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.
Over 1,000 applicants are reported to have applied for jobs at the upcoming Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds. Victoria Gate is a 1,400 guest entertainment hub that is to house the third largest casino in the UK - ...
In late June, the Tigre de Cristal decided to work with two fixed room junket operators. Since that time, the VIP gaming sector has seen significant growth, based on information from the interim report of the c...
A new report into the Spanish gaming market has reportedly revealed that the sector is well on its way to making a full recovery as aggregated casino revenues for 2015 improved by 5.9% year-on-year to reach $26...
Most gambling news coming out of Cyprus is either focused on Europe's first integrated resort and the largest casino in the region which is being built in the south by a consortium including Hong Kong-listed Ma...
The founder and former CEO of UK sport betting giant Paddy Power, Stewart Kenny, had lobbied against the introduction of FOBTs (fixed-odds betting terminals) in Ireland, UK news outlet The Times reveals. Namely...
The government of Greece has reportedly revealed that the latest redevelopment plan for the site of the former Elliniko International Airport is now set to include the construction of an integrated casino resor...
Sofia, Bulgaria -- The ninth Eastern European Gaming Summit (EEGS), held in Sofia, Bulgaria at the end of November, was the most successful and beneficial of all editions of the conference according to the feed...
In Russia, the first casino near the southern city of Sochi has announced that it will be holding a soft launch on the afternoon of December 31 before officially opening to the general public five days later.
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US casino owner and operator, The Cordish Companies has just announced their plan to build a €2.2 billion hotel and casino resort in the vicinity of Madrid, Spain. The casino operator has already bought 134 hec...
November 29, 2016 -- Sofia, Bulgaria
Great interest was shown this year towards the leading exhibition of the gaming and entertainment industry in Eastern Europe - BEGE Expo 2016. More than 60 leading compan...
In the United Kingdom, mobile and server-based gaming innovator Inspired Gaming Group Limited has launched land-based versions of titles from online games developer NetEnt via over 10,000 of its omni-channel an...
The UK Gambling Commission has released new figures on the gambling industry of the country, which show that online gambling has taken the top spot as far as the most popular form of gambling. The gambling mark...
Europe’s fourth-largest lottery and sportsbetting firm, the Greek Organization Of Football Prognostics (OPAP), has released its third-quarter financial results showing a 40% drop year-on-year in net profit to a...
In Russia, facial recognition software firm N-Tech.Lab Limited has built upon the success of its FindFace service with the launch of its new and more powerful FindFace Cloud API innovation.
Moscow-based N-Te...
Thirteen years after the launch of what was hyped at the time as the future of British casinos, Genting Club Star City, is expected to close later in January.
Owners of the Birmingham casino that opened in 2...