Oh, well: not Blackpool, not the Dome, but Manchester will be the site of the first “supercasino” under the notorious Gambling Act 2005
. In fact the correct legal term is “regional casino” – see section 7(5) – a term which in itself shows the original intention was to have a number of them, rather than one “national” one. So look forward to more.

Channel 4 News tonight suggested Anschutz Entertainment Group, who were closely involved in the Dome’s bid, are considering a legal challenge to the Casino Advisory Panel’s decision. Well, good luck to them! Unless they’re http://www.gooakley.com/ aware of some clear procedural impropriety, such as a member of the panel having some interest in any of the bids, I think they have vanishingly small chances in any judicial review. It wouldn’t cost much money by AEG’s standards, but in the interests of regeneration in Greenwich, I think they’d be better putting a hundred grand towards local projects.

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