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International news brief: Twenty suspects in arguably China's biggest online gambling case, involving 6.6 billion yuan ($966 million), stood trial in Shanghai yesterday.

Las Vegas casino veteran Larry Woolf is looking to manage a beachfront casino resort in Taiwan.

International news brief: Number of visitors to Macau rose 11 percent in 2008 despite the economic downturn and visa curbs on mainland travellers.

International news brief: Crown Macau staff have taken a haircut of up to 8 per cent on their wages.

International news brief: Taiwan's parliament has voted to legalise gambling on outlying islands, in hopes of boosting the economy and attracting tourists.

International news brief: The director of the Phnom Penh tourism authority was suspended for illegally licensing slot machine parlors.

International news brief: Police arrested a group of housewives for illegally gambling at an unauthorized house run by crime figures.

International news brief: A new and vibrant boutique Casino is on target to open its doors at the Sebel Port Vila in February after the Chinese New Year celebrations.

International news brief: About 12,000 Macau construction workers have lost their jobs so far.

International news brief: Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed in principle to the construction of a large tourism centre with a casino.

News brief: The Venetian Macau cut 500 employees, including 100 managers, in another sign of the hard economic times hitting the Chinese gambling enclave.

International news brief: Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) is widening the list of smoke-free places in the Asian city-state.

International news brief: Six British holidaymakers have been arrested for playing bingo in Turkey.

News brief: Analysts believe traveling restrictions on mainland Chinese gamblers will be relaxed.

News brief: Unnamed sources believe that the former campaign manager of U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays used re-election funds to gamble.

International news brief: The government has banned slots at entertainment clubs but will allow them in many of the country's hotels.

The two will establish a testing center for gaming devices and will support the development of gaming standards.

International news brief: Between 12 and 14 baseball players played Baccarat on an internet site, according to prosecutors.

Gaming revenue grew 3 percent in November as Macau casinos collected $940 million compared to $920 million in November 2007.

International news brief: Government revenue collection from the Casino clubs in terms of Betting and Gaming Levy has seen a rapid increase in Sri Lanka.