Blackpool News - Page 2

International News Brief: Three Manchester MPs are among those who have signed a Commons motion calling for a review of the decision to award the super-casino licence to the city.

nternational News Brief: The government is being urged to reconsider the decision to award a super-casino license to Manchester, at the expense of Blackpool.

International News Brief: Blackpool stands to miss out on up to £700 million worth of investment following the failure of its supercasino bid.

International News Brief: Key figures in Blackpool are refusing to give up the fight for a super-casino in the resort, despite seeing their dream all but shattered on Tuesday.

International News Brief: As Blackpool reeled in shock at the failure of a gamble on which it had staked so much, Manchester cheered its dark horse.

nternational News Brief: Britain's first super-casino should be built in Blackpool, according to an independent think tank.

International News Brief: Paddy Power cut the odds on Blackpool winning the license super casino to 8/11 from 11/10 ahead of the Dome in Greenwich after `a flood of large bets were placed,' the company said in a statement today.

International News Brief: A super casino in Blackpool will bring regeneration to the town according to the Town Hall's top economic chief.

International News Brief: Blackpool must wait another three months before it knows whether it has won the super-casino jackpot.

nternational News Brief: The company which runs Blackpool's largest amusement arcade is launching a legal challenge against the town's bid for a super casino licence.

International News Brief: Support for Blackpool's casino bid has poured in from groups and members of the public according to staff at the Casino Advisory Panel.

International News Brief: Licensing magistrates have ruled against an application to transform part of the Coral Island complex into a casino.

International News Brief: Operators bidding to launch a super-casino in Blackpool will have to make live entertainment central to their pitches if they are to be successful, project organisers have stressed.

International News Brief: The Casino Advisory Panel, whose job is to recommend where the UK's first super casino should go, will get its first view of the Blackpool site earmarked for the resort's £350 million gambling mecca.

International News Brief: Blackpool’s campaign to win the UK’s only super-casino licence moved ahead another stage this week with the submission of a formal planning application to the council.

International News Brief: Blackpool residents have been invited to tell the Government why the resort should win the UK's super casino race.

International News Brief: Blackpool is to get a new multi-million pound police headquarters – providing the town scoops the jackpot in the UK's great super-casino stakes.

International News Brief: A solicitors firm in Bolton has revealed how a local property firm is gambling on Blackpool winning the right to build a new super-casino for the region.

International News Brief: Grosvenor Casino has applied for planning permission from Blackpool Council to expand by a third.

International News Brief: Ladbrokes, a major bookmaker, has put its cards on the table and thrown its weight behind Blackpool in its bid to be the venue for the UK's only 'super casino'.