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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.

International News Brief: Hundreds of jobs and millions of pounds worth of investment could be coming to Swansea after its council scooped a recommendation for a small casino licence this morning.

International News Brief: Manchester unexpectedly won the right to build Britain's first Las Vegas-style super-casino.

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

International News Brief: A contender to bring a large casino to Yarmouth has laid down his ace card ahead of next week's announcement on whether the resort has won one of the eight prized licences.

International News Brief: Legal challenges and accusations of showing favouritism to foreign investors will be faced when the locations of a new generation of 17 Las Vegas-style casinos--including one giant supercasino--are announced next week.

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: Croupiers, cashiers, valets and restaurant workers at Grosvenor Casinos in London walked out for 24 hours from Thursday morning.

International News Brief: Casinos will be allowed to open their doors all day under new plans drawn up by the Government, which critics say could allow problem gamblers to lose money around the clock.