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 Greece, the Regency Casino Mont Parnes has filed a motion with the nation’s highest administrative court, the Council Of State, seeking an injunction on a decision from the Hellenic Gaming Commission to intr...
In what is the latest step in establishing their dominance in the online casino sector, GVC Holdings have recently revealed one of their biggest product updates this year – the Blackjack Pro and European Pro. B...
In Russia, telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor has revealed that 2016 saw it identify some 87,000 websites that featured prohibited materials including 15,900 that offered online gambling-related services...
The National Lottery has created millionaires on a regular basis for many years but it seems 2016 was a record year. According to information released by Camelot, a lottery operator in the United Kingdom, the N...
The Russian state-owned news agency TASS is reporting that the new Krasnaya Polyana gambling zone in Sochi will attract the attention of tourists and help drive the economy of the area during the mountain clust...
On January 1, the Czech Republic will begin a regulated online gambling market. Because of this, operators are showing an interest in gaining licenses. Testing agencies have been encouraged to seek accreditatio...
One of the leading providers of online casino games - NetEnt have recently announced that they have entered the Bulgarian online gambling market with the help of an agreement with the National Lottery of Bulgar...
London Affiliate Conference (LAC), the world’s largest igaming, forex and binary affiliate conference, is expecting over 5,000 delegates at the 2017 gambling conference in London, and will differ in format from...
The Pau (Pyrenees-Atlantiques) municipal council has approved the relocation of Groupe Tranchant’s Pau casino license from its current location at the Palais Beaumont (pictured) to a more commercial area north ...
Retail and online betting products and services supplier Satellite Information Services Limited has exited licensing agreements with other providers of its horseracing and greyhound racing data in order to beco...
The much-debated amendments to Poland’s Gambling Act have finally been approved by the legislative chambers of the Polish parliament and all that’s left now for the bill to be passed is a signature from Preside...
Ahead of its planned opening next month, Victoria Gate Casino in the United Kingdom has appointed Leanne McKenna to the post of Head Of Marketing And Customer Experience.
A project of Global Gaming Ventures ...
Camelot, an operator for the UK National Lottery, is going to have to pay a huge fine for breaching the terms of their operating license, according to the UK Gambling Commission. Reportedly, the UKGC has fined ...
The government for Moldova has passed new legislation setting out the criteria for those hoping to operate a casino in the small eastern European nation and that stipulates prospective licensees must hold capit...
In Switzerland, a leading information and communications technology federation has called for caution as the lower house of the nation’s legislature begins considering new measures that would introduce limits o...