This afternoon, the government will be unveiling their plans to regenerate certain areas of Britain which had been competing to host the first Vegas-style super casino in the country. The plans will be announced in a statement by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham, where he is expected to confirm a decision to go ahead with 16 large regional casinos, but end plans for the 'super casino' venue.
The announcement follows on from comments by Gordon Brown eight months ago, where he said that regeneration would be a better move than building a casino.
The two regions to benefit from the regeneration are Manchester and Blackpool. The plans were expected to bring in more than £250 million in investment, and more than 2,500 jobs for the regions. The scheme was put on hold when peers rejected it by a margin of three votes.
A spokesman for Mr Brown said “There is a huge difference in scale in terms of gambling opportunities in a super casino and the smaller casinos. What we said was we would work up alternative regeneration packages which did not rely on a super casino.”
Smaller casinos in Somerset, Dumfries and Galloway, Scarborough, Wolverhampton, Swansea, Luton, Torbay and Lincs are still expected to be allowed to go ahead, as well as some large regional casinos.
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