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.
Virgin Group announced Friday that the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will become Virgin Hotels Las Vegas by the end of 2019. Virgin founder, Sir Richard Branson held a poolside party news conference...
The month of March was a successful one in Macau as casinos were able to see gains of 22% in gambling revenues. The demand for gambling remains static in the former Portuguese colony's only legal casino hub, wi...
For the second consecutive month, Nevada's statewide gaming win broke the billion-dollar threshold, thanks to Chinese New Year falling in February this year rather than January as it did last year. The take was...
Las Vegas-based subsidiary of the Konami Corporation, Konami Gaming Inc. has named Casey Whelan as its Vice President of games sales for North America, while Jay Bertsch will take on the role of Vice President ...
The Gambling Commission in the United Kingdom has levied a £1,000,000 penalty against Skybet for "failing to protect vulnerable customers," according to a statement issued by the UKGC earlier this week.
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As expected, Goa’s six offshore licensees have been given another extension before having to relocate from their current home in the Mandovi river.
According to The Times of India, operators including Delta ...
Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has partnered with London-based creator of premium HTML5 games Push Gaming so that it may further enhance its extensive library of popular casino products.
The deal sees GiG, wh...
In Kater V. Churchill Downs, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the 'fun-to-play' Big Fish Casino violates Washington state law. The panel's decision, issued March 28 reverses a 2016 decision from ...
Leading online casino games provider Pragmatic Play has announced a new deal with online casino operator Royal Panda. The deal enables Pragmatic Play to integrate its entire slots portfolio including such popul...
After a successful 2017 and 2018 thus far, with highlights such as ICE Totally Gaming especially, Win Systems is ready to continue extending its reach in the Americas by showcasing a large range of its casino m...
British online casino and sportsbetting solutions innovator SBTech has announced the signing of a ‘landmark’ deal that has seen it partner with Danske Spil A/S in order to help the Danish national lottery opera...
After successfully integrating with Mexico’s largest online gaming operator in the regulated market, Caliente, a selection of award-winning games from Swedish supplier of digitally distributed gaming systems, N...
Global gaming operator and solutions innovator Intralot SA has released its financial results for the twelve months to the end of December showing that its net debt had increased by some $19.44 million when com...
In Australia, local casino operator The Star Entertainment Group Limited is reportedly hoping to attract more high-rolling players from Asia as a result of signing agreements that will see a pair of Hong Kong-b...
On the heels of releasing its Q4 results, over the weekend Stockholm-listed online gambling technology provider NetEnt decided to replace its Chief Executive Officer since March 2012, Per Eriksson (pictured). A...