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International News Brief: Consult Hyperion have revealed the growing problem of payment fraud within the online gambling industry.

International News Brief: Britain's seaside towns are preparing for an invasion of Las Vegas-style casinos with all the glitz and glamour of the Nevada gaming Mecca.

International News Brief: William Hill is creating new customer profiles through its online portal to better understand its audience and drive loyalty.

International News Brief: Shares in Britain's betting shop chains rallied this afternoon after they reached an agreement with casino operators and the British government allowing them to keep so-called fixed-odds betting machines in their shops.

GM Mirage has formed a joint venture with a prominent U.K. soccer team to potentially build a casino and entertainment complex adjacent to a soccer stadium in an up-and-coming region of northeast England.

International News Brief: Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Tessa Jowell has released details of a draft gambling bill which aims to deregulate the £40 billion industry.

ith the potential deregulation of gambling laws in the United Kingdom more than two years away, International Game Technology is gearing up for one of its biggest international growth opportunities in years.

International News Brief: Ukbetting hopes that online betting, games and gambling-related content will prove a draw for high-speed Internet services.

International News Brief: Two bookmaking brothers have beaten the odds and cleared a major planning hurdle to open a betting office in Ulverston’s main shopping street.

International News Brief: A new generation of `warehouse casinos' with £1 million jackpot fruit-machines will be given the go-ahead this week in one of the biggest shake-ups in the UK gambling industry since its connections with organized crime in the 1960s.

International News Brief: Home computers are becoming vulnerable to hackers and virus writers who can turn them into `zombie’ machines, ready to carry out any cyber-blackmail. One of the favorite targets are online casinos.

MGM Mirage executives today said the Las Vegas company expects to own or operate several large casinos in the United Kingdom should that government proceed with anticipated gambling industry deregulation and create favorable investment conditions.

International News Brief: The European Union’s high court ruled today that Italy cannot ban foreign bookies as a threat to public order while the government itself is raising money by promoting state-run games of chance.

International News Brief: Gaming group Wembley, already facing bribery charges in the US, has admitted to a string of fresh setbacks including the closure of its dog-racing track in Catford, south-east London.

International News Brief: The Mobile Lottery is pitching itself as a direct rival to the National Lottery.

MGM Mirage has entered into a joint venture with a special events company in the United Kingdom to potentially build a casino and entertainment complex in the heart of London.

Isle of Capri Casinos reports that the Gaming Board for Great Britain has approved the acquisition of a majority interest in Blue Chip Casinos Plc. Isle of Capri is the first American casino operator to receive Gaming Board approval.

arrah's Entertainment Inc. says it wants to build two or three destination casino resorts in the United Kingdom in addition to several smaller regional casinos it had previously committed to build.

Sheldon Adelson, owner of The Venetian, is pursuing plans with soccer team owners for casinos in Britain, according to published reports in London and Glasgow

The Jackpot Madness network portal has announced that Cash Splash, the world's #1 online progressive jackpot, has paid out a total of over $21,000,000.