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casinos, gaming and gambling.
27 May 2005
New
UK Casino Planned For Leeds
A new UK casino is to be built in Leeds which, it is
claimed, will be the biggest in the city.
27 May 2005
Site
Visit Before UK Casino
Decision
Plans to open a UK casino in Oldbury town centre have
been put on hold after running into opposition from
residents.
26 May 2005
Casino
Chief Confident Over UK Casino Licence
Bid
The man behind the casino plans for the Ricoh Arena is
confident Coventry can bid successfully to build the UK's
first 'super casino.'
26 May 2005
Ruby
Fortune Announce Four New
Games
Ruby Fortune UK Casino, one of the leading Microgaming
UK online casinos, have announced four new
games.
26 May 2005
Guild
Wars Casino Clampdown
Players running casinos within Guild Wars have been
warned that this behaviour will not be tolerated.
26 May 2005
TCS
John Huxley Centralises Its
Business
May 16 saw TCS John Huxley's head office move into new
purpose-built facilities.
26 May 2005
Brady
Calls For Stadium Backing
Birmingham City FC's Karren Brady said it would a
"tragedy" if a lack of support scuppered the club's plans
for a 50,000-capacity stadium.
26 May 2005
Dermot
Desmond To Open Casino In
Dublin
Financier Dermot Desmond is planning to open a casino in
Dublin.
24 May 2005
Rival
Challenges Blackpool's UK Casino
Ambitions
Stanley Casinos and St Anne's on the Lancashire coast
are in discussion to create a massive leisure
centre.
24 May 2005
Celebrities
Join World Poker Exchange
Tournament
Dirty Vegas, Grace Jones and DJ Guy Preston have been
selected as featured performers during the World Poker
Exchange London Open.
24 May 2005
Parlay
Announces The Launch Of Yahoo!
Bingo
Parlay Entertainment has announced that Yahoo! UK &
Ireland has launched its online bingo.
24 May 2005
Virgin
Games Appoints Rainey Kelly To £10m
Task
Virgin Games, the online gambling portal, has handed
Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R its advertising
business.
24 May 2005
US
Poker Operators Plot UK Launch
Blitz
Two of the biggest US online gaming operators are
planning multimillion-pound assaults on the nascent UK poker
market.
24 May 2005
Punters
Gamble On Online Poker Boom
Excited punters chased shares of Stanley Leisure
8¾p higher to 548p. Tradal is currently planning a
£550m flotation.
23 May 2005
Mississippi
Firm Hopes To Build Casino On
Tyne
Another US casino operator has unveiled plans for a
hotel and leisure complex in the UK.
22 May 2005
Gaming
Chief Logs On
Lord Leonard Steinberg, is to embrace the internet side
of the business by becoming chairman of Tradal.
21 May 2005
Hilton
Bets On Gaming Recovery
Profits at Hilton have dipped 4 per cent but yesterday
said it was betting on a recovery in gaming later this
year.
20 May 2005
Newcastle
UK Casino Venture Will Bring 1,500
Jobs
American casino giants have unveiled £200m-plus
plans for a huge new leisure, hotel and conference
complex.
20 May 2005
Hilton
Hit As Outsiders Fail To Come
First
Hilton Group warned this morning that profits had been
hit by a sparsity of unlikely, long-odds winners.
20 May 2005
United's
Chances Of Super Casino
Remote
Stanley Leisure has dismissed the chances of Manchester
United securing the only UK super casino.
20 May 2005
Manchester
United Casino With Las Vegas
Sands
Two Trades Unions have issued statements about
Manchester United's plans to seek permission to develop a UK
casino.
19 May 2005
UK
Casino Deal May Complicate Glazer's
Plan
The National Football League prohibition could block
plans for new Manchester United UK casino.
18 May 2005
Super
Casino Could Be 'A Winner'
Council bosses are throwing their weight behind a drive
to bring the UK's first "'super casino' to
Coventry.
18 May 2005
Booze
And Gamble Until Dawn At Stanley
Casino
Gamblers at Wirral's only casino will be allowed to
booze and gamble until dawn if the borough's first
application for extended drinking hours gets the
thumbs-up.
18 May 2005
Super
Casinos Still On The Cards
An agency that specialises in recruiting dealers for
casinos has claimed it could be on a winning streak thanks
to Labour's re-election.
18 May 2005
Top
10 Gaming Companies To Be
Announced
GAMinvestor is online with new tools for the investor
interested in the gaming industry.
18 May 2005
William
Hill Launch New Live Betting
Console
William Hill have launched a new 'Live Betting Console'
which allows punters to bet interactively on all live
betting events.
18 May 2005
Coral
Poker Launch New Weekly
Tournament
Coral Poker, 'the world’s biggest poker site', is
launching a new weekly tournament.
18 May 2005
Online
Casino Software Firm Trades On
AIM
World Gaming plc has announced the commencement of
trading on AIM under the symbol WGP.
18 May 2005
Investors
Could Find Region Is A Safe
Bet
The Gambling Bill will give local authorities the
responsibility for licensing gambling premises. Work is
being undertaken to prepare for this.
18 May 2005
New
Poker Channel To Launch
A new UK poker and casino lifestyle entertainment
channel launches on Sky Channel 226 and global broadband
this week.
17 May 2005
Glazer
In Talks With Casino Mogul 'To Help Pay For
United'
Malcolm Glazer has been in talks with a billionaire
casino mogul over ways to exploit Britain's boom in
gambling.
17 May 2005
William
Hill Aims To Jockey Into First
Position
William Hill has entered the final straight in the race
to overtake Ladbrokes as Britain's biggest
bookmaker.
16 May 2005
Abu
Dhabi Bank Rejects Charges Made By
Casino
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has rejected allegations
by a casino in London, vowing it will fight the case in a UK
court.
16 May 2005
Hilton
Rolls The Dice Again
More than 25 years after Ladbrokes was forced out of the
casino business, its owner, Hilton Group, has regained its
licence.
13 May 2005
Random
Poker Notes
Another top professional has gotten into trouble for
wearing an online poker room logo on television.
13 May 2005
Four
New Games Debut At Ruby Fortune
Casino
Ruby Fortune, one of the leading UK online casinos, have
announced the launch of four new games.
13 May 2005
Party
Gaming Deals Its Hand To Play For
Market
Party Gaming yesterday moved a step closer to a £5
billion - £6 billion London flotation.
12 May 2005
Arrests
Made In Connection With Gala
Raid
Four men have been arrested in connection with last
December's armed raid at the Gala casino in Redcliffe Way,
Bristol.
12 May 2005
Mobile
Casino Launches 'Ukash' Hassle-Free
Purchasing
7WIN7 Mobile Casino for mobile phones has announced the
addition of 'Ukash' to their purchasing options.
10 May 2005
Manchester
United Applies To Build Casino
Complex
Manchester United Plc is applying to build a new casino
complex, including a five-star hotel, restaurants and a
health club.
9 May 2005
Abiro
Introduces Mobile Phone UK
Casino
Abiro (provider of mobile multimedia and news services)
has introduced a mobile phone UK casino with many unique
features.
8 May 2005
Genting
Acts On Gambling Shift in
UK
Genting, Asia's biggest publicly traded casino operator,
has announced plans to combine its stakes in Stanley Leisure
and London Clubs International.
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