Sportingbet will this week attempt to break the legal deadlock surrounding two London-based junior staff who have been thrown into an Istanbul jail. The online gambling group is seeking a bail hearing for the pair - both Turkish nationals - who were arrested at the end of last month when they returned to Turkey on holiday. Neither man, who Sportingbet declines to name, have been charged.

The Court of Final Appeal of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has sentenced former SAR Secretary for Public Works and Transport Ao Man Long to 27 years in jail. The 51-year-old official is guilty of 57 of the 76 charges, which include corruption, money laundering, abuse of power and related crimes. In his over two-hour long readout of a summary of the verdict on Wednesday, TUI President Sam Hou Fai said in light of Ao’s bribery cases and related illicit activities of money laundering...

A Melbourne man who enticed Crown Casino croupiers into a conspiracy to cheat the gambling mecca was jailed today for at least six months. Alexus Benetton, 42, approached three croupiers at the Melbourne casino between June and August 2003, Judge Joe Gullaci said today. He convinced the Crown employees to pay out losing bets and then paid them commissions.