Gaming Industry News

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.

Local runner for Nagasaki Prefecture integrated casino resort license race

In Japan and a local consortium known as The Niki and Chyau Fwu (Parkview) Group is reportedly now vying with four foreign rivals for the right to potentially operate the integrated casino resort being planned ...

Greentube entering eSports sector via Hero purchase

The Greentube iGaming subsidiary of Austrian gambling giant Novomatic AG has announced its entry into the eSports sector via the acquisition of blockchain-powered fantasy betting pioneer Hero. The Vienna-hea...

Pragmatic Play Limited inaugurates new Eye of the Storm video slot

Only four days after releasing its Dragon Kingdom Eyes of Fire video slot and Maltese online casino games developer Pragmatic Play Limited has now returned to announce the launch of its new five-reel and ten-pa...

Bally’s Corporation buys online free-play games developer SportCaller

American land-based casino operator Bally’s Corporation has announced that it has bought prominent online free-play games and software developer SportCaller for an undisclosed amount. The Providence-headquar...

Yokohama holds inaugural integrated casino resort public briefing

In Japan and officials in the city of Yokohama have reportedly held the first of six online briefings so as to lay out the specific direction of their campaign to win one of the nation’s coming trio of integrat...

Confusion over award of inaugural Ukrainian iGaming license

Monday’s move by regulators in the Ukraine to award an online gambling license to operator Spaceiks LLC has reportedly dumbfounded many who are still waiting for the nation to clarify a raft of specific technic...