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International News Brief: Two Birmingham casino robbery suspects were arrested in a dramatic armed police swoop involving a packed inter-city train.

International News Brief: An official application for a casino licence at the Coventry Arena development was lodged this week.

The British Casino Association refutes the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport’s claims that the Association is demanding the right for its members to introduce the new, unlimited jackpot gaming machines envisaged by the Bill within their existing licences.

International News Brief: Online gambling is becoming a booming industry in Britain as the online sites are hugely cash generative in the explosive growth market, according to a new report.

International News Brief: A sixth jockey has been released on bail after he was arrested on Tuesday as part of the City of London police investigation into alleged race-fixing.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has suspended the operations of an online gambling site based in the United Kingdom after posting losses of $9.3 million last year.

The Winner Channel, UK cable's first iTV fixed odds gaming service, successfully launched on the Telewest cable network last week and is slated to launch on NTL next week.

GTECH Ireland Operations Ltd., has been named one of the 50 Best Companies to Work for in Ireland by The Great Place to Work Institute of Ireland.

International News Brief: David Beckham and his Real Madrid team-mates are squaring up for a court battle with Europe's leading bookmakers.

International News Brief: Leaked documents show that senior executives from Ladbrokes planned a campaign of meetings, briefings and corporate jollies with Government Ministers, officials and influential MPs during the run-up to the Bill's publication.

International News Brief: An expert on the gambling industry has warned potential backers not to invest in casinos near North-East football grounds because of hooligans.

International News Brief: U.K. casino operators today ferociously criticized Government figures being used to justify its U-turn on deregulation, which is set to damage long-established British firms.

Lotteries, betting & casino style gambling to generate over $2bn for the mobile phone industry in 2006.

International News Brief: Two Greek firms are competing for a $10 million 15-year casino license in the Albanian capital Tirana, the first of five gambling permits the government plans to issue, the authorities said yesterday.

International News Brief: The Dutch Supreme Court confirmed a ruling on Friday that the online bookmaker Ladbrokes must stop taking bets from Dutch citizens.

New UK casinos might be restricted to remote or downtrodden areas where U.S. casino operators wouldn't want to develop.

International News Brief: Significant amendments to the Government’s controversial Gambling Bill were announced in the Lords today by the minister responsible for gambling regulation, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, when he moved Second Reading.

International News Brief: Ministers are warning the gaming industry that the Government will scrap the controversial Gambling Bill and reintroduce it after the election rather than agree to the concessions being demanded by casino operators.

International News Brief: Plans to bulldoze the Mecca bingo hall in Fountainbridge to make way for a new canal-side leisure complex are set to be decided at a public inquiry.

International News Brief: Manchester United, confirmed this week as the richest football club in the world, announced today that it is in talks over the possibility of further boosting its income by building a supercasino at its Old Trafford ground.