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International News Brief: Britian’s leading casino operators have hired City solicitors Herbert Smith to launch a legal fight to help them compete with the 17 new casinos announced by the government last week.

The National Poker League reports their 2007 Global Circuit Tour beginning with The Paris Open in France on May 13th at the Cercle Gaillon Casino in the heart of Paris.

International News Brief: Hastings Borough Council has expressed its dismay at the decision not to award the town a casino.

International News Brief: As high-rolling Milton Keynes celebrated its newly-won casino, the betting began on the likely location of the gambling arena.

International News Brief: Aspers vowed to press ahead with their bid to build a sizable British business, despite their failure to win the nation's only super-casino licence.

International News Brief: The decision to allow operators to advertise on television for the first time raised fresh concerns of an increase in problem gambling.

International News Brief: South Africa casino company Sun International has dropped a major casino development plan in Moscow due to city regulations and a new federal gambling law.

International News Brief: A rapid growth in gambling has prompted Russia to ban all casinos and gaming halls from its major towns and cities.

International News Brief: Legal challenges and accusations of showing favouritism to foreign investors will be faced when the locations of a new generation of 17 Las Vegas-style casinos--including one giant supercasino--are announced next week.

International News Brief: Gala Coral Group, Europe’s leading gaming operator, has confirmed that a brand new casino will be built in Heart Island within the 'soon-to-open' Ocean Village complex.

International News Brief: Croupiers, cashiers, valets and restaurant workers at Grosvenor Casinos in London walked out for 24 hours from Thursday morning.

International News Brief: Casinos will be allowed to open their doors all day under new plans drawn up by the Government, which critics say could allow problem gamblers to lose money around the clock.

International News Brief: Wolverhampton racecourse, where seven horses have been killed since early November, has been given a clean bill of health in an independent study.

French authorities have forced the European Poker Tour to cancel the 2007 French Open, according to a statement on the European Poker Tour Web site.

nternational News Brief: More middle-aged women gamble using online casinos than any other gender or age group, according to a major new study.

Controversial government plans to license and regulate online gambling have strong public support according to a new survey conducted by PKR.com and YouGov.

International News Brief: A vast casino building plan, which could lead to 90 new casinos being built within years, has already been approved, despite assurances from ministers that expansion would be limited.

International News Brief: Shares in online gambling companies PartyGaming, SportingBet, 888 Holdings and Empire Online slipped once more.

International News Brief: Ladbrokes PLC has acquired Sponsio Ltd, its online betting and gaming partner in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

A new internet prize draw website offer winners a fixed odds chance to live like a VIP and meet their favourite celebrities, has launched in London.