The World Casino Directory's Gaming Industry News covers land-based and online happenings in the industry. Our coverage here will inform readers about everything from employment and job fairs to major moves being anticipated by the big industry players. Reporting on sweeping regulatory changes as well as the oft-times more nuanced fluidity of case law and legal interpretations of existing laws are some of the items we cover in this section.
Industry participants will find pre-show and post-show coverage of some of the most important conferences and tradeshows in the gambling world, whether land-based or iGaming in nature or both. Thought leaders and those looking to increase their knowledge of current trends in the global gaming industry may wish to visit our Calendars of Gaming and iGaming Conferences and Seminars for important details on summits ranging from G2E (Global Gaming Expo) and ICE to roundtables focused on sportsbetting.
We cover important industry events and changes from American tribal gaming and the Caribbean to India and Macau. If it affects the industry, for professionals or players, you'll find the story here. New licenses, casino sales, M&A, and labor relations are just a few of the story leads we chase for you and report on in this section.
From it's humble beginnings in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, to its acquisition by Italian lottery giant, Lottomatica in 2006, to a planned merger announced today with International Game Technology (IGT) GTECH ...
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US.888poker.com is the regulated US online poker site from Caesars Entertainment. This is currently the only skin of 888's All American Poker Network (AAPN) in op...
This reporter (please dear reader draw a very hard line between reports and Journalism) saw somewhere that a long term Senator from Arizona was caught playing online poker and a day or two later remarked, ‘ I r...
According to a story today in the Wilmington News Journal (delawareonline.com) IGT's DoubleDown has launched the first phase of online gaming. The free play games including slots, poker, blackjack and roulette ...
It is now common knowledge that Atlantic City will be entering the online gaming market in as little as 18 months. It can also be assumed that Caesars will have a big hand in that as they own four of the twel...
On July 2, 2007, Lottomatica S.p.A. announced that it's subsidiary GTECH Sports Betting Solutions Limited had completed the acquisition of Finsoft Limited.
Finsoft was founded in 1995 but we find their first a...
As we continue to peel the onion and establish ownership and relationships among the biggest players in the gambling industry we note that Dynamite Idea (Dynamite Design and Marketing Limited) was founded in 19...
Although we don't find the actual announcement of the final acquisition of Boss Media by Lottomatica subsidiary GTech in their news archives, we do find them raising their offer in February 2008, and making an ...
On August 29, 2006, Italian Lottery giant Lottomatica S.p.A. (MIL: LTO) announced that it had completed the acquisition of Greenwich, Rhode Island based GTech Holdings Corporation. Lottomatica is in turn owned ...
After the legislation failed to pass measures last December that would have legalized casinos, the future looked glum for the gambling industry in Taiwan. Interest has been revived and prospects look hopeful de...