Europe News - Page 139

Scientific Games Corporation has entered into an agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Printpool Honsel GmbH, a German company which is the supplier of instant tickets to all of the 16 lotteries which operate in Germany.

Only a fraction of the 40 or so casino projects proposed so far by U.S. operators and others in the United Kingdom will likely get built if the gambling laws are rewritten as planned to allow more casinos.

International News Brief: The abolition of tax on betting and the internet boom has boosted the amount of money gambled in the United Kingdom.

International News Brief: The astonishing growth in gambling around the world, including a forecast fivefold increase in UK betting turnover in the three years since 2001, is revealed in an authoritative report published today.

International News Brief: Loterie Romande and Swisslos, the two organisations coordinating the game in Switzerland, decided to jump into bed with EuroMillions in order to maintain market share.

The 3rd Global Gambling Review: Double or Quits? is now available from Casino City Press, the exclusive North American distributor.

International News Brief: Foreign casino groups will step up their intensive lobbying of the Government this week when a leading operator sponsors a fringe meeting on gambling at the Labour Party conference in Brighton, United Kingdom.

International News Brief: Australia’s Kerry Packer wants to cash in on major changes to Britain's antiquated gaming laws, which are about to be relaxed.

International News Brief: UK gambling stocks took a spin on fears that the long-awaited reform to Britain's arcane gambling laws may not happen before the next General Election.

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.

Win a seat at the Caribbean Poker Classic this year with InterPoker and enjoy a six-night, all-expense paid trip to St. Maarten to play in the $5,100 buy-in championship event.

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.