As reported by This is Lancashire: “A solicitors firm in Bolton has revealed
how a local property firm is gambling on Blackpool winning the right to
build a new super-casino for the region. “Mike Beaumont, property partner at
KBL solicitors in Mawdsley Street, says his client, Sagon Holdings, is just
one firm buying up swathes of residential property near the beach front in
Blackpool. “.The company has rapidly purchased 100 flats in the last 14
months and is planning to buy a further 40 in the near future. “Blackpool is
among the last eight on the shortlist to win the right to site a Las Vegas
style super-casino, containing slot machines with unlimited jackpots, which
will be the only one in Britain of its kind.”