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.
In the United Kingdom, real estate investments firm Aprirose Limited has announced that it intends to sell the building that houses London’s iconic Grosvenor Victoria Casino and is only prepared to entertain of...
In the United Kingdom, a new study from the Gambling Commission regulator has found that 2016 saw the average rate of gambling among adults increase by 3.6% year-on-year to stand at 48.4% with tickets for the N...
After losing an appeals court ruling in November concerning an attempt to collect the over $9.5 million he allegedly won while enjoying games of high-stakes baccarat at London’s exclusive Crockfords casino, Ame...
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic has approved the controversial provisions of the new gambling act that call for blocking of unregulated online gambling operators through ISPs, ruling that the pro...
Global casino operator Casinos Austria International has reportedly announced its intention to open a gambling facility in the tiny central European principality of Lichtenstein later this year complete with a ...
Kindred Group Plc (formerly Unibet) is set to take over rival 32Red Plc in the latest move in an industry beset with consolidation. The deal is for GBP175.6 million ($219 million) or 196 pence per share, a 16% ...
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...