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.
Global online gaming and sportsbetting giant William Hill has released its financial results for 2016 showing that “a challenging year” had produced a 1% increase year-on-year in net revenues to $1.99 billion w...
In the United Kingdom, some 53 football players from the nation’s top eight leagues were reportedly flagged to the Gambling Commission regulator in the 29 months after new rules were brought in to stamp out mem...
Leading UK-based game studio, Blueprint Gaming has signed a content agreement with London-based gaming operator and games developer, Gamesys.
The agreement with Blueprint Gaming, which is part of Germany’s G...
Maltese-Swedish online operators Leo Vegas have recently acquired Winga.it - an Italian online gambling platform that was sold to them by Finnish operators Paf. According to a Tuesday press release, Leo Vegas h...
In Spain, the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling Affairs has wrapped up another year of reporting quarterly on the evolution of online gaming in the country. The October, November, December peri...
On March 1, Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel in Tbilisi will host the third Georgia Gaming Congress – the largest professional event for representatives of the gaming industry. It will bring together gambling market l...
Every year on Christmas Day the Grosvenor Casino in Manchester on Bury New Road shuts down operations. This is the one day during the year that the venue closes and apparently a gang of robbers decided this wou...
Grosvenor Casino Nottingham is expected to add a minimum of 20 new jobs to its existing workforce of 114 upon completion of its current £3.4m makeover, which is expected to wrap up in March, according to the No...
The Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris reported on Thursday that operations are on again at ‘casinos’ in the village of Pyla, in Larnaca District, Cyprus, not under the same names, however, after having been forced t...
On March 1,Kakha Kukava, former Georgian minister of parliament and head of legal at Gambling Business Monitoring, a non-governmental organization (NGO) will share insights into the state of disorganized labor ...
The Stockholm listed online casino games and software provider, NetEnt released impressive and record-breaking 2016 numbers recently, showing a full-year revenue jump of over 28% and a profit growth of 35%. For...
In Switzerland, the Grand Casino Luzern has reportedly beat off stiff competition in a special poll by users of the Casinos.ch news, gaming and entertainment platform to be named as the nation’s best casino for...
The Duisburg Casino in Duisburg, Germany, will be holding a celebratory party to mark its 10th birthday this February, but also commemorate another milestone for the venue – becoming the most attended casino in...
In Russia, legislators are reportedly set to again consider legislation that would require banks and financial institutions to block people in the giant nation from making transactions on unapproved online gami...
Global lottery and gaming products and services innovator Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) walked away from last week’s ICE Totally Gaming exhibition in London having been awarded the Lottery Supplie...