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International News Brief: Spain's first sports betting shop opened for business on Wednesday, one of thousands that foreign bookmakers hope to launch in the football-crazy nation which already bets more than any other European country.

WPT Enterprises, Inc. and Grup Peralada announced today that Casino Barcelona will host its second World Poker Tour event May 21 – 27, 2008.

International News Brief: A huge gambling city which will rival Las Vegas is to be built in the Spanish desert.

International News Brief: Europe is set to get its own version of Las Vegas in a desert region of eastern Spain where developers plan to build 32 hotel-casinos, two theme parks, a racecourse and stadium over the next decade.

International News Brief: Begawin Malta Ltd has announced the launch of Begawin.com, a new online casino and sportsbook aimed at the Spanish market.

BWin's pilot retail project is now being developed in Madrid, Spain, in collaboration with Betbull.

International News Brief: Andy Murray met with ATP officials Wednesday in Madrid to discuss comments he made about gambling in tennis.

Barcelona needs more taxis. End of story. I cannot tell you the number of times I sat in the lobby of The Prestige waiting for a taxi nor can I tell you the number of times I stood outside in the pouring rain with 100+ intoxicated people at 5am waiting for a taxi. This situation is ridiculous! Charge 20 Euros a ride and get rich quick, I don't care, but GET MORE TAXIS!

After selling out all the stands in just two weeks of announcing the event CAP Euro Barcelona is clearly the must attend affiliate event in 2007.

bwin is pleased to announce a new partnership starting on 1 July 2007 as official main sponsor of Real Madrid, the top Spanish football club.

CAP Euro is back with an even bigger and better event in sunny Barcelona, and best of all affiliates still go free.

Following the huge success of CAP Euro in London, the organisers have announced a follow up event to take place in Barcelona at the beginning of October immediately following EIG the leading European iGaming event.

The World Poker Tour, which earlier this week scrapped plans to tape the Grand Prix de Paris, will add a stop in Spain to replace the tournament in its Season Six schedule. The tournament will be held at Casino Barcelona, operated by Grup Peralada, in October, 2007.

International News Brief: Italy is expected to award new gaming licenses and Spainis expected to follow in a European trend to liberalize the gambling sector.

The gambling industry is on the search for new growth regions; Spain is expected to be a key future market.

betbull plc has signed a Joint Venture agreement with Grupo Orenes to jointly pursue licensed retail betting opportunities in Spain.

International News Brief: Scientific Games, the dominant player in the US instant lottery ticket market, is jockeying for a larger stake in Europe after buying a UK maker of betting terminals last month.

International News Brief: Puerto de la Cruz’s Casino Taoro is set to move down from its present perch overlooking the town, to its new home in the waterfront Lago de Martiánez, in June.

Harrah's Entertainment has announced the company plans to co-develop a Caesars casino resort in the master-planned El Reino community of Ciudad Real, 118 miles south of Madrid.

International News Brief: Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is set to announce two casino-resort projects in Spain and Slovenia with a total value of about $1.37 billion.