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International News Brief: A 32-year-old worker at a large international engineering company stole more than £9 million from his firm to feed a gambling addiction, it emerged today.

International News Brief: Tessa Jowell will next week announce plans to limit the number of new medium and small casinos to 16, the BBC has learned.

International News Brierf: Las Vegas Sands launched a high-stakes bid to build a £100m gaming and entertainment complex at Sunderland's Stadium.

International News Brief: During a press conference, companies operating in Poland’s gambling sector presented their numerous complaints to the Finance Ministry.

International News Brief: Qunitain Estates and Development is confident of winning government approval to build a new super-casino at Wembley.

International News Brief: Tougher measures are needed to tackle potential problems with unlimited payout gaming machines, the UK Government was warned today.

International News Brief: Millions of Italians will today nervously wait to see if the most costly losing streak in their country's gambling history comes to an end.

News Brief: TVG Technologies has signed an agreement with Las Vegas-based online casino company SuperCasino to supply its SmartNet system.

International News Brief: Three people investigated over an alleged hi-tech scam after they won more than £1 million at the Ritz casino will be able to keep their winnings, it emerged today.

GTECH Holdings and the owners of privately-held Gauselmann Group have entered into an agreement whereby GTECH will acquire a 50 percent controlling equity position in the Atronic group of companies owned by Gauselmann.

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International News Brief: British leisure group Rank says its year results will be ‘broadly in line’ with market expectations, and that plans to demerge its Deluxe film unit are progressing well.

International News Brief: Hungary’s Gambling Supervision last week initiated legal proceedings against the U.K.’s Sportingbet Plc, the world’s largest online gambling service, which launched its Hungarian-language website in June of this year.

International News Brief: Brighton and Hove chief executive Alan McCarthy has been instructed to write to the Government demanding new powers to block huge gambling venues.

International News Brief: A gambler who started a £7 million blaze at a motorway service station after he lost £200 on a slot machine was jailed for three and a half years today.

International News Brief: Las Vegas Sands, one of America's biggest gambling companies, is pressing for fresh amendments to the Gambling Bill following the Government's controversial decision to introduce a cap of eight mega-casinos.

International News Brief: Stanley Leisure chairman Lord Steinberg has hit a 36 million pounds jackpot by selling shares in the company to a Malaysian casino giant.

International News Brief: The State Duma has passed a draft law restricting the advertisement of casinos and gambling in the first of three readings in Russia’s lower house of parliament.

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International News Brief: Newmarket could hit the jackpot by having its own lottery.