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The Hendon Mob will challenge the world’s very best poker players in The British Open, at the Grosvenor in Victoria, London.

International News Brief: Chancellor Gordon Brown’s announcement of a review into the tax treatment of Internet betting exchanges and their clients was welcomed by traditional bookmakers today.

International News Brief: William Hill and Coral admitted they are preparing for a new wave of hacker attacks.

International News Brief: Irish trained Hardy Eustace caused a major upset by holding off Rooster Booster to win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham.

International News Brief: Online poker is now the fastest growing form of internet gambling in Britain, while television shows such as the World Poker Tour have been winning huge audiences and attracting tens of thousands of new players to the game.

International News Brief: Holiday village operator CenterParcs UK has joined the throng of companies interested in cashing in on moves to deregulate the gaming industry.

Officials in the British city of Liverpool are in talks with Las Vegas casino resort operator MGM MIRAGE and with Las Vegas Sands, which owns The Venetian hotel-casino in Las Vegas, about developing a resort there, the Daily Post newspaper in Britain reported.

International News Brief: Leisure Parcs’ idea for a resort hotel-cum-megacasino in Blackpool has it’s share of skeptics who have a hard time envisioning the proposed gambling operation.

International News Brief: The UK Government may end up using strong-arm tactics against casinos to force them to move onshore.

International News Brief: Jair du Cochet, a leading contender for the Cheltenham Gold Cup, has had to be put down after breaking a leg.

International News Brief: The Jockey Club is to launch an investigation into the controversial race at Fontwell on Monday.

International News Brief: Bookmakers are suspending betting on odds on life existing on Mars.

International News Brief: Sky's new gambling channel 'Sky Vegas Live' will launch tomorrow at 6pm.

American casino company representatives hoping to do business in the United Kingdom say they are satisfied with the tax rates under discussion and are pushing ahead with casino development plans.

International News Brief: Many pubs, bingo halls and amusement arcades could close as a result of a shake-up of gambling laws, according to a report published today.

International News Brief: The UK culture secretary is moving towards a consensus with peers and MPs over the need to provide stronger protection of vulnerable groups when the government publishes its bill to relax the laws on gambling.

International News Brief: A compulsive gambler who lost his business and tried to commit suicide after running up huge debts at Casino Austria casino has won a lawsuit against the casino.

International News Brief: Bookmaker Paddy Power has reported strong profit growth last year, despite an early season profit warning.

International News Brief: According to a new report, Norwegians are spending more money on gambling than ever before.

International News Brief: Only one of the five Swiss resorts that have casino gambling seem to be helping boost local economies.