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An MP is due to meet the secretary of state for culture to try and revive his city’s bid for a super-casino.
Coventry City Council expressed its shock when its bid was not among eight possible sites chosen in the UK for a Las Vegas-style casino.
MP Geoffrey Robinson said it was a mistake none of the shortlisted sites were in the Midlands and the Casino Advisory Panel should reconsider.
He has arranged to meet Tessa Jowell next week.
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Sell the finishing position of K J Choi at 34 with Sporting Index for the Memorial tournament which begins at Muirfield Village, Ohio, on Thursday.
Choi has been a regular towards the top of the leaderboard here in the past three years, with finishes of 13th, fifth and eighth, and while his overall form this season has not been outstanding it has still been solid enough to suggest he can play a part again.
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The Bishop of Sheffield has spoken of his concerns after the city was named as a possible site to host the UK’s first Las Vegas-style "super-casino".
Jack Nicholls said he was worried a super casino, with unlimited jackpots, would increase addictive gambling.
He added: "This in turn can have serious consequences on the families and dependents of those who are so addicted."
Sheffield is one of eight UK sites in the running to get a super-casino.
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Singapore has selected gaming firm Las Vegas Sands to build and operate the nation’s first casino.
Sands was one of four companies that submitted bids and the other firms included the more-favoured Harrah’s Entertainment and MGM Mirage.
The casino project is set to cost more than $3bn (£1.6bn) and Singapore says it wants the waterfront site to become an emblem for the city-state.
Singapore aims to attract Asian gamblers and boost tourism revenues.
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Two men who raided a casino with a hammer and imitation gun have been jailed at Nottingham Crown Court.
They escaped with almost £45,000 after threatening staff at the Victoria Club in Nottingham, in November 2004.
Martin Hogan, 49, of no fixed address was convicted of armed robbery in April. David Anthony Martin, 27, of Kneeton Vale, Sherwood, pleaded guilty.
Hogan was jailed for 12 years and Martin received a 10 year prison sentence on Thursday.
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A man who battered his mother to death has been ordered to be kept in a mental health hospital indefinitely.
Kevin Roberts, 46, who has schizophrenia, attacked his 73-year-old mother with a hammer and poker at her home in Shropshire last October.
Roberts admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
The judge questioned whether he should have been allowed to live with his mother given his history of violence. Health officials have begun an inquiry.
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Nothing is left to chance with the decor and ambiance of a casino, where everything is designed to encourage gamblers to stay and spend. So what are the tricks? And with plans for a raft of new casinos in the UK, will they be allowed?
The shortlist of towns vying to build the UK’s first "super-casino" - and 16 smaller venues - has been revealed, and competition is fierce.
Anyone who has been to Las Vegas will know that, once through the doors, casinos exude a curiously artificial aura. According to Kati St Clair, a business psychologist, the aim is to induce a trance-like state in gamblers.
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Backers of Coventry’s failed bid for a super-casino are demanding answers on why they were unsuccessful.
No Midlands bids were included in the shortlist for a Las Vegas-style development.
A casino at the city’s Ricoh Arena is being built under existing legislation and will open next year.
"This news comes as a major shock and disappointment to those involved in the Coventry project," said city council leader Ken Taylor.
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Sheffield has been shortlisted to host the UK’s first Las Vegas-style "super-casino".
Council leader Jan Wilson said the news was "a vote of confidence in Sheffield" and she thought the city was in with a great chance.
Wakefield, Leeds and Hull were among those who did not make the shortlist.
But Leeds and Hull are still in the running for one of 16 planned smaller casinos which will offer maximum jackpots of £4,000.
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A Kent town has missed out on the chance to be the location for Britain’s first Las Vegas-style "super-casino".
Dartford failed to make it to the shortlist of eight possible sites, although it could still succeed in becoming a venue for a smaller casino.
It has applied for one of 16 licences along with Canterbury, and Brighton and Hastings, in Sussex. A final decision is expected to be given in December.
Council leader Jeremy Kite said he was happy with the outcome.
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