Title: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: gatso on June 17, 2008, 05:28:29 PM why do uk b & m casinos not run sportsbooks?
are they not allowed? Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: AndrewT on June 17, 2008, 05:44:29 PM They do.
Grosvenor and Blue Square are the same company, as are Gala and Coral. Ladbrokes have a casino in Paddington. Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: AndrewT on June 17, 2008, 05:45:31 PM Unless you mean 'why don't they have a bookies next to the roulette wheel', in which case I don't know.
Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: gatso on June 17, 2008, 05:46:29 PM Unless you mean 'why don't they have a bookies next to the roulette wheel', in which case I don't know. that's what I meant Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: DaveShoelace on June 17, 2008, 05:52:25 PM There must be a reason, because it makes perfect sense. They have sport on all the time in casinos
Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: TightEnd on June 17, 2008, 05:53:50 PM There must be a reason, because it makes perfect sense. They have sport on all the time in casinos must be a regulatory reason, surely? Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: AndrewT on June 17, 2008, 05:59:05 PM There must be a reason, because it makes perfect sense. They have sport on all the time in casinos must be a regulatory reason, surely? Maybe you can't have a bookmaking licence and a casino licence for the same premises - hard and soft gambling kept apart. Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: gatso on June 17, 2008, 06:05:29 PM There must be a reason, because it makes perfect sense. They have sport on all the time in casinos must be a regulatory reason, surely? Maybe you can't have a bookmaking licence and a casino licence for the same premises - hard and soft gambling kept apart. but you can have roulette in a bookies Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: TightEnd on June 17, 2008, 06:11:33 PM only mechanised non RNG roulette though, not Bricks and Mortar croupier roulette
Title: Re: casinos and sportsbooks Post by: phatomch on June 17, 2008, 06:18:43 PM not allowed at the moment, but there are plans in the new regional casino's and the super casino ( if ever built) but grosvenor has a blue square bookie next to the vic
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