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International News Brief: Tougher measures are needed to tackle potential problems with unlimited payout gaming machines, the UK Government was warned today.

International News Brief: Three people investigated over an alleged hi-tech scam after they won more than £1 million at the Ritz casino will be able to keep their winnings, it emerged today.

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International News Brief: British leisure group Rank says its year results will be ‘broadly in line’ with market expectations, and that plans to demerge its Deluxe film unit are progressing well.

International News Brief: Brighton and Hove chief executive Alan McCarthy has been instructed to write to the Government demanding new powers to block huge gambling venues.

International News Brief: A gambler who started a £7 million blaze at a motorway service station after he lost £200 on a slot machine was jailed for three and a half years today.

International News Brief: Las Vegas Sands, one of America's biggest gambling companies, is pressing for fresh amendments to the Gambling Bill following the Government's controversial decision to introduce a cap of eight mega-casinos.

International News Brief: Stanley Leisure chairman Lord Steinberg has hit a 36 million pounds jackpot by selling shares in the company to a Malaysian casino giant.

For the fourth year in a row, InterCasino has been voted the player's favourite online casino by the readers of Gambling Online Magazine.

International News Brief: Newmarket could hit the jackpot by having its own lottery.

Zone4Play, Inc., reports the launch of its play-for-real fixed-odds casino applications on Hutchison 3G, in the UK.

International News Brief: Asia’s biggest gambling group, Genting, today swooped on Britain's casino industry with a £47 million investment play centred on a major partnership with Stanley Leisure.

International News Brief: The Government’s proposals for gambling reform could lead to the closure of 1,000 pubs and 100 bingo halls, a study revealed today.

International News Brief: Aberdeen has emerged as the bookies’ joint favourite to have a white Christmas this year.

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nternational News Brief: Betfair, the privately owned betting exchange, has published its annual report for the first time, sparking speculation that it is gearing up for a stock market flotation.

International News Brief: Betfair, the leading online betting exchange, has launched a rescue package for Sporting Options' customers who have lost money as a result of that company going into administration.

International News Brief: Some of the world's best known sports stars are lining up to compete in a $1 million all-star poker event.

Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage emerged as losers Tuesday when the British government announced its initial plans for the deregulation of gaming in the United Kingdom, Wall Street analysts said.

International News Brief: The U.K. government will set an initial limit of eight Las Vegas-style super-casinos in its new gambling bill, to reduce opposition from members of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party.