United Kingdom News - Page 46

International News Brief: Sugal & Damani , an Indian company, has bid against Camelot in the contest to run the UK's National Lottery.

International News Brief: Owners of the former Millennium Dome in London have said they will not fight for supercasino status.

nternational News Brief: The NEC has started the search for a business partner to build a gambling palace after Solihull was recommended as the location for a large casino.

News Brief: The Malaysian Court of Appeal will hear today an application by two foreign casinos to recover the RM7.1mil gambling debts owed by former Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Osu Sukam.

International News Brief: Hong Leong group's Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan has grabbed 25 of the 89 casino licences awarded in Britain in the past two years.

nternational News Brief: Plans for the UK's first racino have been submitted in the West Midlands.

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: Britian’s leading casino operators have hired City solicitors Herbert Smith to launch a legal fight to help them compete with the 17 new casinos announced by the government last week.

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: Hastings Borough Council has expressed its dismay at the decision not to award the town a casino.

International News Brief: Casino operators are queuing up to cash in on Great Yarmouth's success as one of only eight towns in Britain to win the right to have a large casino.

International News Brief: As high-rolling Milton Keynes celebrated its newly-won casino, the betting began on the likely location of the gambling arena.

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: Yarmouth hit a £40m-a-year jackpot yesterday after winning the right to build one of eight large casinos across the country.

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.

American gaming analysts were surprised Tuesday that Britain's first Las Vegas-style casino will be built in the city of Manchester, beating out London and the seaside community of Blackpool.

International News Brief: Stanley Leisure last night said it would bid to become the operator of the UK's first supercasino in Manchester.

nternational News Brief: “After the bitter disappointment of losing its bid for the country's first super-casino, Solihull has gained compensation by winning the race for a scaled-down gambling attraction.

International News Brief: Aspers vowed to press ahead with their bid to build a sizable British business, despite their failure to win the nation's only super-casino licence.

International News Brief: The decision to allow operators to advertise on television for the first time raised fresh concerns of an increase in problem gambling.