Austria

Vienna International Gaming Expo returns in 2018

February 1, 2018

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Conferences / Trade Shows

The Vienna International Gaming Expo returns in 2018, with the second installment of one of the fastest growing Central Europe conference offerings. This year, the VIGE will take place in boutique style guided ...

Novomatic AG completes Australian acquisition

Adam Morgan

January 9, 2018

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Game manufacturers, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

After last month receiving the approval of numerous regulatory authorities, giant gaming machine manufacturer Novomatic AG has announced that last week saw it complete its planned acquisition of a 52% stake in ...

Sazka Group to buy additional stake in Casinos Austria AG

Adam Morgan

January 2, 2018

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

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...

Crown to sell CrownBet to shareholders for $150m

Lars Jones

December 29, 2017

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In a continuation of their current course of selling off assets, Australia's Crown Resorts has reportedly offered up their majority stake in one of the country's largest sports betting operations to shareholder...

Novomatic AG moving forward with Australian acquisition

Adam Morgan

December 19, 2017

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In Austria, giant gaming machine manufacturer Novomatic AG has announced that it will be moving forward with its plan to purchase a 52% stake in Australian rival Ainsworth Game Technology Limited after receivin...

DraftKings expands services to Austria and Ireland

Sadonna Price

October 12, 2017

Austria, Ireland, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports

Top daily sports betting company DraftKings has announced they are continuing their expansion into Europe by now offering their product in Austria and Ireland. DraftKings was able to begin offering services wit...

G2E cornucopia from Apex Gaming Technology GmbH

Adam Morgan

September 21, 2017

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Game manufacturers, Conferences / Trade Shows

Gaming machine innovator Apex Gaming Technology GmbH has announced that it will be using next month’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) to show off its full portfolio of products including its new iDROPs live gaming cas...

Casinos Austria International may offload entire portfolio

Adam Morgan

September 4, 2017

Austria, Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News

Despite announcing in late-February that it was hoping to open a casino in the small central European principality of Lichtenstein later in the year, Casinos Austria International has now reportedly announced t...

September 18 release for Apollo God of the Sun video slot

Adam Morgan

September 3, 2017

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Newest casino games, Online Gambling News

Online casino games developer Greentube Internet Entertainment Solutions GmbH has announced that it intends to launch its innovative Apollo God of the Sun video slot later this month featuring two independent r...

Novomatic AG opens Admiral Arena Prater in Vienna

Adam Morgan

May 10, 2017

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting

Following six months of conversion work, international gaming firm Novomatic AG has announced that last week saw its Admiral Sportwetten GmbH subsidiary officially open Europe’s largest sports bar in the Prater...

Greentube shows off at Fer-Interazar in Spain

Adam Morgan

April 13, 2017

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Game manufacturers, Conferences / Trade Shows

The Greentube online and mobile software technologies subsidiary of Austrian gambling giant Novomatic has announced that it used last month’s Fer-Interazar exhibition in Madrid to show off its latest innovation...

Novomatic considering float on the London Stock Exchange

Adam Morgan

March 10, 2017

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance

In Austria, the private owners of giant gambling technologies innovator Novomatic are reportedly working with global investments banking firm Macquarie Group Limited on an initial public offering that could val...

Casinos Austria returns to profit

Alex Lanter

September 6, 2016

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Financial Press Releases

Casinos Austria International have completed a successful restructuring, which resulted with a high operating profit of €18.9 million for the first time in the past seven years. The performance of the compan...

Novomatic abandons effort to take control of Casinos Austria

Adam Morgan

September 2, 2016

Austria, Latest Casino and Gambling News, European Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Austrian gaming equipment manufacturer Novomatic has abandoned an attempt to increase its stake in local casino operator Casinos Austria following a ruling from the nation’s Federal Competition Authority regula...