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International News Brief: The number of UK casinos is set to nearly double despite a Government promise to restrict openings.

International News Brief: A gambling charity is calling for a UK-wide database which would give better protection to problem gamblers.

International News Brief: Las Vegas Sands Corp is not interested in running any casinos in Britain after the government there scaled back its plan to open a supercasino in Manchester, a top executive said on Wednesday.

International News Brief: The race to turn Yarmouth into a Monte Carlo-style gambling capital will be stepped up later this week with the opening of a multi-million- pound casino predicted to attract up to 75,000 visitors a year.

International News Brief: A high-rolling Arab gambler is being chased through the British courts after he wrote a casino two cheques worth almost £7 million combined - both of which bounced.

International News Brief: Publicly-owned land will be sold off by the Wirral council to casino developers.

News Brief: Sixteen new casinos are to be given the go-ahead, six months after Gordon Brown signalled a retreat from plans to bring Las Vegas-style gambling to Britain.

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International News Brief: Showdown talks between Gordon Brown and senior Manchester politicians over the city's doomed supercasino bid have been hailed as `productive'.

International News Brief: Manchester businessman Norman Turner was the key person behind the Sonas Consortium that launched plans for a casino in the Phoenix Park in September 1994.

The 2008 Six Nations fixtures kicks off this weekend and it is expected that this is going to be the biggest ever Six Nations betting odds tournament.

International News Brief: A former tax inspector and online gambling addict was jailed for six years today for a £1m blackmail plot against the British supermarket giant Tesco.

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: Plans to build a supercasino in Manchester are to be dropped by the UK Government but 16 smaller casinos will be given the go-ahead.

International News Brief: A mother has called for gambling rules to be tightened after her mentally disabled son lost about £100,000 in casinos and betting shops.

International News Brief: Ladbrokes has ditched plans to break into the UK casino market in a blow for government plans to issue 16 new casino licenes to local authorities.

Next generation poker room PKR is looking for the best of the best to take to the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour main event when it hits London this March.

International News Brief: The owners of the Opera House Casino have welcomed the support of Scarborough Civic Society for their planned £70 million family entertainment venue in the heart of the town.

International News Brief: The owners of the Opera House Casino have welcomed the support of Scarborough Civic Society for their planned £70 million family entertainment venue in the heart of the town.

International News Brief: Tennis' governing bodies have joined together to launch a review of their anti-corruption policies after recent match-fixing and betting scandals.