could be turned into building materials to stop the build up of ash, according to a deputy.
The key is to stop beating yourself up about it and get back on track as soon as possible.
An extra wall could be built outside St Aubin Harbour to stop it silting up so quickly, harbour officials have said.
So what's to stop them serving up personalized advertisements for products when the gaze of our glasses rest upon those products?
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And when it delivers its payload, it needs to be weighted down with ballast to stop it shooting up into the air.
The onus has to be on industry to stop undermining parents trying to bring up their own children, the way they want.
What is to stop it buying up Italian government debt or Spanish government debt in substantially bigger amounts than it is currently doing?
We've asked him to go after al-Qaida, to round up Taliban, to stop the nuclear program, and now to revive democracy in Pakistan.
The unity on display today is paper-thin, and President Obama's real aim will be to stop Israel talking up the possibility of war.
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