Swedish Gaming Numbers Down for Q1

Swedish gaming operators reported a slight decrease in revenues for the first quarter of 2020—SEK5.90bn (US$613.3 million), down 1.4 percent from 2019. Land-based properties like Casino Cosmopol in Stockholm...

Published June 1, 2020

Spain Regulator Spells Out Reopening Guidelines

Spain’s DGOJ has issued new guidelines for gaming halls about to reopen. According to one requirement, no Spanish gambling venue may resume business that does not have “direct access...

Published June 1, 2020

U.K. Betting Shops Get Reopening Date

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (l.) has unveiled plans to reopen most of the retail gaming sector by June 15, bookmakers included. The industry was hit hard by the...

Published June 1, 2020

Premiere League Prepares to Resume Play

The major football league in the U.K. began training earlier this month in preparation to resume the suspended season. Strict medical safeguards will enable all players to train in...

Published May 25, 2020

U.K. Horse Racing Plans Return Sans Fans

Horse racing laid out the groundwork for resumption of the sport in Ireland and the U.K. Protocols were established to permit racing in Ireland. In the U.K. the Horserace...

Published May 25, 2020

French Racetracks Look for Plan B

The French government, which had agreed to let racetracks in the country resume operations, has since reconsidered that move, leaving track operators scrambling. France Galop hopes to run races...

Published May 25, 2020

BGC to Wales: Please Help Gaming Sector

The U.K. Betting and Gaming Council is beseeching Welsh First Minister Rebecca Evans (l.) to include sportsbooks and other gaming businesses in the country’s coronavirus relief programs. The BGC...

Published May 18, 2020

Greek Gambling Shops Now Open

Greek gaming operator OPAP has reopened its retail betting shops. Last Monday, May 11, the national government eased some restrictive measures related to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Published May 18, 2020

U.K. Tracks Ready to Race

The British Horseracing Authority can have horses and jockeys ready to run in a week’s time when the government says the country’s racetracks are cleared to reopen.

Published May 11, 2020

Melco Won’t Reopen Cyprus Casinos Until July

Cyprus Casinos, a group of Melco Resorts gaming properties in the Greek-controlled republic, will not resume operations until mid-July. That timetable could be modified based on the number of...

Published May 11, 2020

Italian Gaming Tanks

Italy was one of the first countries hard-hit by the Covid-19 outbreak, and among the first to implement a strict quarantine. After a two-month lockdown, the country is preparing...

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Hard Rock Denied; Mohegans Move Forward on Greek IR

Hard Rock Internationall lost its appeal to overturn a decision to reject its bid to build a casino resort at Greece’s former Hellenikon International Airport. This leaves Mohegan Gaming...

Published May 11, 2020

H2 Gambling Capital Downgrades Global Revenue Outlook

H2 Gambling Capital has downgraded its revenue forecast or the global gaming market, predicting an 18.6 percent year-on-year drop in gaming revenue for 2020.

Published May 04, 2020

U.K. Says Many Bettors Wager More Since Lockdown

The first post-coronavirus pandemic survey, sponsored by a group that includes Three-Card Poker inventor Derek Webb (l.), in the U.K. found that too many bettors gambled more online...

Published May 04, 2020

U.K. Gaming Group to Suspend Ads

Members of the U.K. Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) have announced a halt of all television and radio advertising while the country’s coronavirus lockdown continues. CEO Michael Dugher (l.)...

Published May 04, 2020

Holland Casinos Up 11 Percent in 2019

Last year was a year of growth for state-owned Holland Casino, with revenues up 11 per cent to €728.9 million. Though growth will likely be impossible this year, CFO...

Published April 27, 2020

Spain Gaming Poised to Lose Big

Spanish gaming expert José Antonio Gómez Yáñez (l.) says Covid-19 could wreak havoc on the country’s gaming sector, robbing of it of a quarter of its employees and 27...

Published April 27, 2020

N. Ireland Calls for Ban on Credit Card Bets

Lawmakers in Northern Ireland including MLA Kellie Armstrong (l.) are asking the country’s gaming industry to join those in England, Scotland and Wales in prohibiting betting using a credit...

Published April 27, 2020

U.K. Authority Seeks Action Against Ads

The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority is seeking input from the public about gaming operators who may exploit the coronavirus pandemic to boost business. Such ads might promote gambling as...

Published April 20, 2020

Melco’s Cyprus Operations Shuttered Until End of Month

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (l.) has extended the lockdown in his country until April 30, causing the four satellite casinos operated by Melco Entertainment to continue to be closed....

Published April 20, 2020