European Casino News

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.

Swintt Expands Its Presence In Malta After Partnering With Rizk Casino

Swintt, one of the flagship developers of the iGaming industry based in Malta, is pleased to reveal that it has entered into an alliance with Rizk Casino, a famous online casino approved by the Malta Gaming Aut...

REEVO Partners With 1spin4win To Provide Engaging Player Experience

REEVO, a Romania-based online casino game developer whose primary focus is video slots, is excited to reveal that it has officially entered into an alliance with 1spin4win, a rapidly growing gaming supplier fam...

Play’n GO Hits Record Quarter Billion Rounds Played On November 1, 2023

Play'n Go, popular Swedish provider of premier iGaming content, has set a new company record for number of rounds played in a single day. The slot provider reportedly recorded almost a quarter of billion rounds...

Flutter Cuts Full-Year Revenue Prediction, Shares Fall

Flutter Entertainment, a global gambling and sports wagering firm, is predicting that recent favorable results will help that full-year income reach the bottom of its former prediction range, except for the new...

Veikkaus Introduces Mandatory Scratch Cards Identification Checks From 2024

Veikkaus, the Finnish exclusive gambling operator, announces the introduction of mandatory identification measure for scratch games. The identification of players purchasing the popular Ässä or Casino lottery s...

Better Collective Acquires Playmaker Capital For $188 Million

Better Collective has officially purchased Playmaker Capital for an overall cost of €176 million (£153 million/$188 million). Additionally, the projected date of the official conclusion of the definitive purcha...

Dutch Court Rules That Two Online Casinos Refund EUR 217,000 to Gamblers

A Dutch court has ordered two online casino operators to reimburse a total of EUR 217,000 to players having lost money with these gambling websites while online gambling was illegal in the Netherlands. Illeg...

Georgian Prime Minister Raises Tax Rate For Gambling Businesses In Georgia To 15%

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has raised taxes on the gambling industry and reported that the level of gambling in the country is "catastrophic." Rise of the gambling turnover: During his b...

Join Bad-Tempered Panda On His Adventures In Hacksaw Gaming’s New Release: Eye Of The Panda

Hacksaw Gaming, an online real money game developer based in Malta, has launched Eye of the Panda, a panda-themed slot featuring a grumpy, strong panda, who is also the bouncer of a club called "Brave Panda's U...

Jelly Entertainment Acquires Wundermachine To Optimize Content Distribution

Jelly Entertainment, a UK-based game development studio, has reportedly completed the acquisition of Wundermachine, a B2B supplier of social gaming products and technology. The acquisition represents a signific...

Become Indiana Jones In Yggdrasil’s New Slot: Wild Stack Frenzy

Yggdrasil, a globally recognized iGaming provider based in Malta, has officially launched Wild Stack Frenzy, a cave-themed slot that involves an adventure in a mystical cave where players may see an array of di...

Szerencsejáték Privately Held Company Limited Enters Into An Alliance With EveryMatrix For OddsMatrix-Powered Sportsbook and Platform Services

Szerencsejáték Privately Held Company Limited (SZRT), Hungary's main lottery firm, has officially entered into an alliance with EveryMatrix, to utilize OddsMatrix-based sportsbook and platform services, which a...

Lottomatica’s Vertical Acquires 100 percent of the SKS365’s Share Capital

Following the Italian lawmakers' announcements of the regulatory changes proposed to channel almost $1 billion of the illegal online gaming revenues to legal gambling operating streams, the major online gaming ...