United Kingdom News - Page 51

International News Brief: The Bingo Association is seeking £10m from the Treasury to provide emergency relief for clubs over the next two or three years in the wake of the smoking ban.

International News Brief: Stanley Casinos, the UK'S largest casino operator, has launched a bid to open a £7million complex in a Glasgow shopping centre.

International News Brief: A casino on the outskirts of the city could be part of Darragh MacAnthony's future plans for investing in Peterborough, England.

International News Brief: Hatters have taken a gamble on an off-the-field venture by bidding to launch a club casino.

International News Brief: Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott will not face an investigation over a stay last year at the ranch of a US gambling tycoon, police said yesterday.

International News Brief: British executives of online gambling companies could be arrested on criminal charges in Germany if they set foot in the country.

International News Brief: The crackdown on internet gambling in the US has begun to frighten off senior directors.

International News Brief: Chief executive of company that own Dunstall Park racecourse optimistic that plans for a casino, hotel extension and health club will be given the green light.

International News Brief: Paisley has put itself forward again as a UK casino contender, despite its bid being turned down four months ago.

The launch of the official Manchester United online gaming site was recently announced following an agreement signed between Manchester United and Playtech's licensee Betfred.

International News Brief: More than 70 companies have expressed an interest in snapping up Great Yarmouth's Marina Centre site - which could be turned into a casino complex.

Take That, operators of Lottery.co.uk and National-Lottery.com, is informing the public that a SuperDraw is coming tomorrow.

nternational News Brief: Arena Leisure outlined plans to build Britain's first ‘racino’, a combined racing and casino venue, in Wolverhampton.

International News Brief: The UK's largest operator of horseracing fixtures blamed the distraction of the World Cup for a dip in form at its racecourse division today.

Late Night Poker coverage will return to British television screens September 26, 2006 at midnight.

St. Helens Rugby League Club is to launch rugby league’s first club-branded gaming website in a deal which could generate significant new revenues for the club.

Warehouse worker Peter Battye won a GBP25,000 jackpot on a mobile phone casino game on the Phone Casino.

International News Brief: Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain has welcomed the completion of the Independent Casino Advisory Panel's series of examinations-in-public of the proposals for a regional casino.

International News Brief: A racing industry consortium has made a formal offer to buy the Tote, the state-owned bookmaker, for less than the £400m the British Government was looking for.

International News Brief: Professional gamblers are rushing to buy £1,000 ($1,879) devices that they believe will enable them to win millions of pounds in casinos when the gambling industry is deregulated next year.