US casino operator Harrah’s Entertainment looks set to have won its battle for London Clubs after it persuaded Malaysian betting group Genting to sell its blocking 30pc stake….

Bosses are counting the high cost of exiting America after new laws outlawing online gambling, says Harry Wallop….

Outspoken online gambling mogul Calvin Ayre took time away from his busy schedule filming reality television program Bodog Fight to answer questions about the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and its effects on his company’s gambling business….

Chief executive Mitch Garber thinks there is a 50% chance that US legislation outlawing online gambling will be scrapped if the balance of power in Washington drifts away from the Republicans. By Simon Bowers….

Brazilian cleaner Roselane Driza was jailed for a total of 33 months at the Old Bailey today for blackmailing a female judge and stealing videos from another judge who was her lover…

Partygaming says restructuring its business after pulling out of the US will cost it about $250m….

Mitch Garber, the chief executive of PartyGaming, has vowed to keep a presence in America….

9am update: PartyGaming says that it will take a $250m hit after withdrawing from the US and that its revenues from its remaining operations outside the US had fallen. By Hans Kundnani….

Revenues for online gaming group PartyGaming have fallen 2% since the company pulled out of US trading last week.A one-off restructuring charge of approximately £133m is expected during the second half of the year, as a result of quitting the US, it added….

With an idea similar to the Touchbet Roulette/Virtual Roulette tables that crowd UK casinos and have also entered the US market, someone has come up with the cute idea of making a ‘virtual’ poker table. LA’s Hollywood Park Casino… Continue . …

· Owner’s shares still sliding despite 80% leap in profits· Sportingbet says goodwill write-down put at £200m…

The American tycoon campaigning to build a giant casino inside the Millennium Dome is facing a criminal investigation under U.S. anti-corruption laws over his infamous gift of a cowboy suit to John Prescott…

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US billionaire Philip Anschutz has been reported to the US Justice Department over his gifts to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.Mr Prescott’s stay at the ranch of the man who wants to open Britain’s first supercasino was reported to the US authorities in a complaint by a British citizen….

A man who helped his sick wife to commit suicide has walked free from court with a nine-month suspended prison sentence.David March, 57, had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to aiding and abetting the suicide of Gillian, who had multiple sclerosis….

Online gambling company Sportingbet saw its pre-tax profits rise 75% to £71.5m.It recently sold its US operations to private investors for just $1 following the outlawing in the US of betting online through credit and bank cards….

Sportingbet has warned investors that the fall-out caused by the United States outlawing online gambling will cost the company £210m in the year to July 2007….

9.30am update: Sportingbet takes a £210m hit after selling its American business for $1 following the introduction of US legislation outlawing internet gambling. By Hans Kundnani….

The online gambling bill in the US has proved one obvious thing - force one popular company away and others will just take its place. As publicly traded companies such as Partygaming closed its doors to US players, other… Continue . …