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.

Malta facing Macolin Convention ratification pressure

The government of Malta may reportedly soon give in to external pressure and ratify the Council of Europe’s anti-match-fixing Macolin Convention initiative despite a long-standing disagreement regarding what sh...

Metric Gaming renews Spiffbet AB partnership; SuperNopea Sportsbook Euro 2020 ready

British B2B sports betting services provider Metric Gaming has teamed up with online casino platform Spiffbet AB (SPIFF.ST) for the launch of the Stockholm-based company's SuperNopea Sportsbook brand. In add...

Aspire Global inks wide-ranging partnership with soon-to-launch Stake.co.uk

Maltese online casino and sportsbetting platform innovator Aspire Global has announced the signing of a deal that is to see its complete proprietary offering made available to users of the soon-to-launch domain...

TrueLab mixes fruity cocktails Aussie-style in fourth YG Masters effort: Crazy Mix

Independent studio and iGaming provider TrueLab Games is taking us Down Under with its latest addition to the YG Masters series developed through Yggdrasil’s state-of-the-art GATI technology, Crazy Mix, which...

Evolution Gaming Group AB goes live with Gonzo’s Treasure Hunt

Two months after inking a deal to purchase Australian rival Big Time Gaming Proprietary Limited for around $536 million, Swedish online casino games developer Evolution Gaming Group AB has now returned to annou...

Washington regulator recommends move to legalize tribal sportsbetting

The western American state of Washington could soon become the latest to launch some form of sportsbetting following a positive determination from the jurisdiction’s nine-member gambling regulator. According...

BetMGM expands sports betting app; to debut at Nationals Park via Washington Nationals’ multi-year partnership

Hot on the heels of its PFL alliance and BetMGM has expanded coverage of its sports betting app to include Washington, D.C. after partnering with Major League Baseball (MLB) team, Washington Nationals. The agre...

Philippines innovator launching a pair of sportsbetting domains

In the Philippines and local sportsbetting firm Jade Entertainment and Gaming Technologies Incorporated has reportedly announced the impending launch of a pair of new websites to target sports wagering aficiona...

PointsBet USA agrees partnership ahead of planned Maryland entry

In the United States and the PointsBet USA subsidiary of Australian online sportsbook operator PointsBet Holdings Proprietary Limited has announced the signing of a strategic partnership that could soon see it ...