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Lords throw out Super Casino plan
Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:25PM BST
By Marc Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - The government lost a parliamentary vote on Wednesday on building the country's first Las Vegas-style Super Casino in Manchester.
The House of Lords rejected plans to build the 5,000 square metre venue in Manchester by three votes.
The plan, which was backed by the House of Commons, also included the locations of 16 other, less controversial, casinos. The defeat means Labour will have to rethink its proposals.
"Ministers will want to reflect on this and come to the House in due course with proposals as to how we will take this policy forward," Tessa Jowell, the minister in charge of the plans, told parliament.
An independent panel had recommended Manchester in January as the surprise winner of a contest to host the Super Casino.
Jowell had tried to stave off defeat by promising critics the government would set up a committee of politicians to retrospectively assess whether the panel had done its job.
But she was ignored by senior politicians who backed an opposition amendment rejecting the plans.
 Under the government's original plans, as well as the Super Casino, licences for eight large Super Casinos were awarded to Great Yarmouth, Hull, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newham, Solihull and Southampton.
Licences for another eight smaller Super Casinos were given to Bath, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lindsey, Luton, Scarborough, Swansea, Torbay and Wolverhampton.
The defeat is also likely to be a blow to gambling firms such as Malaysia's Genting U.S-based MGM Mirage, Las Vegas Sand, Harrah's and Britain's Rank Group and Ladbrokes that had been looking to run the new casinos.
(Additional reporting by Adrian Croft)
© Reuters 2007. All rights reserved
Prime Minister Tony Blair originally envisaged 20 to 40 giant super casinos for Britain, potentially bringing thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of overseas investment. But under sustained pressure last year from anti-addiction campaigners and the opposition Conservative Party, the number was cut back to eight and finally to just one.
"This process has been mired in controversy thanks to the government's apparent closeness to overseas super casino operators, and this will no doubt lead to the decision being mired in the courts for some considerable time," said Shadow Secretary of State for Culture Hugo Swire.
A Whitehall source said Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell would later speak to Parliament, ruling out any further UK super casinos before 2010. After half of the country's super casino UK industry was snapped up by foreign investors last year, including companies such as Stanley Leisure and London Clubs, the promised boost to British business will be limited. -- Reuters
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