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International News Brief: The winner of the biggest ever jackpot in Gabonese gambling has lost the right to claim his 91 million CFA franc (US$171,000) haul after his wife washed the winning ticket.

International News Brief: South Africans gambled away R8.2 billion over the past year, mainly at casino tables and slot machines, according to the National Gambling Board.

International News Brief: South Africa’s National Lottery has created 373 millionaires since its launch in 2000, National Lotteries Board figures show.

International News Brief: The Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World has come to the party with a big splash as far as the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins cricket union is concerned.

International News Brief: Peermont Global expects an ‘exciting’ six months to December as it plans to list on the JSE Securities Exchange SA this month, revise the empowerment structure of its East Rand business, and build a new casino.

International News Brief: Gold Reef Casino Resorts has reported a 37.8% increase in its headline earnings per share for the six months to end-June 2004, to 40.1 cents from a re-stated 29.1 cents a year earlier.

International News Brief: A 60-year-old man says he stole laptop computers in order to fund his gambling addiction.

International News Brief: Assi Abutboul has bought a building in Taba, Egypt, and is planning to set up a hotel and casino there after striking a deal with with Egyptian authorities.

International News Brief: A family trust has asked the Cape high court to find in its favour that it had shares in the Pinnacle Point Casino in Mossel Bay, and that the Pinnacle Point Resort and a Cape Town businessman should pay it R3.9 million after the shares had been sold.

International News Brief: The funky new R5 coin seems to be of little use at the slot machines at the Montecasino.

International News Brief: The Casino Association is embarking on a public education programme to address misperceptions and stereotypes about the commercial casino industry in South Africa.

Kerzner International Limited and its local partners, Societe Maroc Emirates Arabs Unis de Developpement and Caisse de Depot et de Gestion, have collectively entered into an agreement with the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco for the development of a destination resort casino.

International News Brief: Suncoast casino has allegedly brought employees from a sister casino to Durban to help out as the strike at the casino entered its third day on Monday.

International News Brief: Providing further impetus for the growth of Cape Town's central business district (CBD), the Casino Association of South Africa has recently opened its national headquarters in the city centre.

International News Brief: A Pretoria man who was gambling online in the early hours of this morning has become South Africa's first online 'slots' millionaire.

International News Brief: The licensing of Uganda’s Casino Grande has been put on ice as the finance ministry puts the final touches on a more stringent law governing the operations of casinos, ministry officials have said.

International News Brief: Real Africa Holdings' gaming interests and the disposal of its noncore assets helped bring about a tenfold increase in earnings for the year to end March.

International News Brief: Construction of Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom remains on schedule for its opening in November, with the bulk of earthworks for Durban's second casino complex completed.

International News Brief: Former Kenyan cricket captain Maurice Odumbe was formally charged with allegedly receiving money from a bookie, according to the International Cricket Council.

International News Brief: The moratorium imposed on the issuing of gambling licences seven years ago remains intact.