World's first online progressive jackpot millionaire - $1,594,649.21 - Won at Captain Cooks Casino
30th May 2002 - Online
gaming history was made when the first online jackpot over a million dollars was won at Captain Cooks Casino. The lucky winner won a staggering US$1,594,649.21 in one single cash payment, while playing the casino's newest progressive slot, Major Millions.
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Gambling overhaul 'will bring £5bn boost'
05 November 2003:
Government plans to overhaul gambling legislation will create up to 117,000 new jobs, attract £5bn of inward investment and boost the public finances by as much as £3.1bn, according to a new report. The proposed changes, which include allowing larger casinos to install vast numbers of slot machines, are expected to trigger a rush of Las Vegas-style resort casino developments.
The independent study, by Pion Economics, a consultancy, was commissioned by the Cross Industry Group for Gaming Deregulation, which is made up of gambling and leisure companies. It compared existing UK gambling trends with countries such as the US where laws are more relaxed. The report has been submitted to the Treasury and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, which is overseeing the deregulation process.
Only three per cent of British adults visit casinos, compared with 25 per cent in parts of the US. Assuming that liberalization of gambling laws would increase participation levels to 10 per cent, Pion was able to assess the impact of deregulation on the wider UK economy. The report estimated up to 117,000 jobs would be created by gambling deregulation. These new jobs would then bolster the public finances by £3.1bn through income taxes and national insurance contributions.
The report found deregulation would give the Treasury an additional £300m a year in gambling-related duty. This figure would rise to £500m a year when additional income from tourists attracted to Britain by its casinos was considered. However, the report acknowledged that not all the gambling spending would come from new sources, with 75 per cent of it expected to come from existing leisure activities. "On the basis of the limited UK evidence available, we assume that some of the expected growth in casino gambling will substitute for lotteries, machine and bingo gambling," the report said.
John Kelly, chairman of the CIGGD and chief executive of Gala, which operates casinos and bingo halls, said: "This report would have no credibility unless it was completely independent and it is completely independent." The report's authors, he said, had "come up with some pretty fundamental changes to the economic landscape". He added: "But when you think about how constrained this industry has been over the last 30 years it isn't really very surprising."
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