United Kingdom News - Page 84

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.

International News Brief: The continuing regeneration of Glasgow has made the city odds-on favourite to be the gambling capital of the UK, according to MGM Mirage.

International News Brief: Plans to liberalize 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: Interactive Gaming Holdings says it has entered into a revenue-sharing deal on one of its 1,100 gaming Internet sites with leading online betting firm Sportingbet.

International News Brief: MGM Mirage and Manchester-based Peel Holdings are planning to build casinos in Manchester, Salford, Glasgow and Liverpool.

International News Brief: A punter is believed to have scooped the biggest individual win in betting shop history, from a £4 stake - and could still double his winnings.

International News Brief: William Hill has unveiled a Virtual Reality Racecourse, called Greenside Park to go live online tomorrow.

International News Brief: Gaming Corporation, an online casinos group, is in talks to buy an Israeli software house that would give it the technology to launch a wide variety of new interactive games.