Casino Choice UK News Archive
March 2006
InterCasino jackpot reaches record high
InterCasino is about to make another lucky punter extremely rich.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/30 at 12:27:26
German hearts fluttering as online betting increases
More and more Germans are becoming partial to an online flutter, according to a recent study.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/29 at 12:01:43
Tax rises could scupper Great Yarmouth’s casino bid
The Chancellor’s plans to introduce high taxes on super casino operators could scupper the chances of a one coming to Great Yarmouth, according to a senior industry insider.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/23 at 10:51:29
Blackpool casino supporters speak out
Supporters of Blackpool’s bid to host the UK’s first ‘super casino’ spoke out yesterday against a government-commissioned report that suggested there was not enough space in the city for such a development.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/22 at 16:43:06
Birmingham City Blues over failed casino bid
Birmingham City Football Club’s hopes to build a new stadium with money funded by a new ‘super-casino’ have been dashed after the city council opted to support a rival bid from the NEC.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/21 at 13:27:36
Woman wins $2.5 million at Horseshoe from 25 cent slot machine
Charlotte Holtzclaw holidays in Bossier City with her husband and parents every year. About a dozen years ago she won $5,000 on a $1 slot machine and the memory has been lodged in her mind like it was yesterday. But after last weekend she may find it a little harder to remember in the future.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/20 at 11:58:21
Claws come out as casino bid rivalry intensifies
The tension between Birmingham’s two rival casino bids apparently boiled over last night when the NEC Group launched an extraordinary attack on their opposite number.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/17 at 15:09:50
Swansea Council considers casino application
Councillors from Swansea are due to discuss a plan to apply for a new casino license today. If all members agree then the seaside town will become the latest in a long list of councils from around the country to submit an application to the Casino Advisory Panel.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/16 at 10:53:34
Millionaires Club jackpot reaches highest ever level
InterCasino’s Millionaires Club jackpot reached its highest ever level over the weekend, surpassing the $1.75 million mark.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/15 at 12:00:26
Birmingham NEC emerging as front runner for UK’s first ‘super casino’
Birmingham’s bid for a ‘Style City’ super-casino to be built at the National Exhibition Centre has apparently been boosted by a report from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), made public this week.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/14 at 12:56:25
Two more UK towns earmarked for casinos
Two towns in south west Scotland look set to be put forward as candidates for casino licenses, with the local licensing board likely to propose the towns be considered as possible locations for new casinos.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/13 at 14:56:02
Wynn sells casino rights for $900 million
The casino operator Wynn Resorts announced recently they had agreed to sell their right to build a casino in Macau to an Australian company for $900 million dollars.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/10 at 13:10:01
Trump plans extension of Taj Mahal
Soaring 485 feet above the streets of Atlantic City, the upward extension planned for Donal Trump’s Taj Mahal is sure not to go unnoticed.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/09 at 12:07:05
Huge jackpot win for online casino player
InterCasino this week paid out a huge jackpot to a woman playing on the Video Keno Progressive game.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/08 at 11:51:28
Rod Stewart loses casino gamble
Rod Stewart has lost his legal battle against a Las Vegas casino, and has been ordered to pay up to the tune of nearly $3 million.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/07 at 10:18:30
Aladdin transformation near completion
The Aladdin Hotel and Casino is well on its way to becoming Las Vegas’s Planet Hollywood, with the rotunda in the centre of hotel-casino now finished.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/03 at 12:32:33
MP’s re-iterate call for more ‘super casinos’
The UK government is under increasing pressure to change the gambling act to allow for more casinos after MP’s yesterday backed up calls from council leaders across the country.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/02 at 10:12:52
Cardiff plans ‘super casino’ for £700 million development
Cardiff city council is preparing to launch a bid to host the UK’s first ‘super casino’ it has emerged, planning for the casino to be part of a £700 million international sports village development.
Read Full News Item - Submitted: 2006/03/01 at 10:16:51
