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Gordon Brown has announced a review of super-casinos saying they would be "subject to reflection" this summer. Gordon Brown has announced a review of whether super-casinos are needed to regenerate deprived cities and towns.
He told MPs there would be a report on gambling and its effects in September. There will be a report on gambling in September and Mr Brown said he would look at other ways to regenerate areas.
The prime minister added that he hoped to look at whether other regeneration might be "a better way" of meeting the "economic and social needs" of an area. Senior Whitehall sources have told the BBC that the issue of super-casinos was now "dead in the water".
BBC political editor Nick Robinson said he understood the review would cover the controversial decision to award Manchester the first "super casino". Manchester MP Graham Stringer said it would be a "weak and bad decision" if the city's successful bid to host the first super-casino did not go ahead.
Mr Brown was responding to a question from Labour MP Andy Reed during prime minister's questions - who said most people thought super-casinos would make gambling addiction worse.
'No consensus'
The prime minister replied: "This is an issue on which there is no consensus found in the two Houses of Parliament.
"And it is an issue now subject to reflection over the next few months.
"In September we will have a report that will look at gambling in our country - the incidence and prevalence of it and the social effects of it.
The idea that Manchester Council hasn't looked at every way to regenerate this area, is risible Graham Stringer
"I hope that during these summer months we can look at whether regeneration in the areas for the super-casinos maybe a better way of meeting their economic and social needs than the creation of supercasinos."
The BBC understands the review will look at the "whole issue" of super-casinos, not just the controversial decision to award one to Manchester.
In March, peers rejected a move to build the UK's first super-casino in Manchester by just three votes after MPs backed it by a majority of 24.
Mr Stringer told the BBC he had heard nothing about the review until PMQs and said he and the other Manchester MPs would want to see Mr Brown "as soon as possible, to find out what's really in his mind".
He said it would be "a weak and bad decision if it (the Manchester super casino) doesn't go ahead".
"The only reason it's before the House again is because it was thrown out by the Lords. The idea that Manchester Council hasn't looked at every way to regenerate this area, is risible."