UK casino ads casing legal issues

April 10, 2007

In the ever growing issue about the legalities of UK casino ads (both for or against) touting casino issues, our online gambling staff has learned that the issue may have escalated as to what is actually legal and what is not legal when advertising for or against casinos in the UK.

It is being widely reported that possible legal action was susceptible in the course of a growing UK argument over an advertisement aimed at voting against Blackpool's super casino attempt.

An irritated group of Liberal Democrats are taking into consideration contacting lawyers after they were named in a national newspaper advert which called on MPs and Lords to vote against their town as being a proper location for a casino to be developed there.

There were 2 separate ads that were put in newsprint in an attempt to draw attention to not passing a bill for a casino to be constructed in the area.

The attack was put in print in two nationwide newspapers ahead of last Wednesday's critical casino location dispute in Parliament.

It is also being said that these news ads were signed by a number of neighboring politicians, jointly with some well known opponents to casino construction. In the ad that is said to be unfair, it called for Parliament to back Manchester's contentious selection. Steven Bate, Jon Bamborough and Doreen Holt say they did not give authorization for their names to appear in the ad, which went not in favor of the views of the main 3 political parties in Blackpool.

Additionally, the leader of the Liberal Democrats stated that the three Liberal Democratics were now soliciting possible legal actions against what they clearly view as treachery.

The legal action, if taken, would be directly against the Noble Organization, which owns and operates Blackpool's existing Coral Island complex. This is where the money for the ads came from.

The Coral Island casino resort simply does not want competition and has resorted to interesting tactics. We will keep our online gambling news readers briefed should any new issue arise with this UK casino argument.

It has been a long road for the super casino issues all throughout the UK. For many months on end, many towns were seeking the possibilities of so called super casinos for local economy boosts.  

We have covered many online gambling articles regarding this long debate. A couple of years ago, we reported about the fierce competition from many huge gaming companies from Las Vegas such as Harrah’s and other big name gaming companies that were all trying reallt hard to get the bid to build a super casino in the UK. The debate has been long and winding with some not in favor of a huge casino complex being built. Then there were many people for the casinos in such areas as Manchester, Leeds and such to stimulate the economy which is in need.

Proponents for the casinos state that super casinos would produce thousands of much needed jobs in those areas.

Opponents were concerned with problem gambling and the like. The casino gaming companies replied by vowing to provide adequate education regarding problem gambling by adding this into the communities affected by the possibility of a casino.

While opponents stood their ground in the matter, they did concede that if someone was predisposed to gamble too much, casinos were not totally responsible.

New law has also been put into action permitting online gambling and online casinos, so land based casinos stood their ground as well. So, UK lawmakers decided to build a super casino and the debate keeps going on and on.

What we are wondering is what will finally be the outcome after millions are being wasted in debate instead to production. Now that online gambling is lawful in the UK, we are all wondering why the struggle of land based casino issues persists. Competition seems to be one major reason.

If it is not one thing, it seems to be something else.

What we can truly understand is that the casinos would indeed bring more much needed jobs into the communities. From the construction, to completed casino workers and more, the local economies in cities such as Leeds and Manchester would be boosted.

What’s more, these proposed properties are not all gambling, they would also contain non gambling entertainment as well as resort amenities for those looking for holiday.

We will wait and see.

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