Europe News - Page 131

International News Brief: One of London's largest casino projects is moving ahead with Earls Court & Olympia and MGM Mirage Partnership appointing a planning team to work on a £150 million complex earmarked for the Olympia 2 exhibition centre.

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Tough controls limiting the accessibility of high prize 'Category A' slot machines will not be relaxed when the Gambling Bill is introduced, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Tessa Jowell said today.

International News Brief: The U.K. government has crushed the hopes of the gambling industry, saying it will not relax controls on outlawed ‘Category A’ slot machines in its upcoming gambling bill.

The Monaco Government Tourist Office reports that for the first time in Monegasque history, the Principality is allowing a poker tournament to take place in the world-famous venue of Monte-Carlo.

International News Brief: The former Czech president Vaclav Havel is a favourite to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, while the US President, George Bush, is a rank outsider, the first bookmaker to take bets on the award says.

International News Brief: Kerry Packer's bid to become a major owner of casinos in Britain took another step forward when plans were announced for a development in England's Midlands.

International News Brief: Up to 3,000 jobs will be created in the Black Country at a new £50 million entertainment complex in Brierley Hill.

International News Brief: A man from the south of Israel was arrested Monday on that suspicion he threw two grenades at underworld kingpin Assi Abutboul in front of a Prague casino in early August.

International News Brief: Commercial casinos are illegal in Ireland, but if you fancy a flutter on games ranging from poker to blackjack, you will find no shortage of gambling clubs in cities around the country.

International News Brief: The outgoing chairman of Barclays Bank, Sir Peter Middleton, is to become the chairman of National Lottery operator Camelot, it has been announced.

International News Brief: According to a researcher, changes later this year in gambling legislation and the temptations of technology could more than double the number of adult and adolescent Britons with gambling addiction, it was claimed.

International News Brief: The number of UK adult problem gamblers could double or even quadruple when the UK government's gambling bill comes into force, a leading expert believes.

Betandwin.com responds to the many inquiries it has received recently from investors regarding the high volatility in the trading of its shares.

International News Brief: Internet betting exchanges allowing punters to back losers have transformed the conventions of traditional gambling.

International News Brief: According to a online casino poll, the ice-cool nerve of the poker-faced card-sharp is no better embodied than by Steve McQueen.

TV, the Casino and Gaming TV network reports a major partnership with Flextech Television, the programming division of the United Kingdom's Telewest.

IGW Software, the on-line gaming software solutions group, announced today its appointment of Cameron Thomson Group as European business development partner.

International News Brief: The dangers of liberalised gambling are exposed in research published today, which reveals relaxed U.K. gaming laws can cause homelessness.

Two Capital Casino players each month from September through November will win half-ounce American Eagle gold proof coins.