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International News Brief: A rapid growth in gambling has prompted Russia to ban all casinos and gaming halls from its major towns and cities.

International News Brief: Legal challenges and accusations of showing favouritism to foreign investors will be faced when the locations of a new generation of 17 Las Vegas-style casinos--including one giant supercasino--are announced next week.

International News Brief: Gala Coral Group, Europe’s leading gaming operator, has confirmed that a brand new casino will be built in Heart Island within the 'soon-to-open' Ocean Village complex.

International News Brief: Croupiers, cashiers, valets and restaurant workers at Grosvenor Casinos in London walked out for 24 hours from Thursday morning.

International News Brief: Casinos will be allowed to open their doors all day under new plans drawn up by the Government, which critics say could allow problem gamblers to lose money around the clock.

International News Brief: Wolverhampton racecourse, where seven horses have been killed since early November, has been given a clean bill of health in an independent study.

French authorities have forced the European Poker Tour to cancel the 2007 French Open, according to a statement on the European Poker Tour Web site.

nternational News Brief: More middle-aged women gamble using online casinos than any other gender or age group, according to a major new study.

Controversial government plans to license and regulate online gambling have strong public support according to a new survey conducted by PKR.com and YouGov.

International News Brief: A vast casino building plan, which could lead to 90 new casinos being built within years, has already been approved, despite assurances from ministers that expansion would be limited.

International News Brief: Shares in online gambling companies PartyGaming, SportingBet, 888 Holdings and Empire Online slipped once more.

International News Brief: Ladbrokes PLC has acquired Sponsio Ltd, its online betting and gaming partner in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

A new internet prize draw website offer winners a fixed odds chance to live like a VIP and meet their favourite celebrities, has launched in London.

Everest Poker has taken France by storm by signing a sponsorship deal with a new poker TV show Direct Poker.

International News Brief: Compulsive gambling should be recognised as an addiction that requires treatment on the NHS, doctors leaders in England said yesterday.

International News Brief: The manager of a 23,000-member private card club in London was convicted today of violating Britain's gambling laws after a jury decided poker is a game of chance, not pure skill.

International News Brief: A big-time gambling cheat who used hidden cameras to run a ‘sophisticated’ casino sting has been sentenced to prison.

International News Brief: Government plans for Las Vegas-style super-casinos could cause an increase in crime and anti-social behaviour, according to a leaked police report.

International New Brief: The Ukrainian Finance Ministry has decided to seriously tackle and regulate the situation on the lottery and gambling market.

Zero36 has filed a patent for its location-based filtering system technology which enables legally accessing mobile casino games in locations where gambling is legal.