Yes.  More lies from Osborne. He was never serious about "Reading Racino" it was just a distraction to allow him to demolish Reading Speedway.   Grosvenor Casinos realised he wasn't serious and went ahead and built their casino in a different part of Reading. If I recall correctly the Gordon Brown thing was about relaxing gambling laws to allow a massive "Super Casino" to be built in either Blackpool or Manchester.   When the bid was won by Manchester rather than Blackpool, things cooled off, and Brown decided there were better things to build rather than SuperCasinos. Brown's decision had no effect on Grosvenor Casinos opening a casino in Reading.   Neither the pie in the sky Speedway track/Casino, nor the actual Casino that they did build in Reading, and which I believe is still there.  

Intrigued to know what the original team was going to be?  Don’t suppose we’ll ever find out 🙄…….lol

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Not the case. As this report shows the casino operators were tired of CO prevarication and simply found another site. https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/13396818.speedway-plans-collapse/

Reading's supposed new stadium was touted as being a "racino" - a speedway track and casino combined.

I don't understand what the heck Casinos have/had to do with Speedway? Or am I missing something?