Via Betting Market, the U.K. government:

After careful consideration of the proposals and all the relevant evidence against the remitted criteria, the Panel recommend that the area in which a regional casino should be licensed is the City of Manchester.

After careful consideration of the proposals and all the relevant evidence against the remitted criteria, the Panel recommend that the areas in which large casinos should be licensed are: Great Yarmouth– Kingston-upon-Hull– Leeds– Middlesbrough– Milton Keynes– Newham– Solihull and Southampton.

After careful consideration of the proposals and all the relevant evidence against the remitted criteria, the Panel recommend that the areas in which small casinos should be licensed are: Bath [*] and North East Somerset– Dumfries and Galloway– East Lindsey– Luton– Scarborough– Swansea– Torbay and Wolverhampton.

[*] I love the City of Bath. It&#8217-s beautiful. There&#8217-s a good university, and there are Roman remains &#8212-the Roman &#8220-baths&#8221– naturally warm waters (hot springs). Plus, it&#8217-s not far away from Stonehenge. I recommend it.

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OK, so the prediction market news of the day is that the super casino license (or &#8220-licence&#8221-, as they say) is granted to Manchester &#8212-while BetFair predicted Blackpool (62,5%). Let&#8217-s remember that Paris was the favorite to be the host city of the 2012 Olympics (it will be London):

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TAKEAWAY: It&#8217-s very difficult to figure out what will be the decision of a small, secretive committee &#8212-whether it&#8217-s a group of aristocrats (International Olympic Committee) or a group of civil servants (U.K.&#8217-s Casino Advisory Panel).