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.
On May 19th 2015, according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the doors to the Russian casino Tigre de Cristal will open by August 28th. Lawrence Ho Yau Lung of Melco is the majority owner through ...
Last week Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM) saw losses in Portugal increase by 95%. This has been put down to the heavy taxes on gaming and declining revenues. The business founded by Stanley Ho ...
Last week, Novomatic, the new owners of the Casino Admiral in Ocean Village Gibraltar, reopened the casino with the help of the triple world champion of Formula 1, Niki Launda.
Niki Launda was given the rol...
On Monday it was reported that Synot will be supplying 2,000 video lottery terminals (VLTs) to the Greek lottery. This week an agreement has been signed for the supply of VLTs to OPAP, which is the company with...
Online poker markets continue to expand all over the world and as the game grows in popularity, the illegal online poker market also continues to gain momentum. These unregistered poker websites operate in just...
Euromat, the European Amusement and Gaming Federation along with Van Kansspelen Branche Organization has filed a complaint regarding state aid. The filing was sent to the European Commission, according to a May...
Friday it was announced that this years WSOP Europe event is to be held at the Spielbank Berlin Casino, in Berlin, Germany. The dates have been firmed up as October 8-24th. Over the seventeen day period ten b...
It has been reported on May 8th 2015, that the progression of Romania’s online gambling framework draft has been approved by Romania’s Chamber of Deputies.
This draft will now be sent for final review and ap...
According to Greek online news site ekathimerini, betting on games of chance in Greece increased by 9% in 2014 from 2013 totals, based on information provided by the Gaming Commission. 5.9 billion euros were sp...
Back in February, legislators in Portugal approved legislation that would allow online gambling within the country. This week the Official Gazette of Portugal published the framework for the online gambling ind...
The Republic of Malta will now be allowing anchored cruise liners the opportunity to offer casino gaming by paying a licensing fee to the government for operations from the time of 6pm to 6am. The announcement ...
ARC Resorts announced it would invest in Valencia with a new six-star hotel and casino. The company is also hoping to bring back Formula 1 racing and build a large golf course as part of the resort project. The...
Websites are ablaze with the news of Summit Ascent Holdings from April 24, 2015. According to the Melco International CEO Lawrence Ho the resort casino in Primorye, Russia is almost complete. Mr. Ho backs Summi...
William Hill, the largest bookmaker located in Great Britain, fell victim to their worst ever week of losses thanks to several football matches that finished in favor of sports betters. During the third week of...
Paf and Sunborn have announced a soft opening of Casino Sunborn aboard the luxurious Sunborn Gibraltar super yacht for April 29th, with an official launch date of May 16, 2015. Paf, Penningautomatförening, oper...