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nternational News Brief: Russia deported 180 Georgians Friday, continued to shut casinos and restaurants allegedly controlled by the Georgian mafia and reportedly made inquiries at schools as part of a crackdown following an ‘espionage’ scandal.

International News Brief: Russia's Interior Ministry has shut down a third Moscow casino in an apparent crackdown on gambling businesses controlled by the Georgian mafia, a ministry official said Thursday.

International News Brief: Russia's Interior Ministry has shut down a second Moscow casino allegedly controlled by the Georgian mafia, a ministry official said Wednesday.

nternational News Brief: Russia's Interior Ministry has suspended business at a Moscow casino allegedly controlled by the Georgian mafia, a ministry official said Tuesday.

International News Brief: The Russian gambling industry has reached over $6 billion in total wagers, mostly bankrolled by a few high rollers.

International News Brief: James Packer is tapping an exclusive circle of second-generation and third-generation billionaires to build his international gambling empire.

International News Brief: Australia's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd has signed an agreement with Russia's Crocus Group and is expected to manage a casino and a hotel in Moscow.

International News Brief: North Ossetia has been re-opening gambling houses earlier banned by a decree issued by the North Ossetian president after a series of terrorist acts staged at Vladikavkaz gambling clubs.

International News Brief: More than 500 gambling establishments will be closed in Moscow City within the next two months for encroachments on the city law.

News Brief: Russia"s lower house of parliament passed Friday the first reading of a bill on the government regulation of gambling.

International News Brief: Authorities in the Russian republic of North Ossetia have decided to shut down gaming establishments after three explosions in gambling halls.

International News Brief: Moscow’s mayor Yuri Luzhkov has called on the city government to get rid of 90 percent of the slot machines, extremely popular among Muscovites of all ages.

International News Brief: Moscow City Duma passed a bill on Gambling Business Facilities on where gambling halls can be located.

International News Brief: The market players in Russia's booming gaming industry welcomed the government's move to bring more clarity to sector's regulation by appointing federal tax authorities in charge of issuing licenses.

International News Brief: Moscow city authorities are planning to double the gambling tax on slot machines and to increase the taxes on gambling tables and bookmaking offices by 25%, a city official said Monday.

The Patent Office in Russia has allowed Kenilworth's Patent Application for playing live, in-progress Casino Table Games from a casino to terminals in remote locations.

International News Brief: Russian internal republic of Ingushetia is having all of its gambling establishments closed, the republic’s president Murat Zyazikov said on Tuesday, less then a week after a similar decision was taken in neighboring Chechnya.

International News Brief: The first vice premier of the pro-Moscow Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov, has outlawed all gambling businesses in the republic, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday.

News Brief: The Russian authorities, mayors, parliamentarians, high-ranking politicians, are launching a campaign against the gambling industry.

Lottery & Wagering Solutions Inc. reports that it had consummated an agreement disposing of its remaining interests in a project which it had entered into in October, 1997 to develop a hotel/casino in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk City, Russia.