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.
iGaming Business - Adam Silver, commissioner of North America's National Basketball Association (NBA) league, has predicted that struggling state budgets and a wider acceptance of gambling by US citizens will l...
iGaming Business - Authorities in South Korea have moved to block all games on Facebook as part of an effort to clamp down on what they refer to as the ‘social gambling industry’.
According to the Pokerupdat...
iGaming Business - Online poker operator Mansion Poker has confirmed in an email to customers that it is to exit the UK market and has recommended that players sign up for a new website recently launched by onl...
Expect appeals regardless of the result of a federal judge's ruling in Idaho about a Coeur d'Alene card room. After asking the parties to arbitrate, Judge Winmill has issued an injunction closing the Texas Hold...
Baha Mar Ltd. today applauded the Parliament of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas for tabling a sweeping revitalization of the country’s gaming regulations, the first such major update since Bahamian casinos were...
iGaming Business - Online gaming and betting provider mybet Holding has been named as one of the first group of operators to have been awarded a German sports betting licence by the Hesse Ministry of the Interi...
iGaming Business - Silverline Interactive Technologies, operator of independent online poker service PokerCent, has had its licence suspended by the UK Gambling Commission.
According to the Pokerfuse.com web...
iGaming Business - The Czech Republic Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) has announced that the country is losing about K600 million (€21.6 million/$28.3 million) each year due to illegal online betting.
According t...
After a meteoric rise and steady increases year after year, the last three months have seen Macau gambling revenue in a decline. Many analysts expected the last month's numbers to bounce back as gross gambling ...
This weeks online gambling news video brings you gaming news from "down under", where a Chinese investor has big plans for Australia.
We also take a look at China, where the Sands in Macao continues buildin...
iGaming Business - Swedish gambling regulator Lotteriinspektionen has reported that the country’s regulated market shrunk by more than 3% during the first half of 2014.
Total revenue for the six-month period...
iGaming Business - The Latvian Lotteries and Gambling Supervision Inspection (IAUI) has followed up on previous announcements this month by adding additional domains to its blacklist of gambling websites.
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iGaming Business - Greek gambling monopoly OPAP has reported better-than-expected results in the second quarter despite having been hit by a retroactive tax bill of €21.6 million ($28.5 million) in the period.
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iGaming Business - Camelot has been fined £100,000 by the UK Gambling Commission after the regulatory body ruled that the company had breached its licence to operate the country’s National Lottery.
The penal...
iGaming Business - The Georgia Lottery Corporation is lobbying against any form of federal legislation that would limit online gambling in the US, according to various reports.
The corporation, which began s...