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.
Mobile gambling applications make it easy for gamblers to be able to access their favorite casinos, sportsbooks, poker rooms and bingo sites online. iOS users will download such applications from the Apple Stor...
As part of their previously announced planned merger, British sportsbetting operators Ladbrokes and Gala Coral Group Limited have revealed that they will be offloading 359 licensed betting shops to rivals Betfr...
Summit Ascent Holdings, the company that operators the Tigre de Cristal casino in the Russian Far East has reported exponential growth at the casino during the first six months of 2016. The report which was pu...
Just a few weeks ago, reports had surfaced that Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd and SJM Holdings Limited may be interested in becoming involved in the Crimean gaming zone. Both Stanley Ho and his son Lawrence were r...
In Portugal, the national gambling regulator has issued its second license for the operation of an online casino in the nation to the local BEM Operations Limited subsidiary of French gambling giant Betclic-Eve...
Leading Baltic game provider Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) have recently announced that their 2016 Q3 revenue saw an increase of over 20% - a success that is in large part owed to their Estonian casinos, ac...
With billions of dollars already invested in infrastructure and facilities for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Russia is moving ahead with plans to populate another gambling zone, this one in the Krasnodar regi...
Spanish gaming operator Codere SA (CDRE.MC) recently announced that the growth initiatives of the business will focus on sports betting in Spain while remaining attentive to the local market by acquiring more s...
The United Kingdom (UK) government is looking to impose more restrictions on the gambling industry in the country with regard to day time gambling advertisements via traditional and social media outlets. The UK...
William Hill is one of the most well known bookmakers in the world and operates the biggest network of betting outlets in the United Kingdom, while Amaya Inc, the parent company for PokerStars, the biggest onli...
Stanley Ho-controlled SJM Holdings Limited (HKG:0880) and Summit Ascent Holdings Ltd (HKG:0102), controlled by son Lawrence, may be looking to add the Crimean gaming zone to their substantial investment portfol...
The World Series of Poker Circuit is a poker series that travels across the globe to host multi-day events for players to enjoy quality tournament gaming. In 2015, the King’s Casino Rozvadov was successful in h...
Melco International Development Ltd led by Hong Kong tycoon Lawrence Yo confirmed that the Melco International Consortium met the October 5 deadline for submitting its final bid to obtain the single casino lice...
London, October 5th, 2016
Award winning producer and TV sports presenter Hayley McQueen is to present the SBC Awards 2016 on Wednesday 7th December.
Argyll Entertainment, the company behind the Alan Brazi...
October 4, 2016 -- Malta
The mantra “As strong as your weakest link” never applied better than in the case of Human Resources Many gaming companies based in Malta have set up their own department for head hu...