Africa is an emerging market, especially in the sports betting sector. World Casino News has you covered from Morocco to Johannesburg with breaking news and reporting as the stories develop. Bookmark or return to this space to follow mergers and acquisitions, casinos opening and closing and regulatory changes as people on the continent empower themselves with mobile devices and international investors open more doors.
While most of the licenses in the populous country of South Africa have been awarded, there may be a few surprises in store. World Casino News keeps you up to date and informed on all aspects of casinos and gambling in Africa.
In a move that further expands its international reach, premium live casino supplier Authentic Gaming has enhanced its long-standing partnership with online betting and gaming company, Betway Group, after debut...
Considered a "truly promising area" for it to continue to grow in, Habanero Systems has further penetrated Africa's regualted landscape thanks to its recent content agreement with online betting and gaming comp...
Yggdrasil, the game development arm of Swedish gaming company Cherry AB, has taken on South African platform provider Intelligent Gaming Limited (IGL) as a franchisee, marking its entry into the African contine...
Legislators in Kenya could soon be asked to vote on a raft of proposals that would look to limit the ability of the nation’s sportsbetting and gaming firms to advertise their wares over local broadcast media ch...
In its continuing global expansion effort, Pragmatic Play has partnered with Intelligent Gaming Pty. Ltd. (IGL) tier one online sports betting brand Supabets in South Africa.
The new deal sees Supabets b...
American private equity hedge fund Silver Point Capital LP has announced that its recently-created Metropolitan Gaming Limited enterprise has completed its own acquisition of the European and African land-based...
On the eve of the launch of its latest online slot, Pragmatic Play has inked a multi-product agreement with East African operator, Rahisibet, in a deal that continues its expansion effort on the continent.
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Hot on the heels of its latest distribution agreement and business solution supplier and software aggregator for the iGaming industry, Slotegrator, has added international lottery game provider Skilrock Technol...
In the African nation of Nigeria and the government has reportedly announced that it is soon planning to launch its Central Monitoring System so as to help unlock the huge potential of lotteries as a generator ...
Top-rated software supplier and aggregator for the online casino and sports betting world, Slotegrator, has decided to provide insight into the untapped market of Africa. Over the past few years, Africa has bec...
Bookmakers in Kenya are reportedly breathing a sigh of relief this week after President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) put his signature to legislation that has more than halved their blanket tax rate to 7.5%.
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Evolution Services SA has just announced a new deal with World Sports Betting (WSB) a local retail betting company in South Africa. The two will work together to provide a new Ezugi lottery game titled Golden B...
Operators of gambling-friendly venues located in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi reportedly now have to pay a range of higher licensing fees following the passage of new legislation that has been designed to brin...
British bookmaking giant Betfred has reportedly secured a foothold in the potentially-lucrative South African market following its purchase for approximately £6.1 million ($8.7 million) of the online sportsbett...
A new partnership agreement has been formed between a leading sports betting technology platform provider in FSB Technology and the well – known and reputable free – to – play and pay – to – play iGaming operat...