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.
Grosvenor Casino Portsmouth, located in Portsmouth, in the Gunwharf Quays retail outlet, will soon be revealing its £600k facelift received from the Rank Group Plc. (RNK:LN).
The Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca ...
Eastern European gaming machine manufacturer Euro Games Technology has completed the delivery of six new P-24/24 Up slots to Casino Cirsa Valencia in Spain following a deal with operator Cirsa Gaming Corporatio...
The Malta Gaming Authority has published its audited financial results for 2015 showing that the nation posted a 4.3% increase year-on-year in total revenues from gaming to €60.9 million ($67.2 million).
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Russia will soon have one more zone in which it will be legal to gamble after officials in the disputed region of Crimea reportedly approved the boundaries of a new casino-friendly area.
According to a repor...
Finland’s gambling industry has been controlled by three state owned gambling operators in Veikkaus Oy who monitored local betting and the national lottery; Raha-automaattiyhdistys (RAY) controlled the casino i...
Reputable gaming solutions supplier NYX Gaming Group has revealed that the Romania’s regulator Oficiul National pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN) had granted it a Class 2 gambling license, making it possible for th...
About 100 guests attended a ceremony in La Ciotat led by Isidore and Patrick Partouche, founder and president of France’s largest casino group, the Partouche Group (PARP:FP), where the very first stone for its ...
In spite of the Putin government ordering casino operators in the entire Azov City gaming zone to close shop by January 1, 2019, Merkur Gaming (GmbH), a Lübbecke, Germany -based company that designs and manufac...
Melco International Development Ltd (HKG: 0200) and Lawrence Ho’s Hong Kong-listed MelcoLot Ltd (HKG:8198) announced in a filing on Tuesday with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that a deal between the two regardin...
Portuguese land-based casino operator Solverde is set to expand its operations online after signing a deal to utilize the Open Platform System from digital gaming supplier NYX Gaming Group.
Solverde operates...
Efforts to turn the Primorsky Krai region in the far east of Russia into a gambling zone have hit a snag with three of the province’s four planned casinos currently behind schedule to open.
According to a re...
British bookmaker Betfred has reached a settlement with the Gambling Commission regulator that will see it pay a fine of over $1.15 million for failing to observe proper anti-money laundering procedures.
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Cyprus Government has granted a three-month extension to bids for its casino license following a request from Cambodia’s NagaCorp and Phillipine’s Bloomberry Resorts; these are two out of three companies in tot...
Plans for the Grand-Re-Opening of the Dragonara Casino in Malta have been announced, to coincidence with the legendary venue's 53rd anniversary.
The product upgrade and large-scale refurbishment is a €10 m i...
New legislation has been submitted to the State Duma by the Russian government which makes the organization of unlicensed gambling outside of the specialized gambling zones a criminal offense, as reported by RI...