UK Politics Disrupt London Casino Plans

UK politics could end plans for a new casino gambling location in London by Denver businessman Philip Anschutz. Hurt by meetings with British officials, the Denver businessman's plan for a license in London may lose out to a perceived conflict of interest.

A political firestorm in Britain over Denver business mogul Philip Anschutz's meetings with British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott could doom Anschutz's plan for a London casino, Parliament member Malcolm Moss said Wednesday.

Moss is a member of Britain's Conservative party and an adversary of the Labor party government of Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prescott. Prescott's political enemies have accused him of violating conflict-of-interest rules by meeting with Anschutz at the billionaire's 32,000-acre ranch near Greeley and elsewhere.

But Blair has insisted there is no evidence that Prescott has interfered in the casino-selection process. "I think this is thoroughly dead. With all the pressure now, the papers will have a field day because of the links with Prescott, Anschutz and AEG," said Moss, a member of the House of Commons who monitors government actions in gambling and tourism for his party.

July 20, 2006
Posted By Tom Jones
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