Another story from the BBC:
It is not a "done deal" that the UK’s first super-casino will be sited at the Millennium Dome, the head of the Casino Advisory Panel has insisted.
The Dome is considered the frontrunner but "no decision" has been taken on that location over any other, said Professor Stephen Crow.
His comments follow accusations of bias towards the Dome from rival bidders.
Prof Crow also said John Prescott’s stay at Dome owner Philip Anschutz’s ranch would not influence his decision.
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Another story from the BBC:
The world’s largest gaming firm, Las Vegas-based Harrah’s Entertainment, has agreed to buy UK casino operator London Clubs International for £279m ($530m).
Harrah’s said buying London Clubs was a "highly attractive" way for it to establish its presence in the UK.
Harrah’s owns or manages 37 casinos in the US, under the Harrah’s, Caesars and Horseshoe brand names.
London Clubs operates four casinos in the capital and also runs sites at Southend and Brighton.
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More from The Times Online:
THE head of the panel that will choose the location of Britain’s first supercasino insisted last night that the race was still wide open.
Stephen Crow, chairman of the Casino Advisory Panel, said that the controversial stay by John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, at the US ranch of Philip Anschutz, the owner of the Dome, would not influence the panel’s decision-making process.
He made a staunch defence of his panel’s independence and poured scorn over suggestions that the Anschutz bid had been given some kind of tacit go-ahead.
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Another story from the BBC:
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Political reporter, BBC News, Jury’s Hotel, London
He is a lay preacher, has a slightly grandfatherly-demeanour and a voice that sounds uncannily like that of TV entertainer and raconteur Denis Norden.
Prof Stephen Crow says the closest he gets to gambling is a "very occasional flutter" at his local church raffle.
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Another story from the BBC:
A series of public hearings to decide where the UK’s first super casino should be built has begun.
Why are the hearings taking place?
The hearings are taking place because of the controversial Gambling Act 2005.
The act allows for three new types of casino, the most controversial of which is the regional or super casino.
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More from The Times Online:
Las Vegas The leader of a polygamous sect has been captured three months after being put on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Warren Jeffs, 50, faces charges that he arranged marriages between underage girls and older men.
He was arrested on Monday evening just outside Las Vegas, Nevada, when his car was stopped in a routine police check. He had been on the run for more than a year, the FBI said. Police say that they found three wigs, 15 cell phones and tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gift cards in his car.
Mr Jeffs is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, which broke away from the Mormon church a century ago. He is said to have at least 40 wives and nearly 60 children. Church dissidents say that, under his leadership, there have been hundreds of underage marriages, some involving girls as young as 13.
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Found this story on Sky News:
The leader of a US Mormon sect, who was on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list, has been arrested in Las Vegas.
Polygamist Warren Steed Jeffs was being hunted for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men.
The 50-year-old is also suspected of sexually assaulting a child and being an accomplice to rape.
He was pulled over by an officer at traffic lights on the outskirts of Las Vegas.
Jeffs is the leader of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints - a group with around 10,000 followers.
He is believed to have 70 wives and more than 200 children
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Found this story on Sky News:
The process to select the site for Britain’s first Las Vegas-style super-casino has begun.
An independent panel is looking at the arguments for and against seven possible locations.
First under scrutiny is the application by US developer AEG for a super-casino at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich.
The bid has been mired in controversy ever since it emerged Deputy PM John Prescott stayed with AEG’s owner Philip Anschutz.
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Another story from the BBC:
The independent body set up to decide where Britain’s first super-casino should be built is to hold its first public meeting.
The Casino Advisory Panel will hear from supporters and opponents of plans to redevelop part of the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, south-east London.
It comes the day after the firm hoping to develop the site had to apologise over misleading documents of support.
AEG had submitted documents wrongly claiming to be from religious leaders.
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Found this story on Sky News:
The leader of a US Mormon sect, who was on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list, has been arrested in Las Vegas.
Warren Steed Jeffs was being hunted for allegedly arranging marriages between underage girls and older men.
The 50-year-old polygamist, who is reputed to have 70 wives and more than 200 children, is also suspected of sexually assaulting a child and being an accomplice to a rape.
Posted by casino man in Gambling News at 6:42 PM BST
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