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International News Brief: The Bangkok police raided a TV production house opposite the Crime Suppression Police headquarters, which doubled as a gambling den for internet baccarat players.

International News Brief: Four former employees of an affiliate of Yamato Transport Co., a major delivery company, have been arrested on suspicion of gambling on professional baseball games at their offices, police said.

International News Brief: Governor Sutiyoso has dismissed the idea of legalizing gambling in Kepulauan Seribu regency, a concept rekindled from the 1960s administration of former governor Ali Sadikin, which is currently being floated at the City Council.

A new Morton's Steakhouse fine- dining restaurant will be opening in the Macau Venetian Casino Resort.

Karen (Hongxia) Chen, who studied English in Reno and learned to ski at Lake Tahoe, works in Beijing for the Nevada Commission on Tourism.

Las Vegas Sands" Venetian Macau will host the upcoming exhibition basketball game between the Chinese National Men's Team and the National Basketball Association Development League's Albuquerque Thunderbirds.

Progressive Gaming International Corporation has received approval for its Progressive Baccarat table game. Progressive Baccarat combines the excitement of Baccarat with the Company's progressive technology.

Wynn Resorts, Limited announced today the further expansion of Wynn Macau.

Mark Advent, the man behind the New York-New York megaresort on the Strip that helped change the face of Las Vegas, is hoping to bring some of his creativity to Singapore.

PGMI, Inc.reports the successful grand opening of the newly completed Bando store in Japan's Ibaragi Prefecture.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. reported increases in the projected gaming capacity planned for its developments on the Cotai Strip.

Eighth Wonder, a Las Vegas casino developer vying to build Singapore's second casino-resort, Tuesday unveiled its proposal which included wedding pavilions designed by Vera Wang and a soccer stadium named after soccer legend Pele.

nternational News Brief: The winning bid for a multi-billion-dollar casino complex on Singapore's resort island Sentosa is to be announced in early December, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said in remarks published today.

International News Brief: Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and its Hong Kong partner Melco are believed to have paid $260 million to buy the land for their third Macau casino.

International News Brief: Big US corporations are already operating casino destinations in Macau, and industry leaders say Singapore and China have developed a good strategy to compete.

International News Brief: Macau has become the world's top gambling destination, analysts said Wednesday, after the latest earnings figures from the southern Chinese territory showed it had probably topped Las Vegas.

With the fallout of the tightened gaming and gambling laws in the US now becoming clear it is with interest that the gaming industry looks further a field for new long term revenue streams with Mobile Gambling set to be a major strategy in the Asia Pac region .

International News Brief: Leighton Holdings is hoping to get another $US1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) casino construction deal in Macau from Las Vegas casino veteran Steve Wynn.

nternational News Brief: The government of the Macao Special Administrative Region collected 14.18 billion in direct gaming taxes in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year rise of 13.4 percent.

International News Brief: Analysts say reknowned architect, Frank Gehry, gives Kerzner an edge over its two rivals.