Europe News - Page 97

International News Brief: Moscow City Duma passed a bill on Gambling Business Facilities on where gambling halls can be located.

International News Brief: If internet gambling is like the wild west, then Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Poker is the latest cowboy to swagger into the saloon.

International News Brief: The U.K. Government has threatened to bring in statutory controls over advertising for online gambling following evidence that operators are breaking the law.

News Brief: The steadily rising number of casinos in Britain could leap by more than 50% to 211 sites, even before next-generation gaming licences have been granted under the Gambling Act, the Guardian has learned.

International News Brief: Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis offered to reopen a law granting the right to regulate gaming institutions only to the federal government, he told journalists.

International News Brief: Sunderland’s Gala Casino is ready to welcome revellers with a launch night tipped by bosses to be the biggest party the city has ever seen.

International News Brief: The market players in Russia's booming gaming industry welcomed the government's move to bring more clarity to sector's regulation by appointing federal tax authorities in charge of issuing licenses.

Companies in the moblile-gambling value chain are beginning to position themselves and mobile gambling will take off in earnest in Q2 2006.

International News Brief: Empire Online, a promoter of internet poker and casino sites, today pulled out of takeover talks with PartyGaming, the owner of the world's biggest online poker site.

International News Brief: A London assembly report has expressed reservations about the development of new 'super casinos' in the capital.

News Brief: Plans for a third casino in Yarmouth yesterday won unanimous backing at the borough council development control committee.

International News Brief: Birmingham City Council is relying on a four-year gagging order to block the release of information on plans for a super casino at Saltley.

International News Brief: A ruined French gambler yesterday sued a casino for failing to prevent him losing his money.

International News Brief: Plans to open a third casino in Yarmouth would create up to 70 jobs and provide a huge boost to tourism, it is being claimed.

International News Brief: The number of gamblers has jumped in Britain since the government abolished a 24-hour registration period for new visitors.

International News Brief: Internet casino firms are facing a UK government clampdown over concerns some are breaking strict advertising laws.

nternational News Brief: London Clubs International has been awarded a licence to operate a casino on a site adjacent to the Empire Cinema in the capital’s Leicester Square.

International News Brief: A group of MPs, businesses and community groups in Coventry has formed a campaign to try and bring the UK’s first regional casino to the city.

nternational News Brief: Ryanair is planning facilities to allow its passengers to gamble during flights, and says the move could do away with the need to charge air fares.

International News Brief: Irish people are gambling over €70m a week and the figure is set to hit the €100m mark within the next two years, new figures reveal.