If you count the thousands of betting shops along with the casinos, the United Kingdom offers more gambling facilities than the United States, the country with the most casinos in the world. The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) administers one of the world's largest and most robust regulatory and enforcement frameworks in existence, so the Gambling Commision features prominently in our reporting about the UK. London is also home to some of the most important conferences and trade shows for online and terrestrial casinos so were cover those as well.
Mergers and acquisitions occur in Great Britain with greater regularity as the industry consolidates and big fish eat smaller fish. Not all partnerships result in one of the entities being consumed, so we stay on top of news about UK-based and licensed online casino game developers as software agnostic platforms dominate the industry.
A big change is coming to the Aldi stores in the United Kingdom. All 900 shops will offer The National Lottery beginning in April. The supermarket chain announced a deal with Camelot to provide tickets to playe...
In the American state of Kentucky and officials have reportedly filed a lawsuit in an effort to collect $100 million in bonds that were posted by the former operator of the PokerStars online poker brand some fi...
American land-based casino operator Bally’s Corporation has reportedly agreed a deal that could see it part with approximately $2.7 billion so as to purchase British iGaming software developer Gamesys Group.
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In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has reportedly ordered online casino operator Casumo Services Limited to pay a fine of £6 million ($8.24 million) after an investigation uncovered fai...
Major poker gaming is on its way to 888poker this April. The online poker platform has teamed up with WPTDeepStacks to provide three separate festivals to players located around the world. The global platform, ...
American iGaming platform innovator Scientific Games Corporation has reportedly announced that it saw an over 50% uplift in online horseracing bet volumes last week courtesy of the running of this year’s editio...
In the United Kingdom and Caledonia Investments has reportedly sold its majority stake in land-based bingo operator Buzz Bingo to London-listed asset management firm Intermediate Capital Group for a nominal amo...
After recently revealing its new Miami commercial hub in the U.S., Malta-based B2B iGaming software provider EveryMatrix has now entered the UK market via its Spearhead Studios subsidiary.
The move is part o...
In the United Kingdom and the Social Market Foundation public policy think-tank has announced that a reduction in the rates of problem gambling would benefit the wider economy by leading to a substantial increa...
Immediately following its latest round of supply deals and Malta-based online casino software provider Pragmatic Play has revealed its third new game release for the month of March, Fishin' Reels.
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Newly-enlarged American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Incorporated is reportedly expecting to complete its $3.7 billion acquisition of London-listed land-based and online sportsbetting giant William Hil...
In a move that strengthens its existing partnership with online bingo specialist Broadway Gaming Ltd., Pragmatic Play has inked an agreement that will see its premium slots go live with the UK-facing operat...
A little over a month after premiering its Book of Cai Shen video slot and British online casino games and software developer iSoftBet has now returned to announce the launch of its new five-reel and 20-payline...
In the United Kingdom and the Betting and Gaming Council lobby group has contended that the majority of the nation’s voters currently oppose giving local politicians the power to limit how much they can spend o...
British online and retail sportsbetting giant William Hill has released its financial results for 2020 showing that its aggregated net revenues decreased by 16% year-on-year to just over £1.3 billion ($1.8 bill...