Casino Panel Reasserts Independence

As reported by the icWales: "The head of a body charged with advising the Government on the choice of the first super-casino for the UK reasserted his independence during a public hearing today.

"Professor Stephen Crow, chairman of the Casino Advisory Panel (CAP), was speaking in Cardiff today, where the proposal of the city's local authority to be allowed to host a regional casino was being heard. Cardiff is one of seven shortlisted locations around the UK the CAP is visiting.

"The bid to establish a super-casino at London's Millennium Dome has been mired in controversy in recent months after Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was found to have stayed at the ranch of Philip Anschutz, the owner of Anschutz Entertainment Group, which bought the Dome in 2002…"

2006-09-01