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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.

International news brief: Biggest horse race since 1949 will take place this week at China's Orient Lucky City racetrack.

International news brief: US casino giant says delay is due to difficult market concerns and comes after Las Vegas Sands halts projects in the territory.

International news brief: Hong Kong man sentenced to eight years and fined 20 million yuan (2.9 million U.S. dollars) in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

MGM Mirage announced today it is teaming up with an Asian development company to build a "Las Vegas-style" casino in Vietnam.

International news brief: Shares of Kangwon Land, the operator of South Korea's only casino open to local citizens, dropped 15 percent.

International news brief: A lawyer has called a US$6 million wager, that a South Korean builder couldn’t complete Vietnam’s tallest tower on schedule, illegal.

International news brief: Taiwan's parliament is set to legalise gambling on a group of offshore islands as soon as year end, legislative sources said on Monday.

International news brief: Massive layoffs of construction workers in China and the suspension of multibillion-dollar projects in Macau have not dimmed the potential for the expansion of gaming in other Asian markets.

Asia's gambling Mecca has seen revenues drop and projects suspended as the financial crisis begins to take its toll.

International news brief: The gaming giant is cutting 11,000 construction jobs as it halts a huge development in the Chinese city.

International news brief: Macau's Chief Executive outlines measures to help small businesses and says territory will survive the gambling industry's woes.

International news brief: Singapore's government won't bail out the casino-resort being built by Las Vegas Sands Corp.

News brief: The Marina Bay Sands is set to open by the end of next year despite the gaming giant halting some developments in Macau.