United Kingdom News - Page 72

International News Brief: A London-based firm has taken the lead in the ‘Glas-Vegas' race to build Scotland's largest casino.

New UK casinos might be restricted to remote or downtrodden areas where U.S. casino operators wouldn't want to develop.

International News Brief: Significant amendments to the Government’s controversial Gambling Bill were announced in the Lords today by the minister responsible for gambling regulation, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, when he moved Second Reading.

International News Brief: Ministers are warning the gaming industry that the Government will scrap the controversial Gambling Bill and reintroduce it after the election rather than agree to the concessions being demanded by casino operators.

International News Brief: Plans to bulldoze the Mecca bingo hall in Fountainbridge to make way for a new canal-side leisure complex are set to be decided at a public inquiry.

International News Brief: Manchester United, confirmed this week as the richest football club in the world, announced today that it is in talks over the possibility of further boosting its income by building a supercasino at its Old Trafford ground.

iTouch has signed an agreement with Zone4Play to distribute its extensive database of gaming, gambling and betting services to iTouch customers.

International News Brief: Bar and nightclub operator Luminar and Accor Casinos have received planning permission for its casino development in Leeds.

International News Brief: The new Grosvenor Casino has opened its doors at Gunwharf Quays.

International News Brief: The British casino industry is embarking on a last-ditch campaign to influence the Government's Gambling Bill, demanding that it be allowed thousands more high-prize slot machines in order to compete with overseas operators who will enter the market.

International News Brief: The man appointed to spearhead Britain's gambling industry has resigned after just seven months in the post following the culture secretary Tessa Jowell's U-turn on the expansion of casinos.

International News Brief: Bookmakers are giving odds on what colour outfit Camilla Parker Bowles will wear when she ties the knot with Prince Charles in April, while designers mull whether she will take her vows in a suit or dress.

Parlay Entertainment Inc. reports the completion of a license agreement with St. Minver Limited, Europe's largest provider of 'white label' fully managed gaming solutions.

International News Brief: British lawmakers have called for tough new measures to crack down on corruption in sports-related betting.

International News Brief: Imagine gambling in a casino, working out on a treadmill and going shopping while flying across an ocean.

nternational News Brief: Wales’s win over England in Cardiff on Saturday has shaken up the betting for the RBS Six Nations, with William Hill now offering Ireland as 13-8 favourites to win the tournament.

International News Brief: An investigation to find out what impact five new super casinos will have on London and its residents has been launched.

Opinion: David A. Marcus, CEO of Echovox, examines the effect of the changing UK gambling legislation on the mobile gambling (m-gambling) market

International News Brief: In the early 90s, women represented just four per cent of gamblers but now 20 per cent of British women visit an online casino or betting site more than once a year.

Spin3 and Microgaming are launching the first complete mobile casino system.