United Kingdom News - Page 63

International News Brief: More than $1m (£575,000) are staked every minute by enthusiasts like Jane Foster, or Ms Fortune, as she's known online.

International News Brief: Birmingham’s decision makers must not dither over a decision about a super-casino, a Midland MP has warned.

International News Brief: Cardiff council has made an official bid for a "super" casino to be built in the city.

In its first move into the UK, Century Casinos has announced plans to develop and operate a casino in Croydon, greater London, UK.

MGM Mirage has been chosen to develop a unique multimillion-pound regeneration for the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

International News Brief: The National Exhibition Centre has been told by one of its own board members to put its plans for a super-casino on the table or withdraw from the race.

International News Brief: The battle between Birmingham City FC and the NEC to be nominated as a site for Britain's first super-casino will be resolved by the end of next month with Blues almost certain to win the race.

International News Brief: Casino owners are rushing through applications to open new venues ahead of tight new UK government restrictions from April 2006.

The Small Town Poker Tour will push up the date for the European Small Town Poker Tour Championships.

International News Brief: Former Celtic player Tony Cascarino is hoping to scoop a fortune at his new career - playing professional poker.

International News Brief: If internet gambling is like the wild west, then Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Poker is the latest cowboy to swagger into the saloon.

International News Brief: The U.K. Government has threatened to bring in statutory controls over advertising for online gambling following evidence that operators are breaking the law.

News Brief: The steadily rising number of casinos in Britain could leap by more than 50% to 211 sites, even before next-generation gaming licences have been granted under the Gambling Act, the Guardian has learned.

International News Brief: Sunderland’s Gala Casino is ready to welcome revellers with a launch night tipped by bosses to be the biggest party the city has ever seen.

Companies in the moblile-gambling value chain are beginning to position themselves and mobile gambling will take off in earnest in Q2 2006.

International News Brief: Empire Online, a promoter of internet poker and casino sites, today pulled out of takeover talks with PartyGaming, the owner of the world's biggest online poker site.

International News Brief: A London assembly report has expressed reservations about the development of new 'super casinos' in the capital.

News Brief: Plans for a third casino in Yarmouth yesterday won unanimous backing at the borough council development control committee.

International News Brief: Birmingham City Council is relying on a four-year gagging order to block the release of information on plans for a super casino at Saltley.

International News Brief: Plans to open a third casino in Yarmouth would create up to 70 jobs and provide a huge boost to tourism, it is being claimed.