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Brown spins and now supercasinos are certain to get the go-ahead24 January 2008LONDON, England -- As reported by the Daily Mail: "Gordon Brown was accused of 'shameful irresponsibility' last night as he prepared to give the green light to a wave of huge regional casinos. "Although the Prime Minister symbolically axed Britain's first Las Vegas-style supercasino, it emerged that 16 gambling palaces would still get the go-ahead. "...Whitehall sources signalled that eight large and eight medium-sized casinos would go ahead. "Large casinos, 15,000 sq ft in size with 150 machines offering £4,000 jackpots, are planned for Leeds, Hull, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Great Yarmouth, Solihull, Southampton and Newham, East London. "Smaller casinos of 7,500 sq ft and boasting 80 machines also offering £4,000 prizes will be developed in Stranraer, Skegness, Bath, Luton, Scarborough, Swansea, Torbay and Wolverhampton..." |