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International News Brief: Internet gambling websites should introduce age-verification checks to prevent children from betting online, a children's charity urged today.

International News Brief: Plans for Las Vegas-style casinos all over Britain were reined in yesterday by MPs and Lords who are worried by the possibility of too many such resorts being built in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: Members of a Russian criminal gang which tried to blackmail British bookmakers by disabling their websites have been arrested.

Top online gambling turnkey provider Microgaming has announced that it will soon move into new and larger business premises on the Isle of Man as a result of strategic restructuring to better support an expanding business.

International News Brief: Little-known American Todd Hamilton won the Open at Royal Troon. Hamilton was a 200/1 outsider to take the title and Ladbrokes and William Hill said they had only taken a total of six bets on him.

International News Brief: Britian’s obsession with betting has spiralled by huge sums, figures reveal. In only three years, the money staked by punters has shot up from £7.3 billion annually to £29.6 billion.

Kerzner International Ltd., owner of the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, plans to help build three casino resorts in the United Kingdom, including one in London's Millennium Dome with Anschutz Entertainment Group, for $1 billion.

International News Brief: Controversial plans to convert a Black Country pub into a £1.3 million all-night casino resembling an ocean liner have today been scuppered by planning inspectors.

International News Brief: BETonSPORTS, an online gambling company, is raising £54.6m through a placing on the Aim market, the company will announce today.

Kerzner International Limited has been appointed the preferred developer with respect to the development and management of gaming, hotel and entertainment facilities in two key markets in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: Scotland's first casino resort is set to be built in Glasgow as part of a £562m development on the banks of the River Clyde.

International News Brief: Westpac has vowed to defend a case brought against it by a Aspinalls Casino suing for millions of dollars linked to a convicted fraudster.

nternational News Brief: Fixed odds punters have a rare chance to stake some cash on poker this week after markets opened on the final of the Ladbrokes Poker Million II - The Masters.

International News Brief: A plan has been unveiled for a £260 million Las Vegas-style casino and leisure complex in Manchester that would provide up to 1,500 jobs.

International News Brief: A punter scooped £332,625 after backing Greece to win Euro 2004.

The iGGBA has released its position paper on taxation of remote gambling services, calling for a competitive low tax regime which will encourage companies to establish in the UK.

Gaming & Entertainment Group, Inc. reports the release of a range of video-based roulette games and the completion of its slot operating system for the Amusement With Prizes arcade market and Licensed Betting Offices in the United Kingdom.

nternational News Brief: The European Championship reaches its climax this week, but the bookmakers are already celebrating.

Carnegie Cooke and Co., Inc. has signed a strategic alliance with Electrocoin Automatics Limited, a leading manufacturer and distributor of gaming equipment in the U.K.

International News Brief: Online gambling service Betfair, has embarked on an expansion plan in Asia by lobbying governments and the handful of existing legal bookies for recognition and alliances.