United Kingdom News - Page 84

The interactive Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association (iGGBA) have opened an office in Brussels.

International News Brief: William Hill is offering 12/1 odds that temperatures will beat last summer's sweltering temperatures.

International News Brief: At the end of March last year, Britain boasted 699 commercial bingo clubs which collectively catered to over three million paying members.

International News Brief: Ladbrokes has called in a feng shui expert to discover why customers keep raking in the money.

International News Brief: The British Jockey Club has reacted with disbelief to the claim of Chris Bell of the Ladbrokes bookmaking firm that at least one race a day in Britain is fixed.

International News Brief: The integrity of U.K. horse racing was once again in question after the head of Ladbrokes claimed that at least one race every day in Britain is fixed.

International News Brief: Plans to liberalise gambling laws and allow Las Vegas-style casino resorts in Britain risk leaving more people in poverty and suffering from mental health problems, according to a public health expert.

International News Brief: To recapture its popularity, Blackpool is banking on legislation that would bring Vegas-style gambling resorts to Britain, where casinos are small, highly restricted and free of glitz.

International News Brief: British bookmakers are reporting a surge in bets that Tony Blair will leave his post as prime minister before the next general election.

International News Brief: Five of the world's biggest casino operators are jostling to win a deal to build a £250 million Las Vegas-style casino resort complex near Manchester City's new football stadium.

International News Brief: Glasgow could become Scotland’s Las Vegas within two years if plans for the country’s biggest casino scheduled for the banks of the River Clyde are given the go-ahead.

International News Brief: Attempts are being made to prevent the flight to Bangladesh of a teenage girl allegedly committed to marriage by her father in exchange for a £15,000 settlement of his gambling debts.

International News Brief: Plans for a casino within Wolverhampton's racecourse have been put on hold - because the site falls within the Green Belt.

International News Brief: Bookmakers have suffered a drop in telephone betting of between 20 and 40 per cent in the past few weeks, since the Attheraces horseracing channel went off air.

International News Brief: The world's first albatross race has been launched with celebrities, bookmakers and ecologists joining forces to save the mighty seabird from extinction.

International News Brief: Millionaire entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne will open his first casino in Newcastle following the granting of gaming and drinks licences yesterday.

International News Brief: Gamblers who get too hooked on the cards and roulette wheels will be told to leave casinos under controversial Government plans to combat addiction.

The Gaming Club, in conjunction with Las-Vegas-Casinos US, announces its sponsorship of The World Poker Championship in a two year deal.

International News Brief: Betfair, Betdaq and Sporting Options are criticizing suggestions that some exchange punters be identified, regulated, made subject to the appropriate levy arrangements and have their status checked.

International News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Chief Executive Gary Loveman says the company wants to build casinos in the United Kingdom.