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International News Brief: A sixth jockey has been released on bail after he was arrested on Tuesday as part of the City of London police investigation into alleged race-fixing.

International News Brief: Yarmouth could land the economic jackpot of a new-style regional casino, attracting more than three million visitors a year.

International News Brief: New super-casinos will be banned from using US-style psychological trickery to lure punters into spending more cash.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has suspended the operations of an online gambling site based in the United Kingdom after posting losses of $9.3 million last year.

The Winner Channel, UK cable's first iTV fixed odds gaming service, successfully launched on the Telewest cable network last week and is slated to launch on NTL next week.

International News Brief: David Beckham and his Real Madrid team-mates are squaring up for a court battle with Europe's leading bookmakers.

International News Brief: Leaked documents show that senior executives from Ladbrokes planned a campaign of meetings, briefings and corporate jollies with Government Ministers, officials and influential MPs during the run-up to the Bill's publication.

International News Brief: An expert on the gambling industry has warned potential backers not to invest in casinos near North-East football grounds because of hooligans.

International News Brief: U.K. casino operators today ferociously criticized Government figures being used to justify its U-turn on deregulation, which is set to damage long-established British firms.

Lotteries, betting & casino style gambling to generate over $2bn for the mobile phone industry in 2006.

International News Brief: A Las Vegas gambling giant may open a massive casino by the Manchester United ground.

International News Brief: A London-based firm has taken the lead in the ‘Glas-Vegas' race to build Scotland's largest casino.

New UK casinos might be restricted to remote or downtrodden areas where U.S. casino operators wouldn't want to develop.

International News Brief: Significant amendments to the Government’s controversial Gambling Bill were announced in the Lords today by the minister responsible for gambling regulation, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, when he moved Second Reading.

International News Brief: Ministers are warning the gaming industry that the Government will scrap the controversial Gambling Bill and reintroduce it after the election rather than agree to the concessions being demanded by casino operators.

International News Brief: Plans to bulldoze the Mecca bingo hall in Fountainbridge to make way for a new canal-side leisure complex are set to be decided at a public inquiry.

International News Brief: Manchester United, confirmed this week as the richest football club in the world, announced today that it is in talks over the possibility of further boosting its income by building a supercasino at its Old Trafford ground.

iTouch has signed an agreement with Zone4Play to distribute its extensive database of gaming, gambling and betting services to iTouch customers.

International News Brief: Bar and nightclub operator Luminar and Accor Casinos have received planning permission for its casino development in Leeds.

International News Brief: The new Grosvenor Casino has opened its doors at Gunwharf Quays.