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International News Brief: Macau's vitally important casino sector has so far remained immune to avian influenza epidemic, according to insider source.

International News Brief: The Sports and Games Entertainment Corp. has asked the Supreme Court to reverse its decision declaring null and void the authority granted to it by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. to set up sports betting stations and on-line gaming in the country.

International News Brief: Concerned over match-fixers targeting the India-Pakistan series, the International Cricket Council has decided to deploy as many as three anti-corruption officials besides secret agents to check the menace.

International News Brief: Two Seoul psychiatrists have pinned gambling on a nationwide urge to get rich quick and have begun to treat gambling addiction as an illness.

News Brief: Shun Tak Holdings Ltd, controlled by Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho, denies a newspaper report that it was to take part in a venture to be formed with MGM Mirage Inc.

International News Brief: The nation's first school for casino croupiers will open in Nakano Ward, Tokyo, in April as lawmakers and local governors push to legalize casinos in Japan.

International News Brief: Macau’s 10-member Executive Council passed a bill that will permit casino operators and gaming promoters to grant gamblers non-pecuniary credit in the form of gaming chips.

Stanley Ho Hung-sun's casino company, Sociedade de Jogos de Macau and MGM-Mirage casino sub-concession will invest 4.4 billion patacas in Macau, according to an. informed source.

International News Brief: People who start gambling when in their teens are more likely to become problem gamblers than those who start later in life, according to a recent survey.

Alliance Gaming’s Bally Gaming and Systems business unit has signed a contract with Las Vegas Sands, Inc. to provide an integrated marketing and casino management system and nearly 34 percent of the slot floor for the new Las Vegas Sands resort scheduled to open in Macau this spring.

International News Brief: Stanley Ho's 12 casinos generate a gross revenue of slightly over three billion patacas in January, coinciding with Chinese New Year holidays.

International News Brief: The price of a Korean Lotto ticket will be cut to 1,000 won from 2,000 won beginning in August, but the biggest jackpot of the national lottery is also expected to be halved.

International News Brief: Delegation of Macau Legislative Assembly have returned from a meeting with casino operators and Nevada Gaming Control Board members in Las Vegas.

International News Brief: The Seoul government has blocked access to a North Korean online gambling site since last Wednesday, which was gaining popularity among South Koreans for its open bulletin board.

International News Brief: Gaming mogul Stanley Ho Hung-sun will open his 12th casino in Macau on Wednesday, coinciding with Chinese New Year's Eve that marks the start of Macau's annual gambling cycle.

International News Brief: Thoroughbred racing, once a part of Iraq's proud desert heritage and more recently a victim of its self-indulgent dictatorship, has made a rapid comeback since Hussein was toppled in April.

International News Brief: The online bulletin board of an inter-Korean venture based in North Korea has become wildly popular with South Korean Internet users.

International News Brief: Forty-two jueteng personnel and bet collectors were arrested by National Capital Region Police Office in an intensified anti-illegal gambling drive in Metro Manila in last two days.

International News Brief: A TV Asahi employee has been fined and suspended from duty for illegal gambling, the broadcaster admitted Wednesday.

International News Brief: The proliferation of raffles, lotteries and other competitions in the United Arab Emirate are coming under the microscope to ensure they comply with the religious and cultural norms of the country.