World Casino News brings you complete coverage of the European gaming markets, openings and closings, regulatory changes, mergers & acquisitions, and finance. You'll find coverage of major industry events and trade shows, as well as casinos for sale from Malta to Riga and beyond.
Much of the news in this section comes out of the UK, due to the mature gambling market and robust licensing requirements there. We also cover partnerships and game distribution deals in the online sector so players will know where to find their favorite games, and industry executives can follow emerging and continuing trends.
A Remote Gambling Software Operating License has been awarded by the UK Gambling Commission to Pragmatic Play, a company that specializes in desktop and mobile digital casino gaming content. Owned by the IBID G...
Australian retail and online gambling provider Tabcorp Holdings Limited has joined with British firm Sports Information Services (SIS) Limited to announce that the pair’s previously agreed greyhound racing part...
Digital gaming provider NYX Gaming Group has signed a deal to extend the provision of its NYX OGS game aggregation server to the Bwin.com domain run by global online gambling operator GVC Holdings.
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One lucky man is £2,000 richer after accidently wagering £200 ($248USD) instead of £20 ($25USD) on the 170th Randox Health Grand National at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England.
Thirty-eight-year-old Al...
The fourth annual Summit of iGaming Malta (SiGMa) is due to take place at the island nation’s Malta Fairs and Conventions Centre from November 22 to 25 and will this year feature the latest edition of the Europ...
In the United Kingdom, the Information Commissioner's Office electronic data protection regulator has reportedly launched an investigation into whether local online sports betting sites are breaking the law by ...
Global online gambling operator GVC Holdings has selected sports marketing firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty Sport (BBH Sport) to serve as the lead creative agency for its Bwin online sports betting brand.
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In Slovakia, the city council for the nation’s capital and largest city, Bratislava, has reportedly passed a measure that will ban gambling from the first day of next month although current license holders are ...
Nevada-based online game supplier, NYX Gaming, has entered into a multi-year partnership with the main lottery provider in the Netherlands, Nederlandse Loterij, a press release issued this Monday reveals. The g...
Gaming software development firm Microgaming has revealed that the inaugural charity poker tournament it organized around February’s ICE Totally Gaming trade show in London raised in excess of $8,600 for four o...
Expert electronic gambling operators and officials are gathering April 5th and 6th for Stockholm’s 9th Annual iGaming Forum. Attendees have a unique opportunity to evaluate and consider the opportunities of ent...
KPMG’s 7th annual eSummit in Gibraltar was held aboard the Sunborn Hotel on March 23rd. Nearly 300 delegates attended the event which featured more than 40 keynote speakers and experts of the eBusiness world.
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Global online gaming and sportsbetting giant William Hill has announced that Ruth Prior will be joining its corporate ranks later in the year to serve as Chief Financial Officer.
London-listed William Hill i...
Antanas “Tony G” Guoga is a poker player from Lithuania who was recently banned from Russia by Vladimir Putin. Tony G is a member of European Parliament for the Liberal Movement and was one of 12 European polit...
In Sweden, the Lotteriinspektionen gambling authority has reportedly advised the government that it should scrap the nation’s monopolistic approach to online gaming and open up its domestic market to internatio...