Europe News - Page 124

International News Brief: Partygaming may be forced to pull its £5.5 billion London float as fears grow about the legality of internet gambling in the U.S.

News Brief: Two technology entrepreneurs from India set to realise fortunes from floating the world's biggest online poker site are friends who met at university and took a risk on a new gambling venture.

International News Brief: Analysts estimate that revenues from the industry globally have doubled over the past three years to $9 billion. Some predict that within a decade it could be worth $125 billion.

International News Brief: The Hungarian government wants to help an investment group build a ‘small Hungarian Las Vegas’ in Bezenye.

Lottery & Wagering Solutions Inc. reports that it had consummated an agreement disposing of its remaining interests in a project which it had entered into in October, 1997 to develop a hotel/casino in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City, Russia.

International News Brief: Camelot, a once-reviled company, could beat the odds and get the U.K. lottery contract a third time.

International News Brief: U.K. gambling bosses are trying to take advantage of a loophole which could result in a huge number of gambling dens opening on Britain's high streets before the new Gambling Act comes into force.

International News Brief: London is facing a battle with Manchester to be the home of a Las Vegas-style super-casino.

International News Brief: The public could be set to get a say on where the remainder of the National Lottery's money goes.

News Brief: The National Football League have admitted Manchester United's plans to build a casino next to Old Trafford is a ‘potential issue’ for new owner Malcolm Glazer.

International News Brief: Stanley Casinos and The Island entertainment complex in St Anne’s on the Lancashire coast are in discussion to create a massive leisure centre that could be built before neighbouring Blackpool has realised its dream of becoming Britain’s primary gambling destination.

International News Brief: Manchester United says it has signed an agreement to develop a resort and casino. Such a project could create a dilemma for the Bucs owner because of NFL rules.

International News Brief: The Russian largest mobile operator MTS has signed a contract with Jupiter Trade content provider to expand the range of mobile casino games, Biznes economic daily reports.

International News Brief: PartyGaming, the world's largest online poker company, is understood to be confident of a valuation of more than £5bn should it decide to float on the stock market.

pokerzone is the UK’s new poker and casino lifestyle entertainment channel available on SKY Channel 226 and global broadband.

International News Brief: Albania yesterday rejected a complaint by Greece’s Club Hotel Loutraki, the loser in the battle for a casino license in the capital Tirana, saying the process was legal and transparent.

International News Brief: Online betting exchange Betfair.com has been awarded a licence to operate out of Malta which will enable it to offer services which UK gambling legislation currently inhibits.

Playtech reports the termination of its software license granted to VBC Ltd, operators of Casino Solei since 2003.

International News Brief: Mobile entertainment revenues are set to soar over the rest of the decade, owing to a rapid expansion in mobile content, including gambling.

International News Brief: Will it be a monkey on Michael or a pony on Tony? Neither, according to political punters, who are rushing to a lay a carpet (that's £3) on Charles Kennedy instead.