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.
iGaming Business - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organisation, are to increase their efforts in a joint bid to protect sports from corruption such as ...
NetEnt, the world’s leading provider of high-quality online casino games, has paid out 2.5 MEUR after a Swedish player won the massive pooled jackpot when playing Mega Fortune Touch™ on LeoVegas.com.
The 24-...
iSoftBet is proud to announce a new partnership with up-and-coming mobile casino operator CashBet to incorporate its premium, real-money online casino games into apps for PC, iOS and Android devices. The UK mar...
iGaming Business - Online poker operator Mansion Poker has confirmed in an email to customers that it is to exit the UK market and has recommended that players sign up for a new website recently launched by onl...
iGaming Business - Online gambling company Betfair has highlighted the impact of this year’s Fifa World Cup national team football competition as the key reason behind a significant year-on-year jump in revenue...
iGaming Business - Online gaming and betting provider mybet Holding has been named as one of the first group of operators to have been awarded a German sports betting licence by the Hesse Ministry of the Interi...
The latest round of underage gambling test purchasing conducted by local authorities in partnership with the Commission continues to demonstrate that many operators have inadequate controls for preventing under...
iGaming Business - Silverline Interactive Technologies, operator of independent online poker service PokerCent, has had its licence suspended by the UK Gambling Commission.
According to the Pokerfuse.com web...
iGaming Business - The Czech Republic Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) has announced that the country is losing about K600 million (€21.6 million/$28.3 million) each year due to illegal online betting.
According t...
Playtech, the international designer, developer and licensor of software and services for the online, mobile, TV and land-based gaming industry, has entered into an agreement with global content and systems pro...
SBTech signed an exclusive deal with BetFIRST to provide its powerful sports betting platform for the regulated Belgium market
Industry leaders, SBTech will provide BetFIRST, Belgium's leading online and lan...
iGaming Business - Swedish gambling regulator Lotteriinspektionen has reported that the country’s regulated market shrunk by more than 3% during the first half of 2014.
Total revenue for the six-month period...
iGaming Business - Camelot has been fined £100,000 by the UK Gambling Commission after the regulatory body ruled that the company had breached its licence to operate the country’s National Lottery.
The penal...
iGaming Business - Swedish gaming operator Cherry has cited the success of its online gaming division as the driver of a jump in revenue over the six months through to June 30, 2014.
Group turnover for the f...
iGaming Business - Finland’s national gaming operator Raha-Automaattiyhdistys (RAY) has launched the live casino solution from online gaming software giant Playtech.
The new service will be broadcast from RA...