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Online Casino Conditions >>> Betting News >>> July '07 News


UK Casinos Awaiting Parliamentary Consensus Says Brown

by Dorothy Vick, News Staff
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July 10, 2007
 

Following UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown's call for a review of the casino and gambling industry in England, all that talk about super-casinos may end up being just talk after all. Going against Tony Blair's beliefs, Brown has got it that regeneration is a choice alternative to tax generating casinos in the UK.

Following a question from Andy Reed MP (Labour), who incidentally stirred the pot up by openly suggesting that super casinos would increase gambling addiction, Brown confirmed that he is not looking to turn the UK gambling market into a Las Vegas of sorts.

After the passing of the UK Gambling Act, one super casino and several smaller casinos were given legislative life, which in itself, drummed up enough controversy to get both sides arguing amongst themselves. The pro-gamblers would not settle for just one super casino, while the anti's did not want one to begin with. It seemed that Manchester officials were the only one's not complaining, being they were named the benefactor of the super casino.

Other cities in the running felt shunned, while the British Casino Association (BCA) took up a cause to protect existing UK casinos who would certainly lose out on business from an onslaught of seventeen regional casinos - as the Gambling Act called for. 

And while the BCA lost a high court ruling on the matter, Prime Minister Brown is saying that Parliament is divided on the matter. The only thing that is agreeable right now is that a consensus is still needed. The BCA is pushing for a swift resolve on the matter as they continue voicing their concerns.

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