A CONTROVERSIAL new betting agency launched by Gold Coast Titans will not be allowed to offer odds on judiciary hearings such as last week's Cam Smith case.

Police across Asia have made more than 1300 arrests in an operation led by the international police organization Interpol against illegal football gambling.

Three years ago only 50 people entered New Zealand's national poker champs to vie for $30,000 and less than half the players were Kiwis. This year there was more than 150 people, 90 per cent of whom were from New Zealand, and a pool of $340,000.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Gov. Kathleen Sebelius promised to respond to a plan from legislative leaders for allowing two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas, but they worked Tuesday on multiple options to see that they're built.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has written a letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding complaining that it appears the Bush Administration wants to finalize federal rules against Internet gambling before it leaves office.