Italy to Define Blockchain Regulations

An Italian Senate committee has approved new legal regulations applying to blockchain. The draft rules are intended to create an initial legislative framework for technologies and IT systems that...

Published February 4, 2019

Slovakian Legislature Overrules Veto

Legislation providing a new regulatory framework for online and land-based gambling will take effect in Slovakia, where the National Council recently overruled a veto from President Andreja Kiska (l.)....

Published February 4, 2019

Bookmakers Agree to FOBT Cut in Northern Ireland

Bookmakers Paddy Power, William Hill and Ladbrokes have told the Northern Ireland Assembly that they will voluntarily reduce wagering on fixed-odds-betting-terminals to a £2 limit, which would put them...

Published February 4, 2019

Korean Hotelier Eyes Russia

A Korean hotel group has been identified as the possible developer of an integrated resort in Russia’s Primorye casino district, located near the port city of Vladivostok. Ramid Hotels...

Published February 4, 2019

Cora Alpha Seeks Funding For Spanish Development

Funding is being sought by Cora Alpha for its Elysium City casino resort in western Spain. Officials said construction for the project’s $157 million first phase will start in...

Published February 4, 2019

Codere Announces Corporate Recovery Plan

Codere SA officials announced “Branded Horizon 2021,” a three-year corporate recovery plan following year-to-date losses of $62.5 million blamed on the collapse of the Argentine peso in 2017-2018. The...

Published January 28, 2019

Is Buryatia Russia’s Next Gaming Zone?

The Russian republic of Buryatia in eastern Siberia is lining up to host the country’s next special gaming zone. Local lawmakers want to establish the district in Baikal Haven...

Published January 28, 2019

William Hill Closing 900 UK Betting Shops

William Hill Plc announced it will close 900 UK betting shops as part of what it called a strategic realignment focusing on international growth and digital transformation. The betting...

Published January 28, 2019

€8 Billion Resort Plan Gains Ground in Greece

The Hellinikon Project (l.) at the former Athens airport—a mixed-use complex of hotels, luxury residences and entertainment attractions, including a casino—has passed initial review before a government-sponsored oversight agency....

Published January 28, 2019

Sweden Warns of Self-Exclusion Rules

The new Swedish gaming authority Spelinspektionen has warned it will tolerate no scofflaws for its laws requiring that all online casinos offer self-exclusion. Operators that don’t toe the line...

Published January 21, 2019

Second Sochi Casino Open for Business

A second casino has opened its doors in Russia’s Krasnaya Polyana gaming zone. The Boomerang casino, operated by Domain, the appointed operator of the zone, debuted January 4. The...

Published January 21, 2019

Four Gaming Operators Sue Andorra

Four gaming operators that lost a bid to operate a casino in the tiny nation of Andorra, have sued to overturn the decision. They claim that the company that...

Published January 14, 2019

UK to Invest in Gambling Addiction Treatment

The UK will include increased funding for gambling addiction in its new 10-year strategy for health spending. The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on investment in mental health services,...

Published January 14, 2019

Ireland Plans Gaming Regulatory Overhaul

This is the year that comprehensive modernization of Ireland’s gaming regulations will happen. That is the pledge of the ruling party, Fine Gael, which has introduced its “Gambling Control...

Published January 14, 2019

German State May Withdraw From Gambling Treaty

The German state of Hesse may withdraw from the much-criticized State Treaty on Gambling if the nation's 16 states can't agree on a new regulatory framework. Hesse officials said...

Published January 14, 2019

Azov City Zone Closes

Three years after declaring that Russia’s Azov City casino zone would close, including the Oracle Casino (l.), the government has made good on that pledge. The zone closed at...

Published January 14, 2019

CoD Cyprus Gets Pricier

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has announced that it will exceed its estimated budget for City of Dreams Mediterranean, its casino resort in Cyprus, heading north of the original €550...

Published January 7, 2019

Italy Raises Gambling Taxes

The Italian government has introduced a series of tax increases for gambling operators as it also imposes a ban on gambling advertising. Starting January 1, online gaming license holders...

Published January 7, 2019

Albania Ends Most Gaming With New Year

The small and economically challenged Balkan state of Albania, which has one of the highest ratios of residents per casinos in Europe, has decided to ban gambling almost totally....

Published January 7, 2019

Arena Racing Cuts Prize Purses

Martin Cruddace, chief executive of UK’s Arena Racing Company, has announced cuts as it prepares for a reduction in the maximum bet allowed on fixed odds betting terminals in...

Published December 24, 2018