Tessa Jowell was warned that she faces “formidable” opposition in Parliament to siting Britain’s first super-casino in Manchester….

The gaming company is lobbying the Government to end what it describes as a “punitive” tax regime on bingo, as the company struggles to offset the impact of the smoking ban on its business….

Tessa Jowell was warned that she faces “formidable” opposition in Parliament to siting Britain’s first super-casino in Manchester….

The gaming company is lobbying the Government to end what it describes as a “punitive” tax regime on bingo, as the company struggles to offset the impact of the smoking ban on its business….

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A bomb exploded at a popular used-car lot in Baghdad’s Sadr City Friday, killing 10 people and wounding 17, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. …

Rank Group, the owner of Mecca Bingo, has warned that the smoking ban in England and Wales could keep players at home….

The Scottish smoking ban has hit profits at bingo and casinos group Rank, which today reported a 12% fall in full-year profits, to £44.4m. By Fiona Walsh….

Scotland’s smoking ban has put people off bingo says the country’s biggest bingo hall operator Rank.The group, which owns Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor casinos, says full year earnings to the end of December were down 12% at £44.4m….

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Federal prosecutors have charged 13 people in a scheme the Securities and Exchange Commission’s director of enforcement described as “one of the most pervasive Wall Street insider trading rings since the days of Ivan Boesky.” …

Labour MPs will be under a three-line whip to support the Government’s all-or-nothing strategy for a super-casino in Manchester and 16 smaller casinos around the country, Tessa Jowell said yesterday….

So Aspinalls has pursued, for a “mere” £2 million a Syrian gambler known as “The Fat Man” who had already lost £23 million….

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(PRESS RELEASE) — The Casino College, with Casino Dealer Schools in Phoenix, Arizona & Detroit, Michigan is betting they can get 100 of their graduates to deal this June’s World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas, Nevada. To put… Continue . …

(PRESS RELEASE) — GTECH Corporation, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Lottomatica S.p.A., announced that it has signed a three- year contract extension to continue providing lottery products and services to the New York Lottery through February 28, 2010. With respect… Continue . …

(PRESS RELEASE) — The National League of Poker (NLOP) a division of Power Play Development (Pink Sheets: PWPY) announced today that over 75,000 people have registered on its free online poker portal NLOP.com. NLOP(TM), which launched to the public in… Continue . …

The Government’s supercasino plans could be thrown into chaos today as Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell faces a Commons rebellion from MPs over the all-or-nothing order in favour of Manchester…

Internet gambling firm Partygaming sees pre-tax profits fall 57% after a US internet gaming crackdown….

10am: Online gaming group reports a 57% drop in annual profits today as a result of a US ban on internet gambling last October. By Julia Kollewe….

The ban on online betting is the U.S. has hit internet gaming group PartyGaming hard.The owner of the PartyPoker and PartyCasino websites reported a 57% fall in pre-tax profits, down to £70.9m….