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International News Brief: Vietnam is considering whether to set up a football book that would take legal bets.

International News Brief: A growing number of South Korea’s gambling addicts have asked a local casino to deny them entry to the casino in a desperate bid to return to their normal daily lives.

International News Brief: Casino revenues in Asia will increase 20 per cent to $13 billion in 2006, driven by the strong growth of Macau's gaming industry, according to a report by Las Vegas-based consultant Globalysis.

Emperor Entertainment Hotel Limited reports that its flagship project, the Grand Emperor Hotel in Macau, has commenced business.

International News Brief: A shrinking pool of potential bidders in the race to build Singapore's first casino raises questions about the lasting business allure of a massive resort costing about US$3 billion.

International News Brief: Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd has pulled out of the race to build a multibillion-dollar casino in Singapore, the first big corporate move by James Packer since the death of his father Kerry last week.

The past year has been a great one for the Las Vegas market, and 2006 looks to be strong as well.

International News Brief: According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 13,000 adult arcades, betting rooms equipped with simulated horse racing games or slot machines and offe

News Brief: Churchill Downs Simulcast Network will partner with the Dubai Racing Club for a second time in 2006.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. and Keppel Land announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc.'s AEG Live Division.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. and Keppel Land announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding detailing an arrangement with Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre to jointly promote Singapore.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Far East Consortium International Limited have reached agreement on all the commercial terms necessary for Far East to build a multi-hotel complex on the Cotai Strip in Macau.

International News Brief: The police department's National Fraud Squad launched an investigation on Monday against Israeli websites, including the popular portal Walla, for allegedly posting advertisements for illegal gambling sites.

International News Brief: The Asian arm of Taubman Centers Inc. says it would join Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Singapore developer Keppel Land Ltd., which are bidding for Singa

International News Brief: Fil-Estate Corp confirmed that it has been in initial talks with foreign investors to put up a casino business in the Philippines.

International News Brief: The overall participation rate in gambling activities have remained stable in Hong Kong in recent years, a Hong Kong University survey said Wednesday.

International News Brief: The Singapore Tourism Board has confirmed that five groups beat the deadline for submission of documents, indicating their intention to bid for the proposed development of the Marina Bay integrated resort and casino.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Singapore developer and hotel group, City Developments Limited, will jointly pursue the development of an integrated resort at the Marina Bayfront in Singapore.

When nearly 1,000 people gather for Nevada's largest tourism conference next week, they'll be addressed by two men whom most people have never heard of, but who could play a key ro

International News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and developer Keppel Land Ltd. have added Suntec, a conventions organiser, to their team that is seeking to operate Singapore's first casino resort.