Europe News - Page 124

International News Brief: Bookmakers have picked U.K. runner Kelly Holmes to produce a dazzling Olympic double and win the women's 1,500 metres in Athens tomorrow.

International News Brief: Less than two months after complaining that he should be knighted, Rod Stewart was given good odds by London bookies to become ‘Sir Rod Stewart’.

International News Brief: Bookmakers are picking world record holder Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain to win Sunday's women's Olympic marathon by a wide margin.

Octavian has announced that it is to extend its successful TTR (Table Top Roulette) solution, with the addition of two new automated options, TTR Live Auto Wheel and TTR Virtual Auto Wheel.

International News Brief: Whatever the reason, the number of Britons playing the National Lottery has fallen faster in recent years than in any other form of gambling, a survey reveals.

Interactive Systems Worldwide’s SportXction play-by-play betting system was successfully launched yesterday on Victor Chandler’s website.

International News Brief: Property firm Chelsfield has confirmed its plans for yet another Las Vegas-style casino scheme, as part of a new £2 billion shopping and entertainment development at London’s White City.

International News Brief: A businessman has told of the gambling hell which has led him to attempt suicide five times this year.

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.