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New UK Casino Licensing System to be Introduced

UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the UK World Leisure Jobs: "The Gambling Bill Standing Committee has released details of a new system that will be used to decide the location and licensing regime for new casinos.

"The first phase of the new system will limit the number of regional, small and large casinos in the UK to eight each. This limit will not increase until at least three years after the award of the first premises licence for these initial casinos.

"The location for each new casino will be decided in a two-stage process, involving the government, an independent panel, the Scottish Executive, the Welsh Assembly and local authorities.

"In the second stage, if there are more applicants meeting the regulatory tests than available licences, the local authority will run a competition…"

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