Stanley Leisure warned that attendances had dropped at its central London casinos, with the recent bombings in the capital thought to have scared off some of its elite clientele. Lord Steinberg, chairman, said yesterday that the group had a "satisfactory"

Online sports content and gaming outfit ukbetting moved out of the red during the first half as the number of poker and casino players rose by more than a third.

Online gaming stocks fell sharply in London yesterday after figures from PartyGaming.com led to fears that the popularity of online poker could be waning.

Hopes that Sunderland could host an American-style super casino have been raised after hints from the Government.

Each year UK residents risk £1.5 billion of their hard-earned cash by placing it on bets online.

In May, United joined forces with US-based gaming giant Las Vegas Sands Corp and put forward proposals to redevelop a site adjacent to the Theatre of Dreams.

An official complaint by the Methodist Church about two posters advertising an online casino has been rejected by watchdogs. The teetotal church was unhappy with the adverts placed on London tube trains and buses by Gibraltar-based bookmakers Victor Chandler for

An Israeli internet-gaming entrepreneur is in line for a £300m windfall after appointing advisers to explore the possibility of selling or floating his business, write Matthew Goodman and Mark Kleinman.

Despite continued rumours that the number of future regional casinos will be upped from the solitary licence approved in May, US casino operator Las Vegas Sands and Manchester United Football Club have decided to axe their plans to build a

The head of the powerful new Gambling Commission has warned that laws designed to modernise the industry will fail to meet their objectives if the Treasury levies an onerous tax rate on online gaming companies based off-shore.