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Rex and Brian in a gambling centre (4)

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I believe the answer is:

reno

'a gambling centre' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rex and brian' is the wordplay.
'rex' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation e.g. GR=George Rex, King Georg**).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'brian' becomes 'eno' (musician Brian Eno).
'r'+'eno'='RENO'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for reno that I've seen before include "Nevada city of Nero" , "US divorce centre" , "Divorce capital of Nevada" , "gambling centre" , "American city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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