United Kingdom News - Page 52

Bullet Business have launched a brand new industry meeting point that brings together the on and offline industries. Bullet Business Europe will take place in London Dec 6-7, 2006.

International News Brief: A super-casino in Sheffield would generate 14,000 jobs in the city over 20 years, it has been claimed.

From September 2006, bingo players will be able, for the first time, to vote for their favourite UK CM Team in a UK-only monthly poll.

nternational News Brief: The UK supercasinos storm has taken another controversial turn after it emerged that the owners of the Dome are already advertising for croupiers even before they have secured a licence.

International News Brief: A supercasino in Glasgow would create 2500 jobs and attract more than half a million extra visitors each year, it was claimed yesterday.

International News Brief: Newcastle's bid for a super casino and regional conference centre received a massive show of support today.

International News Brief: The head of a body charged with advising the Government on the choice of the first super-casino for the UK reasserted his independence during a public hearing today.

nternational News Brief: A hearing to put forward Cardiff's bid to site the UK's first super-casino has heard all bidders still have a chance.

News Brief: Preston has promised to be a real tower of strength for neighbouring town Blackpool in the resort's super casino bid - with the city drooling over an estimated 6,000 jobs and £500 million economic spin off if it gets the go ahead.

International News Brief: New James Bond actor Daniel Craig has added gambling to his range of 007-inspired skills.

The Fox Poker Club has made further applications to the Gambling Commission for Certificates of Consent for venues in London and elsewhere in the UK.

International News Brief: The bid to open the UK's first super casino in the Millennium Dome is not a 'done deal', the head of the panel advising ministers about opening the venues said today.

MAXjet Airways said Monday it will launch twice-weekly nonstops between London and McCarran International Airport on Nov. 2.

International News Brief: The supercasinos row took a sinister new twist tonight after the billionaire owners of the Dome falsely claimed a local vicar backed his plans for a massive gambling complex.

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: Quintain Estates & Development Plc has abandoned plans to build a casino near the new Wembley national stadium following opposition from the local government, knocking its shares.

International News Brief: Construction on a proposed casino at London's Millennium Dome, being redeveloped by one of Denver billionaire Phil Anschutz's companies, has started without a license from the British government.

News Brief: Under pursuit of U.S. legal authorities, European online gaming companies are scrambling to reduce their exposure in the U.S. and find new markets in Europe and Asia.

International News Brief: Public hearings are to take place into the merits of eight shortlisted venues bidding to host the UK's first Las Vegas-style super casino, it was announced today.

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