Paddy Power, the Irish bookmakers, have decided to cough up some cash and refund money to all those customers who placed bets on where the first UK super-casino would be located.

This follows Gordon Brown response at PMQs when he sensationally scrapped plans for the project to go ahead.

This will cost the firm a packet for those who received winnings in January on Manchester won’t have to hand the money back.

Let’s hope other firms follow suit.

Mike Smithson