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Workers at four Casinos in London are preparing to strike in a row over pay.
The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) said 300 members will walk out for 24-hours on Sunday morning in protest at a 3.5% wage rise.
Croupiers, cashiers, valets and restaurant staff at the Grosvenor Casinos will take part in the strike.
The TGWU said the firm had refused to negotiate with the union over a "below-inflation offer". Grosvenor Casinos was unavailable for comment.
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Gambling firm Partygaming has confirmed it is to buy the gaming assets of rival Empire Online for £19.2m ($37.96m).
The deal will see Partygaming take control of online gambling sites such as Noble Poker and Club Dice casino.
Empire said the recent crackdown on internet gaming in the US, where most of its business was based, had made it impossible for it to stay independent.
In a separate deal, Partygaming is also acquiring the gaming assets of Intercontinental Online for about £14m.
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Police are hunting a robber who told staff at a Leicester betting shop he had a handgun.
He went into Ladbrookes on Narborough Road near the junction with Winchester Avenue early on Wednesday evening.
He threatened staff with an object wrapped in a carrier bag then left with a quantity of cash.
He is described as aged about 25, 6ft tall, in a camel coloured three-quarter length coat and a cream and navy hat pulled down over his face.
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Gambling firm Partygaming has confirmed it is in talks to buy the gaming assets of smaller rival Empire Online.
Analysts said the deal could be worth about $40m (£20.4m), and would probably include Empire’s Noble Poker and Club Dice casino websites.
Shares in Partygaming rose 2.5% on the news in mid-day trading in London.
The company has been refocusing its business after it pulled out of the US market following the tightening of anti-gambling laws there.
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Bookmakers William Hill say Leeds MP Hilary Benn is their 7/2 favourite to become Labour’s next Deputy Leader, succeeding John Prescott.
And Gordon Brown is 1/9 favourite to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister.
Hills make John Reid 5/1 second favourite for Leader and John Cruddas 9/2 second favourite for Deputy Leader.
"A £1 bet on Brown and Benn would produce a return of £5," said spokesman Graham Sharpe, "but political punting rarely seems to work out as predicted."
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Casino Royale has become the most successful James Bond film at the box office, generating $454m (£232m) in cinemas worldwide so far.
The film, which saw Daniel Craig make his debut as 007, surpassed the former record of $431m (£220m) set by Die Another Day in 2002, Screen Daily said.
Based on Ian Fleming’s first Bond book, it has been screened in 64 countries.
Meanwhile fantasy adventure Eragon dominated cinemas outside North America over the weekend.
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