Article: Blue Chip plans themed casino chain with Isle of Capri.(Betting & gaming news; Blue Chip Casinos; Isle of Capri Casinos )

Blue Chip Casinos has unveiled plans for a chain of themed casinos across the United Kingdom. The details came as Isle of Capri Casinos became the first American gaming company to get Gaming Board approval to own UK casinos, through its 5m [pounds sterling] acquisition of two-thirds of Blue Chip.

Blue Chip is acquiring the Castle Hill Casino in Dudley, West Midlands, from its private owners for 5.5m [pounds sterling]. The firm hopes to take over the site at the end of this month and to relaunch it in spring 2004. It will spend a further 200,000 [pounds sterling] on revamping the club, which has a gaming floor of around 8,000 square feet, with a medieval theme.

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