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UK Towns Jockey for Position

UNITED KINGDOM – As reported by the ED24 News: "The battle to build a super-casino in the East looks to be a two-horse race between Yarmouth and Southend - with the Norfolk team confident it has a far better case.

"Now that the chips are down, with the list of towns going for the one licence published this week, rivals Yarmouth, Southend and Ipswich are jockeying for prime position.

"Only one will make it through to the final shortlist - and as the stakes get increasingly high, the Suffolk town already looks to be accepting defeat.

"Ipswich Borough Council economic development officer Simon Meecham said yesterday: 'I should think they would find it hard to give us the one super-casino.'

"…Officials in Yarmouth said that seven times more visitors to the town stayed overnight than in Southend, meaning its economy would benefit far more from having a casino…"

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