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Gordon Brown’s recent comments regarding a review of the super casino plans in the UK have led many journalists to conclude that the proposed Manchester super casino has been shelved.

So where do we stand? Why might the PM be back-peddling on this issue? Those in opposition to super casinos, apparently the middle classes who will in general be totally unaffected by them, trot out an increase in gambling addiction as their main concern. Is this a serious concern or just Daily Mail knee-jerk nonsense designed to garner headlines? (more…)

We’ve all been following the recent casino news headlines that Gordon Brown has gone cold on the UK’s first super casino in Manchester with most journalists going as far as saying that he has scrapped plans to build a flagship land-based casino altogether.

Really? Did these sensationalist headline writers hear something in his comments that we didn’t? Does his desire for a review of the government’s position on super casinos equate to his scrapping of the possibility altogether? We don’t think so. (more…)