Against all odds: Manchester hits the jackpot with the first supercasino
Gordon Brown has sent out a warning to the
gambling industry that Britain’s first supercasino - for which Manchester was surprisingly chosen as the site yesterday - is also likely to be the country’s last…….
How the city went from rank outsider to outright winner
Six months ago, Manchester’s bid to be chosen as the site of Britain’s first supercasino - a 20,000 sq metre
gambling emporium with slot machines offering an unlimited jackpot - appeared to be in trouble…….
‘We’d rather have super schools and super hospitals’
Britain’s new
casinos It takes a gambler’s optimism to imagine the grey wasteland of east Manchester as a bacchanalian pleasure palace worthy of a
Las Vegas boulevard…….
It’s all about making the world a better place, Tessa explains
Woe, woe and thrice woe. That was the mood as the Commons “celebrated” the decision that a supercasino was coming to Manchester. “Let me make it very clear.
Las Vegas is not coming to Great Britain!” cried Tessa Jowell…….
Failed bidders consider scope for legal gamble
The first port of call for bidders disappointed over the choice of Manchester is likely to be their lawyers…….
Panel decides Dome developers can cope with rejection
Despite the apocalyptic predictions by the owners of the Millennium Dome, little has changed for the future of the Greenwich Peninsula after the independent panel gave the first supercasino licence to Manchester…….
This isn’t a path to city revival, says Archbishop
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said that the proposed supercasino would lead to “imprisonments for the soul”…….
Gloom at the Dome and Golden Mile
The Millennium Dome, Labour’s £750 million monument to Cool Britannia, which became a national laughing stock, was embarrassed again yesterday after unexpectedly losing the race for the super-casino….
Manchester plays its hidden ace to grab the £265m gambling jackpot
Nobody was more surprised by Manchester’s triumph in the super-casino competition than the bookmakers….
Legal fight on Manchester’s casino victory
Plans for Britain’s first super-casino were plunged into controversy and a probable legal challenge last night after Manchester was unexpectedly selected over the Dome at Greenwich and Blackpool….
Mandela’s favourite will run the show
A controversial South African billionaire may have struck lucky yesterday when Manchester won the super-casino bid….
Kerzner is favourite to hit jackpot at super casino
The company founded by Sol Kerzner is in the driving seat to become the biggest winner from the shock decision to award Manchester the right to host Britain’s only super casino….
The REAL winner at the supercasino
A controversial South African billionaire with close links to Labour was the big winner as Britain’s first supercasino licence was awarded to Manchester…
Ultimate Women’s Poker Challenge
The first nationally televised women’s only
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