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International News Brief: A legalised betting system is vital to winning the battle against match-fixing, according to Asian Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan.

International News Brief: James Packer's dream of building a $3 billion casino business in Macau suffered a major setback yesterday when the Hong Kong Stock Exchange blocked moves for a US listing designed to help finance the project.

Jeff Simpson shares a few thoughts from his visit to Macau for the Wynn Macau opening.

With dazzling fireworks and his trademark signature shining crisply at the arching top of his hotel the casino developer who helped change the face of Las Vegas staked out his latest ground, opening the 600-room Wynn Macau.

International News Brief: The Singapore casino windfall could be bigger than anything anybody projected.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. has inked pacts with Macau Cable in Macau and MediaCorp in Singapore to air its flagship show, World Poker Tour.

A gaming stock index rose modestly in August as excitement over next week's opening of Wynn Macau pulled the group out of a sharp three-month slide.

International News Brief: Prosecutors in South Korea have arrested a comedian-turned-entrepreneur who they believe is a central figure in a recent nationwide gambling scandal.

International News Brief: Japanese banks have long had a reputation for poor service but at least one is trying something new -- wooing customers with an opportunity to try their hand at Lady Luck.

International News Brief: A hundred and sixty South Korean senior citizens have launched a nationwide campaign to root out gambling.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. marked another milestone today with a ceremony celebrating the topping off of The Venetian Macau Resort Hotel.

International News Brief: Some market watchers say the emergence of the gaming sector in Japan is not likely have a major impact on Singapore's integrated resorts.

International News Brief: Hong Kong is reeling after a prominent lawyer representing the Winnie Ho, estranged sister of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho, in a bitter feud was beaten by three men wielding baseball bats.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. and its team of Meetings, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition professionals continue to assemble the world's top trade show organizers to support the company's burgeoning presence in Asia.

International News Brief: Las Vegas Sands Corp., the world's largest gaming operator, is keen to build a casino in Japan once Asia's richest economy moves to legalise casinos.

The development of The Marina Bay Sands integrated resort was given a formal kick-start as Las Vegas Sands Corp. and the Singapore Tourism Board signed the official Development Agreement today.

nternational News Brief: The government of the Macau Special Administrative Region has collected 10.81 billion patacas in direct gaming taxes in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year rise of 13.7 percent.

International News Brief: Police have completed their probe into a multi-million dollar gambling case and concluded the director of a state road-building agency bet away US$1.53 million on football via three bookmakers in 2005.

International News Brief: South Korea’s largest opposition Grand National Party on Monday suggested that a number of governing camp leaders have been involved in a video gambling scandal.

nternational News Brief: Members of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. have expressed their support for the establishment of a casino in the Filipino city.