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.
Big changes could soon lie ahead for Fortuna Entertainment Group after its largest shareholder reportedly revealed that it is preparing to spend big in order to take full control of the Central European sportsb...
Online casino games, software and services developer Microgaming has announced that the Latin America-facing online casino and poker site at Tower Tourneos has become the latest to sign up for its MPN innovatio...
With the New Year, came new limits for UnionPay cards. Beginning on the 1st of January, new restrictions set forth by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in China were imposed on the cards, including A...
One of the highest administrative courts in The Netherlands has reportedly overturned a lower court ruling by decreeing that it is not against the law for local electronic payment service providers to conduct b...
In Tanzania, taxes collected from gaming companies are expected to increase by 18 percent in Fiscal Year 2017/2018. The expected growth is reportedly due to an increase in the number of gaming companies involve...
In the United Kingdom, mobile and online casino games developer Blueprint Gaming Limited has announced the purchase of omni-channel rival Games Warehouse from American investments firm Harbour Group.
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After purchasing some seven other enterprises over the course of 2017, Better Collective has announced that it ended the year last week by entering the regulated Polish market via the acquisition of Warsaw-base...
In Hong Kong, gaming machine manufacturer Universal Entertainment Corporation has reportedly announced that its Tiger Resort Asia Limited casino-operating subsidiary has filed a lawsuit against Japanese busines...
Authentic Gaming, supplier of premium live casino solutions to both online and land-based operators, has forged a landmark partnership with Foxwoods Resort Casino that will see it live stream roulette games fro...
Czech lottery giant Sazka Group has announced that it is to move forward with a plan to acquire an additional 23.04% stake in Vienna-based casino operator Casinos Austria AG after last week receiving the necess...
Casual Connect USA 2018 is set to take place at the Disneyland Hotel from January 16th to the 18th in sunny California, with experts in several fields to be in attendance. The casino track of the conference wil...
Macau's 40 casinos reportedly saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for the whole of 2017 reach a three-year high of just over $33.01 billion thanks in large part to a resurgence in the numbers of high-sta...
November 2017 marked the first full month the Tropicana Evansville was in operation within their land-based venue. The land-based facility opened on the 20th of October, earning $10.66 million for the remainder...
In Nevada, a federal bankruptcy judge has approved an agreement that will see billionaire American businessman, Larry Ellison, pay approximately $35.8 million in order to assume control of the shuttered Cal Nev...
After last month selling off the entirety of his 17.37% stake in Asian casino operator Summit Ascent Holdings Limited, Hong Kong-based businessman Lawrence Ho Yau Lung (pictured) has now resigned as the firm’s ...