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International News Brief: Some two weeks after a grenade attack which injured 18 bystanders outside an Israeli-owned casino in Prague, the owners announced Monday the establishment was closing due to technical reasons.

International News Brief: The former government should have imposed tougher controls over casinos, President Vaclav Klaus has said, as police continue to hunt for an attacker who injured 18 by detonating a grenade outside a gambling business in central Prague.

iBetX, Ltd., an online person-to-person trading exchange market, has data that shows Google to be over priced.

International News Brief: A man serving a life sentence for attempted rape and a history of sex crimes has won £7 million on the National Lottery.

eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance and Casino City today announce a joint collaborative agreement and the introduction of new eCOGRA certification features on the popular Casino City website.

International News Brief: A millionaire bookmaker said today he wants to make what he believes to be the world’s biggest bet - £1 million – on his beloved football team.

International News Brief: Bosses behind a plan for Suffolk's first casino have reassured residents of a historic market town that they will not become neighbours to a Las Vegas-style facility.

International News Brief: Prague police have found a wig, pistol and hand grenade they believe were dumped by a suspect fleeing a casino bombing that hurt 18 bystanders in the city last week.

International News Brief: The Czech authorities are working on the theory that a bomb in the heart of Prague which injured 18 people yesterday was intended as an attack on an Israeli-owned casino.

Research and Markets reports the addition of The European Union and its Impact on State-Licensed Gambling Monopolies to their offering.

International News Brief: Internet gambling websites should introduce age-verification checks to prevent children from betting online, a children's charity urged today.

International News Brief: Italian police have arrested an 80-year-old great-grandmother suspected of drugging and robbing easily fooled victims for years to feed her gambling habit.

International News Brief: Plans for Las Vegas-style casinos all over Britain were reined in yesterday by MPs and Lords who are worried by the possibility of too many such resorts being built in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: Members of a Russian criminal gang which tried to blackmail British bookmakers by disabling their websites have been arrested.

Lakes Entertainment reports that the Aviation Club de France, the leading Parisian poker salon, has 205 players registered for its sold out World Poker Tour tournament.

International News Brief: Two masked gunmen burst into the Aviation-Club de France casino on the Champs Elysees on Tuesday, ordered staff and players to lie on the floor and raided the tills.

Top online gambling turnkey provider Microgaming has announced that it will soon move into new and larger business premises on the Isle of Man as a result of strategic restructuring to better support an expanding business.

International News Brief: Little-known American Todd Hamilton won the Open at Royal Troon. Hamilton was a 200/1 outsider to take the title and Ladbrokes and William Hill said they had only taken a total of six bets on him.

International News Brief: Britian’s obsession with betting has spiralled by huge sums, figures reveal. In only three years, the money staked by punters has shot up from £7.3 billion annually to £29.6 billion.

Kerzner International Ltd., owner of the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas, plans to help build three casino resorts in the United Kingdom, including one in London's Millennium Dome with Anschutz Entertainment Group, for $1 billion.