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International News Brief: The UK Minister for Sport and Gambling, Richard Caborn, has said that there is no front-runner in the race to become host to the UK’s first super-casino, as he appointed the panel to decide where 17 casinos created by the new Gambling Act will be located.

International News Brief: The group of people which will decide whether Blackpool will be chosen as the site of the UK's only ‘super casino’ was beginning work on Monday.

Winward Gaming Group and Next Generation Entertainment team up to bring the online bingo to the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: An independent panel to advise the UK Government on the location of new casinos has been appointed, it was announced today.

International News Brief: Alexandra Palace opened its arms to major investors for the first time in its history last week in a move that could see parts of the building turned into a hotel, cinema, shops, casino, amusement arcade or even an art gallery.

International News Brief: Domestic gaming operators are fighting to be included in new European legislation that would potentially give them access to a multi-billion-euro market, but they fear heavy lobbying by state lotteries will block them.

International News Brief: The UK government has insisted there had been ‘no change of policy’ over super-casinos after claims it could back the construction of up to eight of them.

International News Brief: Hopes emerged last night that Yarmouth could still clinch a Las Vegas-style super casino with its jackpot of a projected 3.3 million visitors a year.

International News Brief: Two of the biggest betting companies in Cyprus have come out in favour of a proposal for a new law governing gambling.

International News Brief: Fernhart New Media is to launch a new gambling and horse racing portal, following its acquisition by business aggregator Netb2b2 last week.

International News Brief: Coventry appears to have taken pole position in the race to open Britain's first super casino, raising the possibility it might take Birmingham ten years to catch up.

International News Brief: Birmingham’s bid for a regional casino was set to come under pressure today with the launch of a rival multi-million pound project in Coventry.

News Brief: Gambling by mobile phone has rocketed, with the number of betting pages downloaded expected to approach three million this year, a rise of 367 per cent on 2004.

International News Brief: A jobless 55-year-old Frenchman and one of his seven children shared a prize of 75.88 million euros Saturday after selecting combinations of the family's ages in the multi-nation Euro Millions lottery.

International News Brief: Online gaming firm 888 has set the price range for the planned sale of its shares on the London market at between 162-212 pence per share.

International News Brief: The roulette wheels could soon stop turning at casinos across the capital after staff at Gala’s five London casinos voted to take industrial action in a duspute about pay.

A woman has won £196,000 with just 40 pence bet on Coral Casino.com.

International News Brief: Hyatt Regency Hotels announced that it intends to open its casino in Tirana in October, upon payment of €8 million for the license issued by the Albanian Government in January.

International News Brief: Bookmaker Paddy Power today hailed the online gambling craze as it generated most of its profits away from its high street betting shops for the first time.

International News Brief: After a slow start, the gambling business in Germany has begun to boom. The growth will likely be accelerated by an expected liberalization in the sports betting market and the Soccer World Cup in 2006.