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GTECH Holdings’ subsidiary, GTECH Brazil Ltda., has signed a new one-year contract with Caixa Economica Federal, the administrator of the National Lottery in Brazil.

he Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and several trade show partners have planned a first combined convention sales conference before South American business leaders and media outlets.

GTECH Holdings report that it has received notice from the SEC that it has approved an investigation to examine media reports about public corruption issues in Brazil.

International News Brief: Psychologists and support groups who treat compulsive gamblers in Brazil say they've run out of patients since the country's bingo halls reopened.

International News Brief: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will make a new bid to ban bingo gaming after the Senate rejected his previous attempt in a heavy defeat for the government, a spokesman says.

Jockey Club de Sao Paulo has opened competitive bidding for management of its horseracing properties.

International News Brief: Brazil's government won a much-needed political victory after the lower house of Congress passed a measure outlawing bingo parlours in a move to stamp out a source of illegal campaign funding.

International News Brief: GTECH Holdings and the U.S. Embassy in Brazil are being sucked into a widening scandal that threatens the credibility of Brazil's leftist president, his reform plans and his once squeaky-clean party.

Carnegie Cooke’s new Brazil off-track-betting facility will include casino-type slot machines, as well as simulcast transmissions of Brazilian and international races.