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The World Series of Poker Europe announced it will host the 2008 event under one roof for the first time at the Casino at the Empire in the heart of London's Leicester Square.

World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffery Pollack announced on Tuesday that WSOP Europe will add a fourth bracelet event this year and be televised globally by ESPN.

International News Brief: Whitehall sources have signalled that eight large and eight medium-sized casinos would go ahead in various locations in England and Scotland.

International News Brief: Racing's rulers have responded with defiance to the criticism they have endured since Friday's collapse of the Old Bailey trial involving Kieren Fallon.

International News Brief: The British Horseracing Authority said it 'totally refutes' any suggestion that it waged a vendetta against Kieren Fallon, the six-times champion Flat jockey.

International News Brief: The former champion jockey Kieren Fallon, a professional gambler and four others were yesterday cleared of race-fixing after the case against them collapsed at the Old Bailey.

The next Affiliate Series of Poker at CAP Euro: London is set to be the biggest yet with more players than ever taking part online to qualify for the main event.

With its one year anniversary approaching the CAP Euro team are planning an even better event for January in London.

BBC’s reality investment program Dragons’ Den has made an investment in online gaming site GamingAlerts.co.uk.

International News Brief: Sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley is understood to be the front-runner in the £90 million auction of Les Ambassadeurs, one of London's plushest casinos.

International News Brief: A gambler known as the Fat Man yesterday won a court battle not to pay back £2 million he lost in one night at Aspinalls Club casino.

International News Brief: Jockey Kieren Fallon came second in a race he should have won 'at a canter', a trial has been told.

The inaugural 2007 World Series of Poker Europe presented by Betfair.com will pay out the largest prize pools for live HORSE and Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments in European poker history.

The inaugural World Series of Poker Europe kicks off in September, marking the first major global poker event London has hosted and Team Bodog will be out in force.

Vega Promotional Systems, Inc. is hosting Bob the Butcher and his professional poker playing friends at the World Series of Poker. Europe this week in London.

Lyceum has announced their search for the perfect partners to sponsor the 2008 event which will be held on Wednesday, January 23rd during the International Casino Exhibition in London.

Bodog Entertainment is gearing up for its autumn launch into Europe with a spectacular offer to poker players from the U.K., Ireland, and Western Europe.

International News Brief: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today hinted at a U-turn over supercasinos.

Hundreds of poker enthusiasts descended upon Leicester Square in London, England, yesterday as Bluff Europe Magazine held their 'Poker in the Park' event sponsored by the World Poker Tour.

Bluff Europe magazine is celebrating summer and its crowning of London as "Europe's #1 Poker City" by holding an afternoon of poker with the World Poker Tour in the heart of London.