United Kingdom News - Page 64

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.

International News Brief: The number of gamblers has jumped in Britain since the government abolished a 24-hour registration period for new visitors.

International News Brief: Internet casino firms are facing a UK government clampdown over concerns some are breaking strict advertising laws.

International News Brief: A former financial consultant who stole £10m to feed his gambling habit, has been jailed for 12 years for 'breaches of trust of the grossest order'.

nternational News Brief: London Clubs International has been awarded a licence to operate a casino on a site adjacent to the Empire Cinema in the capital’s Leicester Square.

International News Brief: A group of MPs, businesses and community groups in Coventry has formed a campaign to try and bring the UK’s first regional casino to the city.

nternational News Brief: Ryanair is planning facilities to allow its passengers to gamble during flights, and says the move could do away with the need to charge air fares.