Finishes: Colors & Stains

The Casino Club Port Talbot in Wales  believed to be Britain's first legal casino  was established in 1961 by gambling mogul George Alfred James.

The disreputable nature of gambling as a vice was buttressed by prohibitive legislation. Laws to control and contain off-course betting, lotteries and sweepstakes were passed in 1823, 1845, 1856, 1906, 1934 and 1956 leaving most commercial gambling in the black economy until the Betting and Gaming Act (1960).