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Scientific Games has been awarded a contract to replace the legacy sports betting system of Norway's state-owned Norsk Tipping.

PlayWizard Co. Ltd., a leading developer of solo and multiplayer mobile gaming systems, today launched its 3rd generation CasinoPhone2004 mobile casino technology.

International News Brief: Hungarian banks are blocking payments to online betting sites.

International News Brief: Britain hopes to persuade the offshore centres that are reaping the lion's share of the explosion in online gambling to sign up to new controls on the sites.

International News Brief: Hong Kong may not have a team at the World Cup but that has not stopped interest reaching stratospheric proportions because of the craze for soccer betting.

International News Brief: The Ukrainian Catholic Church has protested plans to open a casino next to its new cathedral in Kiev.

International News Brief: James Packer is tapping an exclusive circle of second-generation and third-generation billionaires to build his international gambling empire.

Century Casinos Europe, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of G5 Sp. z o.o., a Polish company, which holds 33.3% of all issued and outstanding shares of Casinos Poland Ltd

Eric Prevost is the first Frenchman to win ten million dollars in the "Superbucks" jackpot of FreeLotto.com, a stake-free lottery website.

International News Brief: One of the UK's leading experts on gambling yesterday called for the government's advisory panel to allow 11 supercasino licences.

PokerLoco continues to grow on the Nordic market and Sweden has quickly become its largest market.

When the World Poker Congress convenes in Stockholm on June 26 & 27, the poker industry will be examined in an entirely different way.

The Virtual World Direct E-Lottery system provides a multi win syndicate system played on the UK National Lottery and Euro Millions.

In a first-of-a-kind event 22 poker players from Ireland and Great Britain will compete in the International Charity Heads Up Council tournament for the benefit of the Poker 4 Charity and OnePercentPledge charities.

International News Brief: A new upmarket casino complete with two restaurants and a live music venue is due to open in Manchester's Great Northern Warehouse in October, creating 350 jobs.

Maltese Gaming Authority issues public warning over false claims by Poker Ducks.

International News Brief: Grosvenor Casino has applied for planning permission from Blackpool Council to expand by a third.

The popularity of Mobile gambling, involving casinos, lotteries and betting, is set to rise from under $2 billion to in excess of $23 billion come 2011, according to industry analysts Juniper Research.

International News Brief: Britons will gamble £173 million over the next two months as the long-awaited Fifa World Cup finally kicks off, new research suggests.

Poker Ducks falsely claims to be located in Malta.