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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.

Gambling.com predicts interactive gaming being as monetarily important to the UK as Las Vegas-style Resorts.

International News Brief: The director of one of Britain's biggest online betting companies gave £50,000 to Labour while the Government was drafting final proposals to reform the gambling industry.

News Brief: In a ruling that could open the United States to offshore Internet gambling, a World Trade Organization panel Wednesday said Washington should drop prohibitions on Americans placing bets in online casinos.Nw

International News Brief: A British bookmaker and three other pools operators acted within the law when they used horse racing and football fixtures without paying a licence fee to the companies that compiled the databases, an EU court ruled today.

International News Brief: The culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, will today signal a significant climbdown in the battle over Britain's new gambling laws.

International News Brief: Stanley Leisure has threatened to pull out of the British Casino Association over what it sees as a protectionist U-turn by the industry trade body.

EUVegas.com, brand new online casino using the first and only online gaming platform licensed by a member of the European Union.

International News Brief: Britain's gambling industry says the government has gone way too far in its plans to allow new Las Vegas-style casinos, and risks plunging the sector into crippling oversupply.

International News Brief: Conservative Party Leader Michael Howard has stepped up his attack on the Government over money laundering concessions for casino operators.

GTECH Holdings Corporation has been named the preferred bidder by Societe de la Loterie de la Suisse Romande for a new integrated online and instant-ticket lottery system.

International News Brief: Tony Blair was challenged yesterday by members of Labour's national executive committee to explain how the government allowed the row over gambling to blow up so spectacularly.

News Brief: Hillary Clinton was today named favorite to win the next US presidential vote in 2008 after George Bush won re-election to the White House.

International News Brief: Dublin-based no-frills airline Ryanair has said it hopes to boost revenues by providing in-flight gambling facilities for passengers.

International News Brief: British punters have bet £8 million on the outcome of the US presidential election, an absolute record surpassing all predictions, bookmakers said on Tuesday.

GTECH has been selected as the preferred bidder to begin negotiations for new interactive lottery software, a new integrated online and instant lottery system, and terminals in Finland.

International News Brief: Tony Blair saw his parliamentary majority cut by more than half last night when 29 Labour MPs rebelled against the gambling bill in protest at plans to set up super-casinos throughout Britain.

International News Brief: Hilton may open a £200 million casino in the north west of England, the group has confirmed.