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International News Brief: Casino operators were chips in yesterday after the Parliamentary committee scrutinising gambling legislation rubber-stamped recommendations that the industry be deregulated.

Shares of two major U.S. slot and video poker machine makers fell this morning as British legislators issued an interim report today recommending a more cautious approach to gambling deregulation than anticipated.

International News Brief: Council leaders in Blackpool have welcomed a parliamentary report into the future of Britain's gambling laws.

Europe’s iTV betting market is forecast to turnover €4bn by 2007 with gross margins of €709m, according to a report from market analysts Screen Digest.

The UK interactive Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association welcomes the publication of the report by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Draft Gambling Bill and its critical support of the Government’s aim to offer a UK licence to remote gambling operators.

International News Brief: The UK Office of Fair Trading says racecourses have broken competition law by collectively selling television rights to the doomed Attheraces channel.

British legislators considering deregulating that country's gambling industry are expected to dilute original proposals supported by casino groups by recommending restrictions on gambling, analysts say.

International News Brief: A cross-party committee of MPs is urging the government to water down its proposed dramatic loosening of controls on gambling.

International News Brief: Bookmakers believe record sums will be bet on Saturday's Martell Cognac Grand National despite race-fixing allegations which have rocked the sport.

News Brief: Plans to establish a powerful gambling regulator will receive a boost today when a government report is published showing growing public support for tighter industry controls.

International News Brief: Sportingbet forecasts a 90 percent jump in quarterly profit, exceeding its own expectations for the past three months.

International News Brief: Bookmakers cut the odds on Tony Blair quitting before the next general election following the resignation of immigration minister Beverley Hughes.

International News Brief: British police are working with online bookmakers to head off blackmailers threatening denial of service attacks.

Kerzner International has been granted a Certificate of Consent from the Gaming Board for Great Britain.

International News Brief: U.S. consortium BLB Investors is poised to make a possible offer of over 800 pence a share bid for British gaming firm Wembley.

International News Brief: The Trocadero in London's Piccadilly Circus is being earmarked as the home for the UK's largest casino.

International News Brief: U.K. gambling operators will have to build opera houses, theatres and other cultural amenities if they want to open massive resort casinos.

as Vegas Sands, the company that built The Venetian in Las Vegas, is now participating in two hotel-casino projects in deals with two soccer clubs in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: A £30 million cinema, restaurant and casino complex creating 400 jobs in Swansea's city centre has got the go-ahead.

International News Brief: Rangers Football Club are attempting to bring Las Vegas to Scotland with the opening of a £120 million casino and leisure development.