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International News Brief: Newmarket could hit the jackpot by having its own lottery.

Zone4Play, Inc., reports the launch of its play-for-real fixed-odds casino applications on Hutchison 3G, in the UK.

International News Brief: Asia’s biggest gambling group, Genting, today swooped on Britain's casino industry with a £47 million investment play centred on a major partnership with Stanley Leisure.

International News Brief: The Government’s proposals for gambling reform could lead to the closure of 1,000 pubs and 100 bingo halls, a study revealed today.

Mobvision launch Arabian Night Mobile Casino - a full suite of mobile gambling games.

nternational News Brief: Betfair, the privately owned betting exchange, has published its annual report for the first time, sparking speculation that it is gearing up for a stock market flotation.

International News Brief: Betfair, the leading online betting exchange, has launched a rescue package for Sporting Options' customers who have lost money as a result of that company going into administration.

International News Brief: Some of the world's best known sports stars are lining up to compete in a $1 million all-star poker event.

Harrah's Entertainment and MGM Mirage emerged as losers Tuesday when the British government announced its initial plans for the deregulation of gaming in the United Kingdom, Wall Street analysts said.

International News Brief: The U.K. government will set an initial limit of eight Las Vegas-style super-casinos in its new gambling bill, to reduce opposition from members of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party.

nternational News Brief: Sporting Options, a small Sussex-based online betting exchange which has stunned customers and rivals with its apparent rapid growth, was yesterday placed in administration and police are believed to have been called in to investigate possible misuse of punters accounts.

Orbis reports that it will provide UK based Italian bookmaker Paradisebet Ltd with its OpenBet interactive gambling platform.

International News Brief: As Britain prepares to reform gaming industry, Berne pioneers gambling with social ethics.

Betandwin.com reports new record quarterly turnover of almost EUR 222 million, up 154% from Q3 2003.

International News Brief: A man who won a record-breaking £1.1million has vowed to give away £15,000 to Britain's unluckiest gambler.

International News Brief: Virgin tycoon Richard Branson is planning to open a chain of casinos in the UK, the first of which could open in 18 months.

International News Brief: It is a small Baltic country with a spectacularly beautiful capital, recent European Union membership, a growing tourist industry: and a guilty secret.

For half a dozen armchair punters, there will be no Saturday night out this weekend, at least not until the 10.10pm at Sunderland has been run.

International News Brief : A lucky punter known only as Ken popped into his local Betfred in Salford, Greater Manchester, last Saturday for an old-fashioned flutter and became the first person to win more than a million in a bookmaker's.

Speaking from the European Interactive Gaming 2004 conference in Barcelona, Spain, the directors of eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance have announced the award of its Seal to five more quality Internet casinos.