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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.

International News Brief: Professional sports players have been warned that they face two-year jail sentences if they break new UK laws that have come into force under the Gambling Act.

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.

International News Brief: Wet weather has mitigated the impact of a nationwide smoking ban at bingo-to-casino group Rank.

News Brief: The trade is preparing for the new UK gambling legislation which will come into effect tomorrow.

International News Brief: Tom and Mark are the betting analysts in the security department at the British Horseracing Authority, and the breadth and power of the information at their disposal is remarkable.

Everest Poker today announced that the online poker room would be hosting a freeroll poker tournament with a unique prize - a one-year sponsorship of the winning player's chosen UK amateur adult football team.

International News Brief: Gordon Brown left himself open to charges of hypocrisy after it emerged that Labour accepted a donation from an online gambling firm days before he killed off plans for a super casino.

International News Brief: Manchester has spent nearly £240,000 of council taxpayers' money on its supercasino bid, according to a recent report.

A successful week of high-stakes poker came to a close on Saturday as the National Poker League’s UK Poker Open ended in London.

The final table line-up for PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker is confirmed and the first of two shows showcasing the climax of the tournament gets underway on Channel 4.

Bodog Poker’s Random Number Generator has been officially certified by the U.K.'s Gaming Associates.

International News Brief: UK Players organisations across a range of sports have welcomed new laws aimed at tackling cheating in sports betting.

International News Brief: Lottery grants worth more than £1m have been awarded to a number of youth projects across Scotland.

International News Brief: Specialist investigators demand access to the online gambling accounts and telephone records of people suspected of Polish tennis match corruption.

International News Brief: The search is on for the owner of an unclaimed lottery ticket for almost £97,000 bought in Northern Ireland.

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.