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.

Schleswig-Holstein to issue five online casino table game operating licenses

In Germany and legislators for Schleswig-Holstein have reportedly passed a measure that is to see the northern state issue five local online casino table game operating licenses featuring an associated 44% maxi...

JadeSportsBet.com details an upping of its acquisition activities

In the Philippines and local online casino and sportsbetting firm Jade Entertainment and Gaming Technologies Incorporated has announced that its domain at JadeSportsBet.com has just introduced a host of special...

Pragmatic Play significantly boosts brand exposure in “key market” courtesy of multi-vertical deal with Playbet in South Africa

Following its recent LatAm expansion, Pragmatic Play continues to grow its global footprint having crossed the South Atlantic, sealing an agreement with one of South Africa's leading sports betting operat...

Circus Casino buys its way into the Swiss land-based casino market

Belgian gambling brand Circus Casino has reportedly entered the land-based casino market in Switzerland after finalizing an arrangement to buy a majority interest in that nation’s modest Casino de Crans-Montana...

Macau casino market records discouraging January gross gaming revenues

The 41 casinos in Macau reportedly experienced a disappointing start to 2022 after seeing their aggregated gross gaming revenues for January plummet by a surprising 20.9% year-on-year to a little over $790.21 m...

Spinomenal inks 888casino.com video slot integration alliance

Maltese online casino games developer Spinomenal has announced the signing of an agreement with leading iGaming operator 888 Holdings Limited that is to see a selection of its mobile-friendly video slots offere...

PokerStars brand goes live in Greece following receipt of full iGaming license

British and Irish iGaming behemoth Flutter Entertainment has announced that its PokerStars-branded service has just gone live in the online gaming market of Greece offering a range of remote poker, casino and s...

Rush Street Interactive launching into Mexico via Grupo Multimedios alliance

Only a week after launching into the embryonic online sportsbetting market of New York and American iGaming operator Rush Street Interactive has announced the inking of a deal with Mexican media conglomerate Gr...

Yggdrasil releases new pirate-themed video slot from YG Masters partner G.Games: Dead Man’s Fingers

Yggdrasil has released the latest slot title from independent developer and YG Masters partner G.Games, with Dead Man's Fingers ushering players to a Caribbean island in search of secret treasures and a max win...

Tak Chun Group boss arrested on criminal gang charges in Macau

The man behind Asian junket giant Tak Chun Group, Levo Chan Weng Lin (pictured), was reportedly arrested by Macau police on Friday over allegations that he also holds a senior position within a local triad crim...

Ontario planning to open up its online sportsbetting market from April 4

In Canada and the province of Ontario has reportedly announced that it intends to launch an ‘open market’ for single-game online sportsbetting from April 4 and allow an unlimited number of commercial enterprise...