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London Clubs International is to open a 50,000 sq ft casino at The Empire in London's Leicester Square this month. 07-May-2007 London Clubs International, the casino operator with sites in London, Southend and Brighton, is to be acquired by Harrah's Entertainment of the US for £279m. 01-Sep-2006 London Clubs International is to open a new £13m 46,000 sq ft casino at the Great Northern Warehouse in Manchester in October, with the creation of 350 jobs. 09-Jun-2006 London Clubs International has agreed to sell its Les Ambassadeurs casino in London to Twinwood of Indonesia for £115m. 27-Feb-2006 London Clubs International is seeking permission to open a £9m 19,000 sq ft casino at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London's Park Lane. 03-Jan-2006 London Clubs International has secured a licence to set up a 40,000 sq ft casino and restaurant complex in London's Leicester Square by the end of 2006. 08-Nov-2005 London Clubs International and Henry Boot Developments have won permission to include a £8m casino at the Axis retail and leisure development in Nottingham. 21-Feb-2005 London Clubs International and Planet Hollywood's owner have unveiled plans for the development of a £5m casino at St James's in London. 27-Aug-2004 London Clubs International is set to agree terms to open a 50,000 sq ft casino at the £200m Clarence Dock development in Leeds. 23-Aug-2004 London Clubs International is in talks with Capital & Regional about plans to set up a 46,000 sq ft casino at the Great Northern Warehouse complex in Manchester. 16-Aug-2004 London Clubs International has announced a £49m share issue, in order to reduce debt and prepare for the deregulation of the gambling sector by expanding three of its London casinos. 08-Mar-2004 London Clubs International is to spend £2m refurbishing Les Ambassadeurs casino in London. 19-Aug-2003 London Clubs International is considering plans to open betting kiosks in its casinos, and has also announced plans to apply for new casino licences in up to seven cities. 25-Jul-2003 Stanley Leisure has bought the Palm Beach Casino in London from London Clubs International for £36m. 06-May-2003 Stanley Leisure is linking up with Hg Capital to launch a £250m bid for casino operator London Clubs International. 05-Dec-2002 London Clubs International is to double the size of its casino development at Brighton Marina, with the creation of up to 300 jobs. 08-Nov-2001 London Clubs International has been put up for sale following problems with its investment in a Las Vegas gaming complex. 08-Feb-2001 London Clubs International is seeking permission to build a £7m casino at Trafford Street in Manchester. 04-Jan-2001 London Clubs International has won permission to set up a £5m casino in Northampton, with the creation of 140 jobs. 07-Nov-2000 London Clubs International has won permission to open a casino in Southend, and plans to submit three more applications in other regions later this year. 26-May-2000 Rank has bought the London Park Tower Casino from London Clubs International for an initial £14m, in order to expand its Grosvenor Casinos division. 18-Apr-2000 London Clubs International is seeking permission to open a new casino at Brighton Marina, with the creation of 150 jobs. 07-Jan-2000 London Clubs International is seeking permission to set up a casino in Southend, which would create 150 jobs. 16-Dec-1999 London Clubs International is planning to set up an offshore internet gambling business, possibly in South Africa, and will also launch a UK-based computer games web site. 14-Dec-1999 London Clubs International has applied to open casinos in Birmingham, Manchester, Northampton and Luton, and expects the first to be open within nine months. 09-Dec-1998 London Clubs International has won a contract to lease and manage a casino in the Bahamas, which will be part of a new resort being built by Hutchison Whampoa. 22-Jul-1998 London Clubs International and Capital Corporation have warned that the government's plan to raise the gaming duty top rate from 33% to 40% will endanger £140m in annual invisible imports. 02-Apr-1998 London Clubs International has launched a joint venture with Planet Hollywood that involves London Clubs taking a 25% stake in Aladdin Gaming, which will have a 49% stake in a new Planet Hollywood restaurant format. 06-Dec-1997 London Clubs International is linking up with Planet Hollywood in a hotel and casino development in Las Vegas. 01-Nov-1997 The government has blocked London Clubs International from renewing its bid for Capital Corporation, as it would have given London Clubs 79% of the up-market casino business in London. 06-Aug-1997 London Clubs' £192m hostile bid for Capital Corporation has been referred to the Monopolies & Mergers Commission, which could lead to an approach from another company. 08-Apr-1997 London Clubs International has made a £178m hostile takeover bid for Capital Corporation, the casino operator, a move which would give it up to 60% of the London casino market. 18-Feb-1997 London Clubs International is investing £30m in a 25% stake in Aladdin Gaming Corporation, a company set up to build the $750m Aladdin Hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard. 24-Jan-1997 The Barclay Brothers have sold their 24% stake in London Clubs International for £68m. 27-Oct-1995 London Clubs International is part of a consortium that has won a contract to manage the Beirut casino complex. 17-Oct-1995 London Clubs International has bought the London Park Tower Casino for £16m. 03-Oct-1995
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