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Only a fraction of the 40 or so casino projects proposed so far by U.S. operators and others in the United Kingdom will likely get built if the gambling laws are rewritten as planned to allow more casinos.

International News Brief: The abolition of tax on betting and the internet boom has boosted the amount of money gambled in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: The astonishing growth in gambling around the world, including a forecast fivefold increase in UK betting turnover in the three years since 2001, is revealed in an authoritative report published today.

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International News Brief: Foreign casino groups will step up their intensive lobbying of the Government this week when a leading operator sponsors a fringe meeting on gambling at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, United Kingdom.

nternational News Brief: Kerry Packer, media tycoon and one of Australia’s richest men, is planning a series of casinos across Scotland as part of a £300 million (US$542.41 million)push into the UK gaming industry.

International News Brief: Australia’s Kerry Packer wants to cash in on major changes to Britain's antiquated gaming laws, which are about to be relaxed.

International News Brief: UK gambling stocks took a spin on fears that the long-awaited reform to Britain's arcane gambling laws may not happen before the next General Election.

International News Brief: One of London's largest casino projects is moving ahead with Earls Court & Olympia and MGM Mirage Partnership appointing a planning team to work on a £150 million complex earmarked for the Olympia 2 exhibition centre.

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Tough controls limiting the accessibility of high prize 'Category A' slot machines will not be relaxed when the Gambling Bill is introduced, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Tessa Jowell said today.

International News Brief: A second mega casino is being planned for London, a venture which would really start the ball rolling to make the city the Las Vegas-style gambling capital of Europe.

International News Brief: The U.K. government has crushed the hopes of the gambling industry, saying it will not relax controls on outlawed ‘Category A’ slot machines in its upcoming gambling bill.

A proposal to turn former offices in a B-listed building in Aberdeen city centre (Scotland) into a casino are to be considered next week.

International News Brief: The Football Association has no plans yet to investigate claims that Premier League players are ignoring FA rules by placing huge football-related bets.

International News Brief: Fears over the soaring numbers of casinos planned for Glasgow have sparked a full-scale probe into gambling.

International News Brief: Kerry Packer's bid to become a major owner of casinos in Britain took another step forward when plans were announced for a development in England's Midlands.

International News Brief: Up to 3,000 jobs will be created in the Black Country at a new £50 million entertainment complex in Brierley Hill.

International News Brief: The outgoing chairman of Barclays Bank, Sir Peter Middleton, is to become the chairman of National Lottery operator Camelot, it has been announced.

International News Brief: According to a researcher, changes later this year in gambling legislation and the temptations of technology could more than double the number of adult and adolescent Britons with gambling addiction, it was claimed.