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International News Brief: A bid to open a casino on the site of a former bingo hall and dance venue in Fountainbridge has been knocked back by city licensing chiefs for the third time.

International News Brief: Britain is sympathetic to Antigua's complaint to the World Trade Organisation over the United States' decision to effectively ban online gaming, according to UK sports minister Richard Caborn.

International News Brief: A bid to open a casino on the site of a former bingo hall and dance venue in Scotland, has been knocked back by city licensing chiefs for the third time.

International News Brief: Tessa Jowell, the culture secretary, attacked the US government yesterday over its crackdown on online gambling and warned that the policy could become a modern-day version of prohibition.

International News Brief: Leeds casino Napoleons will pay tribute to the US gambling capital of Las Vegas during a week of celebrations to mark its 20th birthday.

Danoptra Holdings Limited and Aristocrat Leisure Limited report their intention to work together on a joint development for a new gaming product targeted at the UK Betting Industry.

International News Brief: Recent takeover offers indicate how lucrative international casino groups believe Britain will become as the 2005 Gambling Act slowly unwinds many regulatory constraints.

International News Brief: A multi-million pound casino could be on its way to a rundown area of York, England, after plans were revealed by a group of city businessmen.

International News Brief: The British businessman who complained to Scotland Yard about gifts Denver entrepreneur Phil Anschutz gave Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice.

International News Brief: Blackpool must wait another three months before it knows whether it has won the super-casino jackpot.

International News Brief: A supercasino at the dome would increase the risk of residents becoming gambling addicts, but the study also highlights that 2,350 jobs will be created.

International News Brief: Coventry Labour MP, Jim Cunningham, tried to raise the limit in a backbench Bill from one to eight casinos.

International News Brief: London Clubs International says its "revolutionary" £13 million casino in Manchester is a safe bet.

In a thrilling final showdown, Estonian Marek ‘The Maverick’ Kolk scooped the top prize at this year’s 888.com UK Poker Open.

International News Brief: Islington’s top police officer is in favour of a casino being built in Islington.

he Fox Poker Club has made further applications to the Gambling Commission for Certificates of Consent for another venue in London and elsewhere in the UK.

The Global Draw Ltd. was awarded a four year contract to become the exclusive supplier of gaming machines to Coral betting shops in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: A 28-year-old man has been jailed for life for murdering a casino boss in a frenzied knife attack.

International News Brief: A leading authority on the transformation of Las Vegas from a small dusty town to a booming metropolis has called on the local community to get behind the bid to bring Britain's biggest casino to Glasgow.

International News Brief: A casino director was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack at his home by a gay man he had just met in a pub.