Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Building work has started at Resorts World Birmingham after Genting UK received ‘a significant funding package’ from The Royal Bank of Scotland.
The new leisure resort and super casino at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) will create nearly 1,000 permanent jobs once it is completed in 2015.“The bank developed a bespoke package to assist with our project and has been instrumental in helping this project become a reality,” said Richard Salmond from Genting UK. “We’re confident that this project for Birmingham will boost the local economy and become a core asset for the company in the UK.”Genting stated that the money was made available via the government’s Funding For Lending Scheme in partnership with The Royal Bank of Scotland’s Corporate and Institutional Banking division.In addition to a casino, the Vegas-style complex will also feature a luxury hotel, cinema, retail factory outlet as well as bars and restaurants. Genting is the UK's largest casino operator with over 40 properties located across the UK and including its flagship Crockford’s venue in London.Keep up to date with all the news from the poker world by following us on Twitter and Facebook.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off a second three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes are each about to kick off three-stage online satellite tournament series promising to award winners with prize packages into the upcoming Velden stop of the European Poker Championship.
Fans of the Oh Hell trick-taking game will soon be able to enjoy real-money competitions online after Hell Club announced that it will be launching its new Oh Hell Stackpot innovation from Sunday.
Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.
Intertops Poker and Juicy Stakes cASINO are giving online poker players another chance to win their way to the Caribbean.
Win your way to the Caribbean in online satellites at Intertops and Juicy Stakes.
“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”
$200 GTD ‘East of Eden’ Poker Tournament Monday night at Intertops Poker will be a freezeout tournament with no re-buys or add-ons.
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