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 the area of Salou and Vila-seca, a project known as BCN World is going to be scaled down and feature less casinos and hotels than planned. The entertainment complex in Spain will see work begin once again in...
The KPMG eGaming Summit was held at the Sunborn Hotel in Gibraltar on 21st April, and featured about 30 keynote speakers and 250 delegates. KPMG has now released a 52 page report which covers the various panel ...
Austrian gaming giant Novomatic has announced that its new Casino Admiral San Roque in southern Spain could be open by the end of July offering a selection of over 100 slots alongside eight gaming tables.
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Fonbet, the biggest online betting company operating in Eastern Europe, recently announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with the European Sports Security Association (ESSA). Fonbet which is also t...
Reputable Australian gaming group Tatts revealed that the company sealed an A$210 million deal with well-established Austrian gaming provider Novomatic for its UK subsidiary Talarius. The company’s UK slots bus...
On June 20, 2016, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the UK Gambling Commission and Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos of Instituto do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ), the Portuguese gambli...
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...