30th August
Swansea The
Western Mail & South Wales Evening Post
Casino
hits the jackpot after being granted licence
Casino
"will give city huge boost"
29th August
London Corvallis
Gazette Times/AP
Big
Brother always watching in Britain
AP article
on the amazing growth of the surveillance industry in the U.K.
29th August
London The
Scotsman
Bookies'
bonanza comes at a price
28th August
Swansea Swansea
Evening Post
Leisure
pledge as flagship casino is now a step closer
Aspinall's
have got the thumbs up by Swansea magistrates to open a casino in the cities
Salubrious Place development. An opening date is scheduled for 2006.
27th August
Sheffield Sheffield
Star
Rich
Life
Blades
unveil casino scheme for the Lane
Sheffield
United have unveiled their casino plans with partner Las Vegas Sands. The
£100 million project could create 1,500 jobs, but they still have
yet to apply for planning permission.
27th August
Nottingham
Nottingham Evening Post
'His
death still has not sunk in'
Jamie Mayhew
a Gala, Nottingham croupier has sadly died in a car accident on the 26th
August. He was out celebrating his 19th Birthday.
27th August
London & Liverpool
ic Cheshire/Liverpool Daily Post
Ladbrokes
plans US-style casinos for Hilton hotels
27th August
London The
Times ONline
Group
heralds plan for giant casino in UK
26th August
London This
is Money/London Evening Standard
Planet
Hollywood boss's casino plan
After the
Aladdin in Las Vegas the next project for Robert Earl looks like being
50 St. James's in partnership with LCI.
26th August
London This
is Money & BBC.co.uk
Hilton
bets on casino resorts
Gambling
boosts Hilton's profits
26th August
London Yahoo
UK/Reuters
UK
Hilton H1 profit up 72% cautious on hotels
Hilton
surges on betting arm
Hilton Group
produced a healthy set of results with the companies now 5,864 FOBT's and
the eGaming Division performing well. 
- www.hiltongroup.com
25th August
Scotland The
Daily Record
Casino
Fake Coins Alert - Gangsters' £500k scam
The Gala Riverboat
Casino has apparently stopped taking £1 coins at the tables after
a spate of forgeries have been discovered.
25th August
Scotland The
Scotsman
Death,
gambling and the pink pound - is this tourism's future?
23rd August
London The
Lawyer
Olswang
handles casino deal
23rd August
London The
Times Online
Hilton
turns to headhunters in search for new hotels chief
Hilton Group
is scheduled to release half year results this week and it is believed
profits will be around £172 million, up from £110.5 million
in 2003.
22nd August
London The
Observer
Hilton
rakes in a £170m jackpot
Profits at
Hilton Group are this week expected to show a healthy gain, buoyed by FOBT's
in the companies Ladbroke betting offices.
21st August
U.K. News Coinslot/ATE
Online
Minister
praises BACTA on social stance
Sheffield
showing its Steel as poker City
20th August
London The
Guardian
The
virtual wheel of fortune - Touch-screen roulette has become a £15bn
moneyspinner
The number of FOBT's in Britain
is believed to be now around 18,000.
19th August
Liverpool icCheshire/Liverpool
Daily Post & The Independent
Casino
MD quits as high-rollers hit profits
Stanley
hit by casino chief's resignation
The Independent details that Paul
Collis earned £210,000 last year and will be entitled to a severance
package equivalent to 12 months salary.
18th August
London This
is London/EVening Standard
Camelot
battling 'lottery fatigue'
18th August
London & Rhode Island
Ample/AFX
Wembley
boosted after Rhode Island court blocks Harrah's casino
16th August
Glasgow Glasgow
Evening Times - Opinion
Is
Glasgow's new casino boom really worth the gamble?
If all the plans on the drawing
board in Glasgow come to fruition then the city will have 11 casinos.
15th August
London Stern
Magazine - Germany 
Vor
40 Jahren starb der Papa von James Bond
Quite amazing that Ian Fleming died
40 years ago. On 12th August 1964 at the age of 56.
Stern has an excelent presentation
along with a gallery of all the Bond girls.
15th August
Edinburgh The
Scotsman
Gambler
cuts wrists in casino
Just the type of news headline that
is not needed in the lead up to the Draft Gambling Bill's first reading
in Parliament.
14th August
Manchester
Manchester Evening News
Stakes
are high in casino battle
The MEN reports that London Clubs
have submitted plans for a 46,000 sq ft casino in the Great Northern Warehouse
complex. Stanley Leisure have apparently already objected.
14th August
Edinburgh Edinburgh
Evening News
Suicide
bid after 24K bid loss
The story concerns a player who
slashed his wrists in the toilets of the Stanley's Berkeley Casino.
12th August
Hull This is
Hull/Hull Daily Mail
Young
people needed for gambling programme
12th August
London New
Media Age
UK
Web sites could be hit by casino ad restrictions
12th August
Salford, Manchester
Manchester Online
Rivals
unite over super stadium
There seems to be some confusion
now over who might get the casino concession - Isle of Capri or MGM Mirage.
11th August
Glasgow Glasgow
Herald
Lap-dancing
club aims to become a casino
- www.thetruffleclub.co.uk
11th August
Britain Yahoo/Reuters
Sex
Attacker Wins Lottery on Weekend Out of Jail
10th August
Worcester
This is Worcester - Link will change shortly
Casino
Plan For Club
9th August
London & Antigua
Yahoo/PRNewswire
World
Gaming plc announces restructuring of its relationship with Sportingbet
PLC
9th August
Newmarket
East Anglian Daily Times
Casino
bosses pledge to town
9th August
London
Yahoo UK/AFX
Arena
Leisure, BSkyB jv ATR issues High Court proceedings against racecourses
8th August
Various locations
Coinslot/ATEOnline
DCMS
puts protection before proliferation
Harrah’s
latest roll of the dice could stall game of monopoly
New
£12m gateway into Blackpool marks start of Masterplan
8th August
U.K. ic Wales/Western
Mail
Gaming
industry eyes French case as gambler sues casino
6th August
London UK Wire/Rowan
Dartington & Co. Limited
TokLon
Limited offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Gaming
International Plc
6th August
Middlesbrough
TeamTalk.com
Boro
gamble on casino deal
6th August
London The
Times Online
M&C
may take a punt on casinos at UK hotels
Millennium & Copthorne have
90 hotels world-wide.
- www.millenniumhotels.com
5th August
London New
Media Age
Virgin
considers support for betting exchange model
Portals
increase pressure to stop underage gambling
4th August
London BBC.co.uk
Jacking
it in Why Britain's hottest poker player is giving it up for a City job
...
A profile of James Vogl, who at
24 became the first European to win a stage on the World Poker Tour.
3rd August
London This
is Money/Evening Standard
FSA
warns spread betting firms
3rd August
Southend This
is Essex - Link content will change shortly.
Southend:
You're ace, says casino
The Westcliff Sporting Club escaped
from a kitchen fire with no injuries or major structural damage.
- www.westcliffcasino.co.uk
3rd August
London & Croatia
Hotels Magazine/The Express
Croatian
casino takes a gamble with float
2nd August
London Net
Imperative
Sportingbet
lifts punter numbers
2nd August
London The
Times Online
Chelsfield
could bring a touch of Las Vegas to White City
Plans are for a casino to be a central
part of a 300,000 sq ft, £2 billion shopping and leisure development
at London's White City.
2nd August
London This
is London & Ample
Huge
casino plan for White City
Chelsfield
planning to build giant casino in west London - report
1st August
London Daily
Telegraph
Government
to crack down on online gambling by children
1st August
Dundee, Scotland
Sunday Herald
Vis
odds-on for racing win
- www.visentertainment.com
30th July
London & Las Vegas
This is London/Evening Standard
Hammers
to gamble on casino
West Ham United have teamed up with
Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands to develop a casino at their Boleyn Ground.
29th July
London This
is London/Evening Standard
Bids
for Ally Pally casino
- www.alexandrapalace.com
29th July
London New
Media Age - Link will change shortly.
Underage
gambling reports spur bookmakers into action
29th July
South Shields, Tyneside
ic Newcastle/The Journal
Casino
idea for old track
28th July
Southend This
is Essex - Link will change shortly
Southend:
Fire sweeps through casino
PRESS
STATEMENT REGARDING FIRE AT WESTCLIFF CASINO
The Westcliffe Sporting Club. There
are no reported injuries and the casino is now re-open for business.
- www.westcliffcasino.co.uk
28th July
London The
Times Online
LCI
wants to develop 'resort' casinos
28th July
Great Britain
The Good News
Concerns
over casinos
Joint statements from the Salvation
Army and Methodist Church. The Methodists have a special briefing available
for download.
Briefing
on the Draft Gambling Bill
28th July
Ipswich Ipswich
Evening Star
Viva
Las Ipswich
27th July
London Daily
Telegraph & The Guardian
Gambling
websites 'let punters as young as 11 set up accounts'
Call
to block child gambling online
This is a major story. A 16 year-old
has apparently managed to register at 30 of 37 UK based gambling websites
using her Solo debit card and giving a false age.
27th July
London BBC.co.uk
Child
gambling allowed on the net
- www.nch.org.uk
27th July
London Yahoo
UK/Sharecast, Guardian & Las Vegas Sun/Bloomberg News
London
Clubs writes off last of Aladdin
London
Clubs on a winner
Aladdin
investment depressed London Clubs second half
27th July
London The
Independent & Daily Telegraph
LCI
seeks partners to bring Las Vegas style to the UK
Casino
attacks gaming rethink as 'crackers'
- London Clubs International
27th July
London Revolution
Magazine
Casino
Agency makes debut with Intercasino task
26th July
London The
Guardian
Four
in dock over Hillside affair
26th July
London Sharewatch/AFX
London
Clubs warns of hit from venue move after FY pretax rise to 9.5 mln stg
26th July
Blackpool & London
FT.com - Letters
Boost
for Blackpool's gambling hopes
26th July
Glasgow BBC.co.uk
Clyde
project 'fails communities'
25th July
Newmarket, England
East Anglian Daily Times
Casino
plan for historic hotel
Swynford Paddocks Hotel near Newmarket.
- www.swynfordpaddocks.com
25th July
London The
Observer/Guardian - Nick Cohen/Columnist Opinion
Place
your bets
25th July
London The
Independent
Are
we a nation of losers?
Detailed article but there would
appear to be a number of errors in the author's calculations.
24th July
London The
Hendon Mob
Ram
3 Rest of Mob 0 (possible opening to join Hendon Mob)
The winner of the first Victor Poker
Cup is Harry Demetriou who beat Ram Vaswani from the Hendon Mob into 2nd
place.
24th July
London The
Guardian - Polly Toynbee
700,000
reasons to ditch these Las Vegas dreams
24th July
London The
Guardian
Casino
plans are too much of a gamble, government warned
24th July
Sheffield Sheffield
Star
Cards
on table for casino firm
Sun International's proposals for
a casino in the Lower Don Valley have been greeted with enthusiasm by visitors
to a public exhibition.
23rd July
London VictorPokerCup.com
The
Victor Poker Cup
The final table of 10 will be playing
tonight at LCI's Six Hamilton Place for a first prize of £250,000.
A field of 100 players including qualifiers and celebrities started on
the 21st.
- www.victorpokercup.com
23rd July
London The
Guardian
Jowell
will deny small casinos a punt at jackpot
The Times & Guardian both report
that DCMS secretary Tessa Jowell is likely to reject recommendations from
the joint scrutiny committee.
23rd July
London The
Times Online
MPs
face rebuff over no-limit casino machines
23rd July
London The
Independent
Parliament
limits casino expansion
23rd July
London FT.com
Boost
for casinos on £1m-prize slot machines
23rd July
London Nasdaq/Dow
Jones
UPDATE:
UK Government Wants Non-Gambling Area In Big Casinos
23rd July
Glasgow Stadia.TV
Casino
developer for sports and entertainment complex in Scotland
23rd July
London Reuters.co.uk
Gambling
Bill to outlaw jackpot machines
22nd July
London BBC.co.uk
Limit
Vegas-style casinos, say MPs
22nd July
London Ample/AFX
Rank
Group welcomes conclusions of 2nd report on UK Draft Gambling Bill
The JSC have recommended that the
minimum area for "Regional" casinos be increased to 7,500 sq mts. from
the previous 5,000.
22nd July
Liverpool & London
The Time Online
Profits
plunge at Crockfords after winners' spree
Stanley
upbeat on gaming overhaul
22nd July
Liverpool ic Birmingham,
ic Cheshire & Scotsman
Stanley's
best bet lies in deregulation
Stanley
set to counter threat of US casinos
Stanley
numbers come up
22nd July
London The Guardian
Government
'feared a betting bonanza'
Stanley Leisure CEO Bob Wiper believes
the stampede of U.S. companies wishing to enter the UK market has resulted
in the Government's U-Turn on deregulation.
22nd July
London The Times
Online
Odds
in the casinos' favour
The joint scrutiny Committee on
the Draft Gambling Bill will publish their second set of recommendations
today.
21st July
Glasgow The Glasgow
Herald
Gambling
giant chips in with proposed deal for casino
Gala Casinos,
who already have 3 operations in Glasgow, have unveiled their future casino
plans for the city.
21st July
Blackpool The Stage
Prospective
city casino ban raises hopes for Blackpool
21st July
London Ananova.com
& Sharecast.com
Casino
Shares Leap On Profit
Betting
bails out Stanley
21st July
Liverpool Stanley
Leisure - Media/Investor release
Stanley
Leisure Preliminary results for the year ended 2 May
A PDF file is available for download
at: http://ww7.investorrelations.co.uk/stanley/press/Prelims_210704.pdf
19th July
London This
is London/Daily Mail
Britons
£30 billion gambling obsession
18th July
Deregulation - Britiain
The Scotsman - Columnist opinion
Betting
on casinos as urban Britain's saviour will be a surefire loser
17th July
Manchester & Las Vegas
Las Vegas Sun
Second
British airline launching Vegas service
- www.flybmi.com
16th July
Swansea, Wales BBC.co.uk
& The Western Mail
Casino
promises 500 city jobs
500-jobs
jackpot at casino
Aspinall's plans for Swansea. The
company intends opening a dozen casinos in Britain under the "Aspers" brand.
15th July
London The Times
Stanley
in a spin after CSFB says steer clear
14th July
London & Bahamas
This is London/Evening Standard
Casino
plan for Dome
Man
who made his fortune selling sex and gambling
The Evening Standard has a look
at the colourful past of Sol Kerzner.
14th July
Paradise Island, Bahamas & Great Britain
Yahoo/Business Wire
Kerzner
Poised to Develop Resort Casinos in Three Leading Markets in the United
Kingdom
13th July
Smethwick Express
and Star
Liner-style
casino plan turned down
Blue Chip Casinos have had their
application for a ocean liner themed casino rejected by planners.
- www.bluechipcasinos.co.uk
13th July
Glasgow Scotland
Today
US
casino operator bets on Glasgow development
13th July
Blackpool This is
Lancashire/The Citizen
Casinos
on the cards
12th July
London & Sydney Yahoo
Singapore/AFP & Asia Pulse
London
casino sues Australian bank over money laundering scam
London
Casino Brings Case Against Australia's Westpac
12th July
London Channel News Asia/AFP
London
casino sues Australian bank over money laundering scam
If this case does go to court then
expect some very tasty info.! Ian
12th July
Glasgow The Scotsman
£562m
SECC project will roll out Clydeside casino
12th July
London & Costa Rica
Daily Telegraph
Internet
gaming firm seeks £55m in Aim float
Costa Rican based BetonSports.com.
At 140p the valuation of the comany would be £114 Million.
- www.betonsports.com.
11th July
Sark BBC.co.uk
Betting
ban lifted for sheep race
11th July
Glasgow BBC.co.uk &
Glasgow Sunday Herald
Casino
to slot in alongside Clyde
£562m
SECC plan bets on casino
Kerzner International have been
awarded preffered bidder status for a casino and entertainment project
on the banks of the Clyde. The second major project to be announced in
as many weeks.
10th July
London CBC.ca/CP
Ontario
man finishes fourth, wins $40,000 in televised poker game
The Poker Million - Website: www.pokermillion.com
Poker Million reports
- http://195.244.204.43/features/news/?subsection=News
8th July
Manchester
Manchester Evening News
City
joins race to land casino jackpot
7th July
London The
Times Online
Wembley
may sue over lost bid
Wembley
looks for new buyer after takeover folds
7th July
Manchester
Manchester Evening News & BBC.co.uk
Jobs
jackpot in huge casino plan
£260m
leisure site plan unveiled
Sportcity, on the site of Manchester
City's ground would have among other attractions a casino operated by Kerzner
International with 1,250 slots and 50 tables.
7th July
London Ample/AFX
UK
casinos with high value machines will harm small operators
The latest submissions by Gala and
the BCA to the Joint Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill.
7th July
London Yahoo.co.uk/FT.com
Wembley
seeks to reassure investors
7th July
London The
Independent
Investment
Column: Slot machine woes make Luminar an unsafe bet
6th July
London Yahoo
UK/Reuters & AFX
UK
bookmaker William Hill leaves investors cold
William
Hill says H1 results consistent with market expectations
6th July
London Butterworths.co.uk
- Legal opinion
Is
the Government's approach to gambling reform 'too timid'?
5th July
London Bloomberg
News & Yahoo Reuters/AP
Starwood
Pulls $536 Million Offer for U.K.'s Wembley
UK
racetrack firm Wembley says trading as expected
BLB
Investors Withdraws Bid for Wembley
5th July
London Yahoo/Reuters
UK
gaming firm Wembley sinks as takeover collapses
First MGM Mirage dropped out of
the bidding and now BLB Investors a coalition of companies including Kerzner
International have also folded on Wembley Plc.
- http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=WMY.L
5th July
London Reuters.co.uk
One
punter in clover after Greece win
3rd July
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Blackpool Online
Game
over for casino
3rd July
London The
Scotsman
Want
to beat the odds? Take a stake in a bookie or casino
1st July
London UK-Wire.com/Gaming
Corporation - Press release
Gaming
Corporation plc - Update on current trading
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