United Kingdom News - Page 60

International News Brief: London Clubs International has sold its Les Ambassadeurs casino in London’s Mayfair to investment vehicle Twinwood for £115 million.

International News Brief: Proposals to build a super-casino in Wembley are set to be submitted to a government-appointed committee on March 31.

International News Brief: A £7 million mega-casino on the site of a former nightclub in Fountainbridge has been knocked back by city licensing chiefs.

International News Brief: Blackpool Council has formally unveiled its plans to bid for a regional or super-casino to the Casino Advisory Panel later this month.

International News Brief: This year's World Cup is going to see a 'seismic increase' in gambling ... and that's on top of betting on Big Brother and online poker.

International News Brief: A future Blackpool super casino will be hit with an extra £6 million per year tax bill, it was confirmed yesterday.

International News Brief: Local council bosses are betting on a bumper jobs jackpot if a casino is built in the Wakefield district.

International News Brief: Britain's bookmakers took a blow when the Chancellor imposed licence fees on their betting machines, a move that will cost the industry tens of millions of pounds, and increased the tax on one-armed bandits at arcades and clubs.

International News Brief: The Sportsman, Britain's first new national daily newspaper in 20 years, is betting that a gambling boom fueled by the Internet and televised soccer matches will help it overcome the industry's lackluster advertising growth.

European Lottery Guild, an independent lottery subscription service in operation since 1990, announces their support of the Betfair-Paypal agreement.

International News Brief: Supporters of Blackpool’s bid to host the UK’s only permitted regional super-casino have dismissed comments in a government-commissioned report that stated that the town had ‘no space’ for a site on such a scale.

International News Brief: A bid by the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham to become the site of Britain's first super casino has won the support of councillors.

Gala Bingo is taking on the global online gaming industry with the launch of its new website.

International News Brief: Plans for a pet motel at a proposed Las Vegas-style entertainment centre at Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, in a village have been revealed.

Club World Casinos Group is very excited to announce the launch of 3 online casinos designed to cater for the increasing demands of the global market.

International News Brief: Two towns in Dumfries and Galloway have been earmarked as potential sites for casino developments.

International News Brief: Proposed rules on how to govern Britain's gambling industry in the future are being published today.

International News Brief: Labour opposition leader John Mutton has called on Birmingham and Solihull to back Coventry's bid to have Britain's first pilot super-casino.

International News Brief: City Hall leaders are planning to turn down a unique opportunity for Norwich to become the new Las Vegas of the East and be the location for one of the country's new casinos.

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