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International News Brief: Irish people are gambling over €70m a week and the figure is set to hit the €100m mark within the next two years, new figures reveal.

Global Interactive Gaming Limited has extended its recently signed agreement with Littlewoods Betdirect.

International News Brief: Damian Aspinall’s flagship casino and entertainment venue, Aspers, is now open at The Gate in Newcastle.

Betbull has successfully completed the acquisition of the Leip Group, one of Germany's leading retail bookmakers.

WPT Enterprises has inked an agreement for its World Poker Tour television series to be featured programming when the UK's ITV4 network kicks off on November 1.

International News Brief: Las Vegas Sands , one of the US casino operators hoping to win licences to operate Las Vegas-style super-casinos in the UK , has stepped up lobbying efforts with local authorities.

International News Brief: Consultants will advise Birmingham City Council on how to deal with two conflicting bids for a super-casino.

International News Brief: Gamblers will have access to unlimited free drinks at the new Sporting Emporium casino in Dublin, it emerged today.

International News Brief: Damian Aspinall’s flagship casino and entertainment venue, Aspers, is set to open at The Gate in Newcastle next Thursday.

International News Brief: Lady luck appears to be smiling on PartyGaming after the online poker and casino operation reported a surge in revenues.

International News Brief: Casinos have missed out on a boom in online gaming over the past several years, but deals with sports-betting firms still offer a belated route into the new multi-billion-dollar industry.

New study indicates that the size of the German betting market will grow from currently Euro 2.2 billion to about Euro 5 billion by 2010.

International News Brief: Documents obtained by a London newspaper reveal that Australia's richest man, Kerry Packer, was no idle spectator when it came to convincing the British Government of the need to liberalise its gambling laws.

International News Brief: The new Opera House Casino in Scarborough has smashed all records for pre-opening membership numbers for a UK casino.

betandwin has entered into a co-operation agreement with FC Slovan Liberec, the Czech division one soccer team.

International News Brief: The CEO of Greek betting company Intralot, Konstantinos Antonopoulos, says that the company is cultivating alliances which will possibly lead it to enter the casino market soon.

International News Brief: Manchester United football club has axed proposals to build a casino.

International News Brief: Developers are gambling on getting permission to open a casino to ensure mega success for a glitzy entertainment hub in The Dome.

International News Brief: Coventry's chances of winning Government approval for a super-casino are fading by the day, according to a senior member of Birmingham City Council's cabinet.

Scientific Games reports that its German subsidiary Scientific Games Honsel GmbH was awarded two contracts with Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen.