Manchester News

The Genting Poker Link Game Championship links together nine Genting Poker Clubs with an online tournament, all playing out together.

Grosvenor Casinos plans for a 24-hour casino rejected.

Tracey Collins wins ‘Leader of the Year’ at the International Women in Gaming Awards.

A team of Grosvenor Casino employees complete a ‘high stakes’ game of poker on top of Mount Snowdon.

Manchester City football player arrested after casino dispute.

International news brief: Footballer Wayne Rooney lost an astonishing £65,000 in just two hours after hitting a casino at four in the morning.

International News Brief: Showdown talks between Gordon Brown and senior Manchester politicians over the city's doomed supercasino bid have been hailed as `productive'.

International News Brief: Plans to build a supercasino in Manchester are to be dropped by the UK Government but 16 smaller casinos will be given the go-ahead.

International News Brief: Manchester City Council may challenge the government if plans to build a super-casino in the city are scrapped.

International News Brief: Manchester has spent nearly £240,000 of council taxpayers' money on its supercasino bid, according to a recent report.

International News Brief: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reflecting on plans to build a Las Vegas-style supercasino in Manchester but his spokesman says plans to build 16 smaller casinos would be respected.

International News Brief: The minister in charge of gambling has admitted the government has `not got a position' on how to take forward Manchester's supercasino bid.

International News Brief: Tony Blair has told MPs both Manchester and Blackpool should get super-casinos, if there was sufficient investment.

International News Brief: A Manchester MP has been criticised for opposing the creation of Britain's first supercasino in the city and damaging the interests of his community.

International News Brief: No progress will be made on Manchester's supercasino bid until next month at the earliest, the government has confirmed.

nternational News Brief: Senior Manchester politicians have rejected concerns raised in the House of Lords about the city's winning supercasino bid.

International News Brief: UK sports minister Richard Caborn has defended the decision to grant a super casino licence to Manchester.

nternational News Brief: Anschutz Entertainment Group, company which wanted to open a super casino in the Dome, has accused Manchester council of spreading misleading information.

International News Brief: Prof .Stephen Crow, chairman of the Casino Advisory Panel, has been invited to explain the recommendation of Manchester as the preferred site for the UK's first Las Vegas-style gambling mecca.

International News Brief: An expert who helped Manchester's successful bid for the UK's first supercasino had previously lobbied for Blackpool.