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Running on empty
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: warwick
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there is great debate at the moment about where they might be, and how many of them, most people seem to think there will be just the one in blackpool. i dont know what the state of play is with the acts required for them to open, but what will happen to the new one under the Ricoh arena, if the only one to get the go ahead is somewhere else???
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Next Train's Gone!
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 167
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The supercasino can have huge payouts and much larger floorspace with large jackpot machines. As far as I know, the one for the Ricoh wasn't even in the running... It's going to London. |
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Next Train's Gone!
Join Date: Mar 2006
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If they got the "Super Casino" there, they were planning to build a hotel and a canal-side development. That would be good, as the Arena/Shopping area looks a bit bleak at the moment. Personally, I don't think a casino is that great. Studies have shown that in the smaller towns in the US, they can generate income, but in a larger city, they simply recycle local cash. |
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Chatterbox
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Atherstone
Posts: 397
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Thats the way I understand it, and the numerous smaller ones would stay open as normal or open as smaller ones.
Blackpool really thinks its in with a chance, and I think they should get it because as you say, smaller towns benefit more and blackpool isn't that big really. In london you won't even know it's there. Anyway I dislike london, filthy dirty rat infested dump.
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Just watched Dispatches on C4, which was all about the 'Government's Gambling addiction'. They showed Atlanta city as an example of where similar ideas had led to massive increases the numbers of homeless, crime, and debt.
It gets worse though, the Government wants to become the haven for online casinos the world over. A lot of lives will be destroyed in order to line their pockets. Can't help feeling a little ashamed of all this, in our supposedly modern and high moral society. |
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There are now casinos all over the UK. Because of the controversy over super casinos, it's thus far been completely overlooked that 78 major casino licences have already been approved. This is down to the massive relaxation of the gambling laws.
A super casino has extra privileges though, such as no membership requirements, and no limit on connected slot machines, which are apparently what suck most people dry. |
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