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<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gambling/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/wr_nm/leisure_britain_gaming_dc”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061101/2006_10_31t165108_450×307_us_leisure_britain_gaming.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=qE6jNwdVBpA.dSPmTxykbg–” align=”left” height=”88″ width=”130″ alt=”A computer screen displays an online gambling website, October 2, 2006. Britain unveiled plans on Tuesday to regulate Internet gambling and said a recent U.S. ban on the industry risked driving it underground. (Toby Melville/Reuters)” border=”0″ /></a>Reuters - Britain unveiled plans on Tuesday to
regulate Internet gambling and said a recent U.S. ban on the
industry risked driving it underground.</p><br clear=”all”/>

<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gambling/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/wr_nm/britain_gaming_dc”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20061031/2006_10_31t104019_450×307_us_britain_gaming.jpg?x=130&y=88&sig=gwWM2ZFnBmNuUFzzJBH19w–” align=”left” height=”88″ width=”130″ alt=”An online gambling website operated by PartyGaming, October 2, 2006. Britain unveiled plans on Tuesday to regulate Internet gambling and said it opposed the U.S. government's banning of the industry. (Toby Melville/Reuters)” border=”0″ /></a>Reuters - Britain unveiled plans on Tuesday to
regulate Internet gambling and said it opposed the U.S.
government's banning of the industry.</p><br clear=”all”/>

<p><a href=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gambling/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061031/wl_uk_afp/britainusinternetonlineregulategaminggamblingsector”><img src=”http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20061031/capt.sge.heq26.311006163118.photo00.photo.default-512×267.jpg?x=130&y=67&sig=dodxwkpgglQ5C8qBGx9vMQ–” align=”left” height=”67″ width=”130″ alt=”Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, seen here in September, has pressed for international agreement over regulation of the online gambling industry in the wake of a US ban on Internet betting.(AFP/File/Carl De Souza)” border=”0″ /></a>AFP - Britain has pressed for international agreement over regulation of the online gambling industry in the wake of a US ban on Internet betting.</p><br clear=”all”/>

The U.K.’s cultural secretary Tessa Jowell is this week calling for an “international agreement” on the regulation of online gaming, as leading industrialized powers seek a way around the draconian law against online gaming signed by U.S. President Bush earlier this month.

It’s happened. Though it’s only a fraction in size (less than 29 square km) compared to the world famous Las Vegas Strip, miniscule Macau has usurped the crown of Gaming Capital of the World.

Reuters - Online gaming firm 888 Holdings Plc
(888.L) confirmed on Monday it has held talks with third
parties since the United States effectively banned Internet
gambling at the end of September.

Though an infamous 1998 New York magazine pegged the as mortal enemies, it looks as if Donald Trump and Steve Wynn might be hatching a scheme to do business together in Atlantic City.

A new software program debuted this week which helps online casinos more easily build multi-lingual sites, and settle gambling transactions in a variety of international currencies.

Boyd failed to get a significant Borgata bounce in its financial results for the third quarter 2006, the company announced this week as revenues in all regions failed to excite analysts or stockholders.

Reuters - Ontario, stung by falling tax revenues
from casinos across the Canadian province, wants to ban
advertisements for Internet gambling sites, and hopes its plan
will prompt a federal crackdown on online gaming.