27th April
London
Yahoo UK/Reuters & The Scotsman
Soft
gaming dulls Hard Rock revival at UK's Rank
Rank
Reports Mixed Fortunes
27th April
Newcastle
Northern Business Daily & Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Bannatyne
casino gets go-ahead
Casino
is agreed
Duncan Bannatyne has been succesful
in obtaining a gaming and drinks licence for a casino at his Bannatyne
Fitness health club on the Newcastle Quayside. www.bannatyneleisure.com
26th April
Swansea
The Western Mail
Betting
on 400 new jobs
Planning permission is expected
to be granted tomorrow for an Aspinall's casino to be located in Swansea's
Salubrious Place.
26th April
Paris & London
The Daily Telegraph
UK
duo chase stake in French casinos
The Daily Telegraph reports on talks
being held between Venture capitalists Permira and Cinven (the owners of
Gala Casinos) and the Partouche group valued at some €1 billion (£670m).
22nd April
London
Yahoo UK/Reuters
UK's
Arena Leisure gallops to big full-year loss
22nd April
Jersey
The Jersey Evening Post
Casino:
The Dean hits out - Link
will change shortly.
"Prostitution makes money
but no one is suggesting that the Island opens a brothel,"
22nd April
Oxfordshire
The Oxford Times
Hotel
owner plans to create casino at club
22nd April
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Express & Star
New
casino to open on pool venue site
Blue Chip Casinos will open the
Roman themed Rubicon casino tonight. Company website: www.bluechipcasinos.co.uk
21st April
Glasgow
Glasgow Herald
Glasgow
odds-on to be casino capital
Glasgow presently has 5 of Scotland's
12 casinos and both Sheldon Adelson and MGM Mirage have recently signed
deals in the city.
21st April
Birmingham
The Birmingham Post
Vegas-style
casino debate demanded
20th April
Salford, Greater Manchester
Manchester Online
Casino
rivals fight over stadium site
MGM Mirage's plans for Salford with
Peel Holdings apparently involves the same piece of Council owned land
earmarked for a casino development by Salford Reds and partner Isle of
Capri.
20th April
Jersey
The Jersey Evening Post
Casino
and bingo 'could reduce Island's deficit'
- Link will change shortly.
20th April
Glasgow
The Glasgow Herald & London Evening Standard
Las
Vegas firm plans harbour casino
MGM
Mirage plans a gambling blitz
20th April
Liverpool
icCheshire/Liverpool Daily Post
Vegas
touch may bring 2,500 jobs to waterfront
MGM Mirage's deal with property
group Peel Holdings - Website: www.peelholdings.co.uk
20th April
Britain & Las Vegas
FT.com & Yahoo/Reuters
US
gaming group plans four casinos worth £650m
U.S.
consortium agrees trump bid for UK's Wembley
20th April
London
Bloomberg News & Yahoo/Reuters
Starwood
Bids $555 Million for Wembley, Trumping MGM
U.S.
consortium agrees trump bid for UK's Wembley
The latest bid from Starwood values
Wembley Plc. at 860p per share.
17th &
19th April
Manchester
Daily Telegraph, Manchester Online, Yorkshire Today
More
implicated in rugby betting scandal
RFL
call for betting scandal evidence
RFL
launch inquiry into betting claim
Rugby League is the latest sport
to come under investigation with players suspected of betting on their
own team to lose.
19th April
Bournemouth
The Independent
Racing:
Punter scoops £878,939 to make betting shop history
The Corals customer won the Tote
Scoop6 with winners at: 10-1, 9-4, 20-1, 12-1, 6-4 and 100-30. The largest
payout ever registered at a Betting office since they were legalised in
1961.
19th April
Aberdeen
Aberdeen Press & Journal
Aberdeen
Oil tycoon hits £226,000 jackpot at casino
19th April
Las Vegas & Manchester
The Scotsman/PA & Las Vegas Sun
Las
Vegas Company Plans £600 Million British Gamble
MGM
MIRAGE, Peel plan U.K. projects
19th April
Las Vegas & Manchester
LVRJ/AP & Forbes/Reuters
MGM
Mirage, partner to build in U.K.
MGM
Mirage, Peel plan $1.1 bln U.K. casino centers
The deal is between MGM Mirage and
Manchester based Peel Holdings PLC. for four developments in Manchester,
Salford, Glasgow and Liverpool valued at $1.1 billion.
13th April
London
The Independent
US
casinos still keen on investing in UK gaming
Despite the Joint Scrutiny Committee
report recommending caps on the number of slots Isle of Capri appear still
enthusiastic about prospects in the U.K.
12th April
Las Vegas
Las Vegas Review-Journal
NORM:
Gambler bets it all on red, sees green
Apparently Ashley and the crew were
given just 15 minutes to leave the Hard Rock casino after negotiations
not to show the broadcast live broke down.
12th April
Las Vegas
USA Today/AP
Man
wins $270,600 after betting life savings
12th April
Las Vegas
Reuters.co.uk
Briton
bets all on red - and wins
The Plaza was the only casino in
Las Vegas prepared to take the bet. $135,300 on Red and 7 came in. The
dealer also got a very nice $600 tip.
12th April
Las Vegas
The Scotsman
In
the Red and Ecstatic - Gambler Wins Ultimate Bet
11th April
Las Vegas
ic Network/Trinity Mirror & Sky.com
Gambler
sells up for one big bet
Playing
Double or Nothing
Ashley Revell's attempt to double
his money after selling his possessions at half price.
10th April
London The
Business Times - Malaysia
UK
Gambling Bill likely to be watered down
9th April
Newcastle
Northern Business Daily
United
plan for casino 'threatened'
MGM Mirage have apparently already
chipped in £5 million as part of the
partnership deal to develop a casino adjacent to St. James's Park.
9th April
Manchester
Manchester Online
MGM
Mirage ups Wembley bid
8th April
Blackpool Blackpool
Today & This is Blackpool
Dream
on It's a cautious 'yes' to resort casinos ... but not just yet
Gambling
on?
Blackpool's masterplan includes
the development of five resort casinos, creating 30,000 new jobs and £437m
of new income.
8th April
London The
Daily Telegraph & Guardian
Giant
casinos 'will increase addiction'
MPs
scrutinising draft bill urge tight restrictions on casinos
8th April
London London
Evening Standard
Jackpot
for UK casinos
8th April
Ipswich East
Anglia Daily Times
Waterfront
casino bid revealed
8th April
London & Las Vegas
Yahoo/Reuters
MGM
Mirage ups bid in battle for UK's Wembley
7th April
London Yahoo/Reuters
U.S.
casino analysts see caution in British reform
One very overly optimistic analyst
remarkably still believes Britain's casinos will have 25,000 "Las Vegas
Style" slots by 2006!.
7th April
Sheffield Sheffield
Today
Warning
over relaxed laws on gambling
7th April
Blackpool BBC.co.uk
Breaking
the bank at Blackpool casino
7th April
London Ekklesia.co.uk
Report
states gambling bill will increase problems say Methodists
7th April
London iGGBA
press release
iGGBA
welcomes Joint Scrutiny Committee Report
- PDF
7th April
London iii.co.uk/AFX
& BBC.co.uk
London
Clubs welcomes MPs report on gambling reforms
Rank
says UK MPs back gambling reforms
Resort
welcomes gambling report
- Blackpool
7th April
London The
Guardian
MPs:
bill will increase problem gambling
A quote that if adopted may have
many U.S. companies pushing the Exit button!
"We therefore
recommend that no casino should be permitted an unlimited number of gaming
machines and that [the bill] should be amended accordingly."
7th April
Betting Exchanges
London Evening Standard & The Guardian
MPs
to raise the stakes for betting exchanges
Rodgers
matched £4m on girlfriend's Betfair account
7th April
London Readabet
- Betdaq press release
BETDAQ
press release on the UK Gambling Bill
7th April
London BBC.co.uk
Warning
from MPs on gambling laws
7th April
Manchester & Liverpool
Manchester Online & The Chronicle
Chips
are down in casinos battle
Casino
under threat
7th April
London Reuters.co.uk
MPs
want tighter casino controls
7th April
London London
Evening Standard
Betting
law 'will spark epidemic'
A ban on smoking at slots and table
games is apparently 1 of the 139 recommendations. The report is 300 pages
with a further 750 pages of evidence and submissions.
7th April
London The
Racing Post - Registration required
Betting
and gaming shares steady after Monday's falls
7th April
Las Vegas & London
Las Vegas Sun - Liz Bentson
U.K.
gambling expansion facing hurdles
6th April
London The
Guardian
Gamblers
go short on casinos
6th April
London The
Scotsman
MPs
urge rethink on gambling law
4th April
London The
Independent
Odds
on lengthy delay to new Gambling Bill
"Slot machines are also contentious.
Mr Greenway visited Australia, where concern is growing about vast gambling
'machine sheds'. The committee is expected to recommend changes to avoid
their development here."
4th April
London Ekklesia.co.uk
Methodist
streak in Cabinet derails plans for gambling liberalisation
4th April
London This
is London/The Mail on Sunday
Odds
turn against UK Las Vegas
'The Government is not anti-gambling
but it is likely to modernise, not deregulate.'
4th April
London The
Racing Post - Registration required
War
of words between Betfair and BHB hots up
7th April
London Coinslot/ATE
Online - 1st April edition
Ritz
roulette sting leaves industry in a spin
5th April
London FT.com
US
casino groups face UK setback
Harrah's
aims to hit UK jackpot
U.S. operators face disappointment
in the U.K. as their dream of unlimited slot numbers now looks to be a
rank outsider.
5th April
London The
Daily Telegraph
A
nation of gamblers - and no one has noticed
- Columist Opinion
4th April
London The
Sporting Life
National
betting records smashed
4th April
London The
Independent
US
online gambling giant is ready to place its bets in City
Misleading headline!. The company
is BetonSports.com which is based in Costa Rica and not the U.S.
4th April
Scotland Sunday
Herald
Bingo
halls slam 'unfair' advantage for casinos
3rd April
London Net
Imperative
Ladbrokes
antes up in poker push
3rd April
Bolton Bolton
Evening News
Casino's
full house hopes
2nd April
London ePolitix
Britain
a nation of gamblers poll reveals
2nd April
Manchester
The Sun
Sword
gang raids casino
Manchester police have released
a series of poor quality surveillance images from the Grosvenor casino
in a bid to help catch the robbers.
2nd April
London The
Daily Telegraph & The Scotsman
Sportingbet
run beats the odds
Gambling
firm odds on to net a £19.5m profit win
2nd April
London Forbes.com/Reuters
UK
gaming firm Wembley adjourns vote on takeover
1st April
London Yahoo
UK/Reuters
UK
gambling firm ukbetting expands into Europe
- UKbetting.com
Web
gamblers keep profits rolling at Sportingbet
1st April
Manchester
BBC.co.uk
Casino
robbers caught on camera
The casino manager was assaulted
by robbers armed with samurai swords and baseball bats at the Grosvenor
Casino on Empire Street at 8.15 pm on the 24th March.
1st April
London Sportingbet.com
& Ananova.com
Sportingbet
Plc - Trading Update
Cheltenham
boost for Sportingbet
Favourable results from both the
Cheltenham festival and March madness in the U.S.
1st April
British News
Various regional publications
US
cash to make town a casino mecca
- Southend
Hotel
firm to build £10 million casino
- Northampton
Casino
groups vie for dog stadium
- Oxford
31st March
London The
Guardian
Gambling
tycoon trumps MGM's bid for Wembley
The bidding presently stands at
BLB/Starwood/Kerzner £287m & MGM Mirage £270m.
30th March
London & Australia
Australian IT News
Casinos
at odds over laser scanner
30th March
London Yahoo/Reuters
Bid
war for UK gaming firm Wembley intensifies
30th March
Northampton & Paradise Island
Yahoo/Business Wire
Kerzner
Granted Certificate of Consent from Gaming Board for Great Britain
The Certificate of Consent from
the Gaming Board will enable the transfer of a license for a new casino
in Northampton that is presently held by London Clubs.
28th March
Salford Education
Guardian
Gambling
- A postgrad course aimed at the gambling industry could set you up as
the business booms
28th March
London Yahoo/Reuters
UK
Wembley may get 288 million sterling counter offer-paper
- Sunday Times Report
28th March
London & Budapest
The Sunday Herald
The
Hungarian blonde, the two Serbs, the hidden gadget … and the very angry
casino
The team that took the Ritz for
£1.3 million is apparently very well known to Hungarian casino operators.
28th March
London The
Observer/Guardian
Casinos
to sing for their winnings
28th March
London The
Independent & Ananova
Trocadero,
the casino royale?
Casino
plan for Trocadero - report
The Golden Nugget owned by London
Clubs International could end up with a Gaming floor between 65,000 and
70,000 sq ft. - 3 times bigger than Stanley's Star City.
27th March
Teeside Teeside
Evening Gazette
Poker
ace sent to jail
Carlo Citrone smuggled 2.7 million
cigarettes into the UK after playing at a tournament in Vienna, Austria.
27th March
London & Gibraltar
The Independent
Chandler
to open City betting shop as empire expands
27th March
London The
Times of India
Scamsters
beat wheel of fortune
26th March
London ESPN/AP
Owner
banned for betting against own horses
24th March
U.K. Poker
Hull Daily Mail
A
'DEVILFISH' win was on the cards
24th March
Swansea The
Western Mail & South Wales Evening Post
Casino
in Swansea brings 400 jobs
£30
million leisure site for city
Aspinall's are the casino company
concerned and this would be their second provincial deal following on from
The Gate in Newcastle.
24th March
Glasgow The
Scotsman
Ibrox
takes a gamble on casino to restore fortunes
23rd March
London British
Parliament - Early Day Motion
Seaside
amusements and the Gambling Bill
23rd March
Coventry Coventry
Evening Telegraph
Casino
jobs boost for city
23rd March
London & Las Vegas
Yahoo/Business Wire
US
Casino Workers Union Urges UK Shareholders to Reject London Clubs Proposal
to Reward Senior Officers Involved in Las Vegas Casino Debacle
23rd March
London The
Independent
Three
held over £1.3m Ritz casino 'fraud'
23rd March
Glasgow The
Sottish Daily Record & BBC Scotland
Gers
set to cash in with casino chain
Rangers
fix sights on casino goal
Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands.
Middlesborough announced a similar deal last week.
23rd March
London The
Guardian
The
sting: did gang really use a laser, phone and a computer to take the Ritz
for £1.3m?
A more detailed look at how the
laser equiped mobile phones may have been used at the Ritz.
23rd March
London Reuters.co.uk
Three
held over alleged casino scam
22nd March
London The Times,
The Sun & Sky News - all P.A. reports.
Gang
arrested after £1.3m win at Ritz casino
£1m
casino fraud probe
Casino
'sting' nets £1.3 million
22nd March
London BBC.co.uk
Arrests
follow £1m roulette win
Two Serbian men, aged 38 and 33,
and a Hungarian woman aged 32 have been released on bail until 30 March.
22nd March
London The Daily
Mirror
Ritz
casino hit by £1.3M Laser Scam - Three arrested over roulette
'sting'
22nd March
London The Daily
Record
Gang
in £1M Casino sting
The Ritz Casino in London has apparently
been taken for £1.3 million on two separate evening's earlier this
month (£100,000 & £1.2 million). The trio of customers,
two Serbian men and one Hungarian female are believed to have used mobile
phones equiped with lasers and micro-computers to calculate wheel and ball
velocity.
22nd March
London London Evening
Standard
£1.3m
casino 'sting'
22nd March
London Coinslot Magazine/ATE
Online
Gambling
Consultancy conference to scrutinise Committee’s decisions
VIP
brings international name to British market
20th March
London BBC.co.uk
& NetCraft.com
Bookies
suffer online onslaught
BBC
investigates DDoS extortion in the UK gambling industry
William Hill, Betdaq, Totalbet and
UKBetting have all either been attacked or received extortion demands.
20th March
Newcastle & Sunderland
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
Casino
plan to raise stakes in soccer rivalry
Future Premiership games may be
played between the Sunderland Venetian's & MGM Newcastle.
19th March
London New Media
Age
Betdaq
and Jockey Club close to fraud compromise
19th March
Torquay This is Devon/Western
Morning News
Fawlty
Towers saved again as council backs casino
Plans to demolish the Gleneagles
Hotel made famous by the BBC's Fawlty Towers have been rejected by Torbay
Council.
19th March
London Yahoo/Reuters
BLB
moves closer to unseating MGM bid for Wembley
18th March
London The Independent
Race-fixing
claims spark investigation into betting exchanges
18th March
Cheltenham BBC.co.uk
& London Evening Standard
Bookies
back with interest
Punters
suffer as the bookies strike gold
Even with Best Mate completeing
a historic hat-trick at 4 to 5 in the Gold Cup Bookmakers are smiling after
this years Cheltenham festival.
17th March
London The Racing
Post - Registration reguired
Brown
to review tax laws on betting exchanges
17th March
Sunderland Sunderland
Echo
Stadium
casino on the cards for billionairen
Sunderland is apparently one of
the handful of Premier league clubs that have been approached by Sheldon
Adelson's Las Vegas Sands.
17th March
London The Guardian
& The Register
Exchanges
insist they are not to blame
Chancellor
to squeeze Betfair
16th March
Las Vegas & Liverpool
Las Vegas Review-Journal
MGM,
Sands deny links to Liverpool
The LVR-J reports that MGM Mirage
and the Venetian have issued denials over a Liverpool Daily Post article
detailing that they were in talks with City Councilors.
15th March
Scotland Glasgow
Sunday Herald
Gamble
on betting pays off for website
The website URL is www.bettingjobs.com
15th March
London The Publican
Ronson
ready to gamble on casino roll-out
15th March
London The Times
Online
Center
Parcs checks odds on opening casino at resort
15th March
Blackpool The Guardian
- Matthew Engel
What
odds would you give against Blackpool being turned into a giant gambling
den? - A must read article taking a swing
at Labour's gambling deregulation plans.
15th March
Liverpool The Liverpool
Echo
Casino
giant has its sights on 'wonderful' Liverpool
"We are aware of Liverpool's good
international reputation through The Beatles, their soccer teams and the
Capital of Culture award"
15th March
London The Sun
Brown
targets 'scam' bookies
Hackers
'to KO festival'
15th March
London The Independent
The
wrong side of the track - Online betting exchanges have been linked to
the recent racing scandals. Should they be banned?
15th March
London The Times
Online & The Guardian
Betting
crackdown on the cards
Betting
watchdog to tackle race-fixing
Customers laying large sums of money
may have to pass a "fit and proper" test under new Government regulations
planned for betting exchanges.
14th March
Las Vegas & U.K.
The Daily Telegraph
Vegas
mogul plans casinos next to UK soccer grounds
Las Vegas Sands, parent ogf the
Venetian has apparently contacted a number of leading soccer clubs with
a view to building car park casinos.
13th March
Liverpool Liverpool
Daily Post
Sportech
to spread betting portfolio
13th March
London The Financial
Times
UK
bookies at odds with their internet counterparts
12th March
Liverpool Liverpool
Daily Post
£20m
casino plan for city
3 International casino companies
including MGM Mirage and Sun International are apparently in talks with
Liverpool Council officials in Cannes on the French Riviera.
12th March
London Coinslot Magazine
Metro
smoothes passage for MGM entry
US
casino giants happy so far with deregulation proposals
Harrah's are happy with proposed
tax structures and MGM Mirage saw their 25% owned Triangle Casino open
on the 29th February in Clifton, Bristol. Website: www.trianglecasino.co.uk
12th March
London & Blackpool
This is Blackpool
Casino
sites just like any other says minister
- Link will change shortly.
Blackpool casino plans may have
been dealt a huge blow with no areas to be given special preference by
the Government.
11th March
London The Guardian
& Independent
Sun
City tycoon dogs Wembley bid
Sun
City king Kerzner emerges as possible rival Wembley suitor
11th March
London The Times
Kerzner
raises stakes in the battle for Wembley
11th March
London London Evening
Standard
New
watchdog planned for betting exchanges
11th March
London Leisure Oportunities
& Dennis Publishing
Consumer
gambling magazine to launch
Dennis
Publishing Launches UK's First Gambling Magazine
Dennis publishing launches Inside
Edge today. Website www.dennis.co.uk
11th March
Loughborough BBC.co.uk
Reward
to catch casino's vandals
The "casino" is an amusement arcade.
It was attacked and 13 machines damaged by masked men on the 3rd March.
11th March
London New Media
Age
UK
tax authorities expected to force casinos onshore
11th March
London Yahoo UK/Reuters
& The Scotsman/PA
UK's
Sportech betting on stronger 2004
Sportech
upbeat despite profit fall
10th March
London Reuters.com
UK
gaming firm Wembley may get counter offer
BLB Investors LLC a consortium including
Kerzner International Ltd has bought an 8% stake in Wembley at 800p a share.
9th March
London The Racing
Post
Bookmakers
warned they must comply with new code
Exchanges
under fire from racing's rulers
Events on British racecourses during
the last week clearly demonstrate the need for a Gambling Commission in
the U.K. with new legislation that fully encompasses the vast array of
betting & gaming products now available.
9th March
London Yahoo UK/AP
More
suspensions and a betting scam plague British horse racing
9th March
British Racing The
Racing Post - Registration required
Racing's
image further tarnished on Black Monday
Betting
exchanges blamed - The Scotsman/PA
Jockey
Club charges quartet with corruption - The Scotsman/PA
Good
news for William Hill shareholders
Recent events
in British racing are likely to mean that betting exchanges will likely
face tough new legislation.
8th March
London The Scotsman/PA
Candover
Linked to Earls Court Sale
Candover is the parent company of
Gala Casinos & Bingo.
8th March
London The Daily
Mirror
Fallon
Angel?
In depth look at the continuing
controversy surrounding Kieran Fallon's riding of Ballinger Ridge.
8th March
London The Guardian
& Manchester Online
Shadow
cast over boom in online betting
Jockey
Club could suspend Fallon
7th March
Scotland Sunday Herald
Bet
Noire?
A look at
the rush to open casinos in Scotland should deregulation of the industry
in Britain get the go ahead.
7th March
London Yahoo
Uk/Reuters
Jockey
Club to examine Fallon claims
The
Fixer - I'm going to lose: News
of the World link good for 1 week.
7th March
London The
Observer/Guardian
On
the nose with Coral
7th March
Northern Ireland
The Guardian
Hardliners
lose battle to keep sport of kings off the Sabbath
6th March
London The Daily
Telegraph, The Times & The Guardian
London
Clubs makes £49m wish after Aladdin blow
Casino
firm stakes an extra £52m on future
London
Clubs to raise £50m for expansion
5th March
London Yahoo UK/FT
Investor, London Evening Standard & BBC.co.uk
London
Clubs plans rights issue to raise £49m
London
Clubs to raise £49m
Casino
firm bets on UK expansion
- London Clubs International
5th March
London The Scotsman/PA
William
Hill sees profits surge as UK gambles more
4th March
London & Las Vegas
Coinslot Magazine
Venetian’s
$1m shame over raffle sham
Gambling
one’s life away
Leisure
Link defines Maygay split
4th March
London BBC.co.uk
& The Scotsman/PA
William
Hill reports profits jump
William
Hill hits winning streak
4th March
London The Guardian
Betfair
accounts at centre of probe into Fallon's race
4th March
London Digital Spy
Sky
betting channel goes 'Live' Thursday
"Sky Vegas
Live" will debut on Sky Digital between 6pm and 2am daily starting this
evening.
4th March
London The Sun
The
£1.5m betting stink
The riding
of 15-8 shot Ballinger Ridge in Tuesday’s 3.30 betdirect.co.uk Median Auction
Maiden Stakes race at Lingfield is prompting an investigation by the Jockey
Club into suspicious betting on the event. Betfair.com matched £1.5
million on the race. The prize for the winner was £1,463.
4th March
London Bloomberg
News & The Guardian
William
Hill Earnings Double on Gambling Machines
William
Hill to buy back shares after profitable year
Hill's had
3,239 machines in its 1,586 betting offices at the end of 2003, each machine
making on average £380 a week.
4th March
Blackpool Blackpool
Today
Casinos
will profit all in resort, says council - BLACKPOOL will be a boomtown
for pubs and clubs if resort casinos are built
3rd March
Lingfield Yahoo U.K./AP
Jockey
faces betting probe
3rd March
Scotland The Scotsman
Ain't
got that poker face
Reporter Stephen
McGinty tries his luck at the Poker tables of the Riverboat casino in Glasgow.
2nd March
London BBC.co.uk
Warning
over traditional gambling
2nd March
London The Manchester
News
Gambling
shake-up on the cards
2nd March
London The Henley
Centre Press release
New
report highlights the impact of the draft gambling bill
Summary of
the Centre's findings on behalf of BACTA.
2nd March
London The Independent
Report
warns of blow to bingo halls from new gaming rules
The BACTA
commissioned Henley Centre Report warns of an increase in gambling addiction
if deregulation of casinos goes ahead.
2nd March
London The Guardian
Jowell
seeks to pacify casino bill critics
With objectors
on all sides the ""Las Vegas casinos" Bill is looking as though it will
be an extremely tame document when published in the summer. The American's
may not be happy!.
1st March
London London Evening
Standard
Casino
plans 'will kill off pubs'
Report based
on a study by the Henlyey Group who were commissioned by the British Amusement
Catering Trade Association (BACTA)
1st March
London Business Credit
Management
New
money laundering laws come into effect from today
1st March
Glasgow, Scotland
The Scotsman
Plans
for Las Vegas-style casino by the Clyde
The latest
company to emerge with British casino plans is South Africa's Sun International.
1st March
London BBC.co.uk
New
rules tackle money laundering
New
recruits to money laundering fight
From today
all businesses handling large amounts of cash must report all suspicious
activity to the National Criminal Intelligence Service.
1st March
London The Guardian
Revenue's
tough new crackdown on dirty money forces companies to report dodgy deals
1st March
London Reuters.co.uk
Elvis
and Shergar bet defies odds
William Hill's
Graham Sharpe detailing some of the more unusual bets that the company
has on it's books.
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