By Friedel Rother LONDON (Reuters) - Top shares ended higher on Tuesday, led by PartyGaming as investors bet that a lawsuit planned by its smaller rival Empire Online would fail, and further reinforced by a second day of strong gains for oil……

By Friedel Rother LONDON (Reuters) - Top shares ended higher on Tuesday, led by PartyGaming as investors bet that a lawsuit planned by its smaller rival Empire Online would fail, and further reinforced by a second day of strong gains for oil……

By Louise Heavens LONDON (Reuters) - The leading share index rose on Tuesday, helped by a fresh rise in shares in PartyGaming as investors wagered that legal action planned by its smaller rival Empire Online would fail. The broader market was……

Casino operator Stanley Leisure says first half earnings were in line with forecasts and it has seen business pick up recently after a quiet few weeks. The country’s biggest casino operator, which runs 41 casinos in the UK, also said attendances had risen following the relaxation of membership rules on October 1….

LONDON (Reuters) - Stanley Leisure , said on Tuesday its first half had been in line with expectations and that trade at its London casinos had picked up recently after a quiet few weeks. “The London casinos have been busy in the first few weeks of……

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Empire Online is to launch a legal claim against PartyGaming potentially running to tens of millions of dollars after breaking off takeover talks with the internet poker giant….

By Mark Tran - Empire Online, a promoter of internet poker and casino sites, today pulled out of takeover talks with PartyGaming, the owner of the world’s biggest online poker site. Empire said PartyGaming, the UK’s biggest online casino, had revised a takeover approach made earlier this month. PartyGaming initially tabled an all-share offer valuing Empire at 10% of an enlarged group - approximately £400m. Since then, with investors taking the view that online gambling has gone off the boil, Empire’s shar…