As reported by the Wandsworth Guardian: “Las Vegas will not be coming to
Wandsworth after licensing bosses agreed to ban casinos. “The Gambling Act
2005 has produced the possibility of allowing casinos to open, creating more
jobs, trade, tourism and presumably more gambling. “But Wandsworth Council’s
licensing committee has banned casinos a decision rubber-stamped by the
executive on Monday because it was against the borough’s residential
make-up. “.Licensing chairman, Councillor Stewart Finn said: ‘We do not
think, as a predominantly residential borough, there would a great deal of
need for that sort of business.”