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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.

International News Brief: The number of UK adult problem gamblers could double or even quadruple when the UK government's gambling bill comes into force, a leading expert believes.

International News Brief: Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has been released on police bail after being questioned in a probe into the alleged fixing of horse races.

International News Brief: Internet betting exchanges allowing punters to back losers have transformed the conventions of traditional gambling.

International News Brief: According to a online casino poll, the ice-cool nerve of the poker-faced card-sharp is no better embodied than by Steve McQueen.

TV, the Casino and Gaming TV network reports a major partnership with Flextech Television, the programming division of the United Kingdom's Telewest.

IGW Software, the on-line gaming software solutions group, announced today its appointment of Cameron Thomson Group as European business development partner.

International News Brief: The dangers of liberalised gambling are exposed in research published today, which reveals relaxed U.K. gaming laws can cause homelessness.

International News Brief: Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is one of three jockeys who have been arrested by police in a probe into alleged fixing of horse races.

Managers at eCOGRA seal casinos are getting detailed professional input that would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars...and it won`t cost them a cent.

International News Brief: Bookmakers have chosen David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas as their favorite to win the Booker Prize this year.