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Gaming Laboratories International reports that its European office has received an extension of its exclusive testing agreement with the Norwegian Gaming Board.

International News Brief: The French have taken to online gambling like a duck a l'orange to water, according to Europe-wide figures from analysts Nielsen//NetRatings.

International News Brief: Large casino complexes do not pose a threat to British society, despite concerted opposition to their establishment under the new Gambling Act, said Prime Minister Tony Blair.

International News Brief: The government could renege on an agreement to build only one super casino and instead allow at least four, it emerged today.

International News Brief: A couple walked into a casino near the Lisbon, Portugal over the weekend and left minutes later with 641,215 euros after putting a total of just 60 cents into a slot machine, a casino spokeswoman said.

International News Brief: Hyatt Regency officially announced it has been awarded the 15-year exclusive casino licence in Tirana, Albania.

International News Brief: Swiss casinos had a winning year in 2004, taking in SFr769 million ($645 million), an increase of 37 per cent on the previous year.

International News Brief: Isle of Capri was today granted a gaming licence for its casino at Coventry Arena.

International News Brief: Chinese gangsters are alleged to be laundering cash by lending it illegally to hapless punters on a losing streak

International News Brief: Drastic cuts in UK government ambitions to reform the gambling industry appear to have pole-axed foreign investors, but the battle for the British gambler's pound is not yet over, casino operators said on Friday.

Chartwell Technology Inc. is pleased to report the passage of legislation in the United Kingdom that will introduce regulated online gambling.

International News Brief: Bingo hall operator Gala is checking its numbers for a possible stock market flotation, it was said today.

International News Brief: American casino operators were livid last night over the Government's latest retreat on the Gambling Bill, which will limit a new class of mega-casinos to just one venue.

International News Brief: Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell today conceded that there will only be one regional 'super casino', instead of the eight previously planned by ministers.

Jackpotty.com is set to be a hit with the ladies this Spring after releasing a range of online games targeted specifically at women.

International News Brief: Hamilton Park's new Chief Executive is heading off the beaten track to deliver results on it.

International News Brief: Grief or no grief, many Italian lottery addicts are looking to the late Pope John Paul for their lucky number.

International News Brief: Tory leader Michael Howard is ready to kill the controversial Gambling Bill, in a move that will spread panic among gambling firms and hit their already shaky share prices.

Horseracing and betting channel At The Races, watched by over 1 million people every month, has launched At The Races Casino and At The Races Poker.

GTECH Corporation has earned the Software Engineering Institute Software Capability Maturity Model Level 3 rating for its Warsaw Technology Center.