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It's Official - The UK Super Casino Plans are ScrappedFri, Feb 29th, 2008 @ 12:00am The UK Government officially announced this week what the media has been reporting for months, that plans to build a supercasino in Manchester have been scrapped, whilst announcing that plans for 16 regional casinos will proceed. A regeneration scheme has been announced for the areas which competed to host the abandoned plans for Britain's first supercasino, to replace the supercasino plans. The Review of Alternatives to Casino-Led Regeneration report published Feb 26th claims that the benefits of such a large "regional casino" could be reaped through "alternative, but equally effective projects". Andy Burnham, the culture secretary, told MPs that there had been concerns over the negative impact of the supercasinos, recalling the negative vote by the House of Lords late last March. REGIONAL CASINOS PROCEEDING Burnham announced approval of larger regional casinos with up to 150 slot machines holding jackpots of up to GBP 4,000 in: Leeds, Southampton, Great Yarmouth, Middlesbrough, Solihull, Hull, Milton Keynes and Newham in London. Smaller casinos were also announced for: the Bath area, Stranraer, Scarborough, Wolverhampton, Swansea, Luton, Torbay, and East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. Burnham stressed that the UK would have the "toughest regulatory regime for gambling in the world" with mandates for casinos to close their doors for six hours a day, ban credit card use and forbid drink promotions involving free drinks. MANCHESTER CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION Compensation for the City of Manchester's loss of business which had been mentioned last week in the Times Online was not part of this week's official announcement. Chief executive of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Angie Robinson, said, "This is not good news for Manchester." She added, "We are disappointed that there has been no specific mention of what will be done for Manchester to compensate this loss." The Online Times had also reported that Council officials last week held meetings with the QC hired to advise on a possible legal challenge by the city of Manchester, John Howell (known as the 'assassin' because of his success rate). At that time, Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester council, said, "We will review the announcement if and when it is made and consider our position." Referring to plans that Hazel Blears, the communities secretary whose seat is in Salford, had drawn up to regenerate the deprived east side of Manchester, the city's political leadership have already said they were unimpressed. "The casino would have brought over 3,000 jobs at no public expense. The things that Blears is going to announce probably would have happened anyway and they will create at best a few hundred jobs," said a senior council source. Read Related Articles:
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