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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.

International News Brief: A group of Irish investors is close to clinching a deal to buy the Racing Post newspaper, considered the bible of British horseracing.

The increasing deployment of multiple mobile payment technologies and liberalisation of remote gambling legislation is expected to push total annual wagers on mobile phones to nearly $12bn by 2010.

WassOnline.com has joined forces with Pacific Poker to offer all new players to the site the chance to play in a $1,000 Texas Hold'em free roll.

International News Brief: Business leaders say the Midlands' first gaming academy, set to open in Nuneaton next month, will open up massive job opportunities in the area.

A report released today by the U.K. Gambling Commission reveals that problem gambling has not increased over the last eight years despite the availability of Internet gambling.

Over 42 contestants took part in the Golden Palace world gurning competition.

International News Brief: The internet and other new forms of gambling have not led to an increase in people having a flutter since 1999, a Gambling Commission study has found.

BingoPort.co.uk has released figures today revealing that the UK online bingo market is in an extremely healthy position.

A study by academics in the United Kingdom hopes to establish a baseline on the rate of gambling and problem gambling in the region.

Camelot Group has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom's National Lottery Commission for the next license to operate the U.K. National Lottery.

International News Brief: Racecourse operator Arena Leisure said yesterday it had cleared a vital hurdle to its plans to build Britain's first 'racino'.

The Gambling Act of 2005 went into affect last week, and it's changed everything from which casino operators can advertise in the U.K. to when they can do it.

International News Brief: The British winner of the £26.5 million EuroMillions jackpot last month is a millionaire businessman, it has emerged.

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.

MECN has prepared a unique benchmarking report analysing data from more than 150 lotteries.

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.