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UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the UK Times: "Plans for Las Vegas-style casinos all over Britain were reined in yesterday by MPs and Lords who are worried by the possibility of too many such resorts being built in the UK.

"The Joint Scrutiny Committee that has been set up to examine the implications of the Gambling Bill yesterday recommended an increase in the minimum size of a resort and also recommended that more additional leisure facilities are built alongside gambling.

"The committee believes that increasing resorts' size will limit their number to 20-25 across the UK, rather than 40-45, and that larger complexes will offer a wider range of leisure facilities which will have a regenerative effect on local communities.

"…The committee yesterday said regional casinos should be a minimum of 7,500 square metres, compared with the 5,000 currently proposed. Of this, 4,000 square metres should be non-gambling facilities such as swimming pools, restaurants, cinemas or bowling alleys…"

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