United Kingdom News - Page 40

International News Brief: UK TV companies are set to scoop the jackpot next month, with gaming groups queueing up to put their adverts on air for the first time.

International News Brief: A post office worker has described herself as 'flabbergasted' after landing the UK's biggest lottery prize.

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.

50-year-old Beverley Pace scooped $50,000 to win the inaugural PartyPoker Women's World Open in London late last week.

International News Brief: British Culture minister James Purnell has published a list of overseas territories that he claimed met 'strict standards' of regulation.

International News Brief: Antigua and Barbuda is not on the list of foreign remote gambling jurisdictions approved to be white listed by the UK Gambling Commission, released yesterday.

International News Brief: Camelot is complaining to gambling regulators over games that it says capitalise on the popularity of the National Lottery while giving nothing to good causes.

International News Brief: ATP officials fly in to meet specialist betting investigators from the British Horseracing Authority (HRA) over possible tennis match corruption.

International News Brief: Casinos and bookmakers will be banned from advertising on television before 9pm after a government U-turn on the liberalisation of gambling laws.

International News Brief: Blackpool looks set to continue with its super-casino plans, despite the Government's apparent change of heart on the issue.

International News Brief: Teenagers could learn about the psychology behind gambling addiction as part of a planned new A-level course.

International News Brief: The former chief executive of the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas has been hired to run a £350 million casino resort off the Taiwan coast being developed by three Scottish businessmen.

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: Labour's plans for a gambling revolution are in ruins in the wake of Gordon Brown's dramatic decision to axe plans for Britain's first supercasino.

Premier poker magazine, Bluff Europe, and Riley’s snooker halls have joined forces to distribute free copies of Europe’s #1 poker publication to poker players in the UK.

International News Brief: UK ministers were accused of being in "complete disarray" over gambling as it emerged that 16 towns and cities awarded the right to open casinos are to be asked if they still want them.

International News Brief: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reflecting on plans to build a Las Vegas-style supercasino in Manchester but his spokesman says plans to build 16 smaller casinos would be respected.

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

The National Poker League is hosting the first-ever NPL 2007 UK OPEN at the famed Loose Cannon Club in the heart of London, England.

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.