Partouche Groupe, a company based in France that operates casino in Belgium, France, Sweden and Tunisia has run afoul of French authorities. Several high-ranking members of the company have...
Sky Bet will have to pay a £1 million penalty package for failing to protect vulnerable customers according to the UK Gambling Commission. The fines stem from failures in...
A government experiment in gaming in the capital city is scheduled to commence this spring with the opening of a casino by Groupe Tranchant. It’s a very modest experiment,...
The Court of Justice for the European Union has upheld recommended standards for online gambling released by the European Commission. Belgium challenged the recommendations, which were seen as less...
The UK has completed a trail program for school education courses on the risks of problem gambling. Demos Think Tank initiated the pilot program to teach children about the...
Malta’s Parliament will consider a new gaming act, which would consolidate all of Malta’s gambling laws. The act will be presented to Parliament for a first reading, along with...
One of Italy’s most powerful politicians, Silvio Berlusconi (l.), wants to reopen one of the historic casinos that used to dazzle in Southern Italy in the old days. He...
The Club Hotel Casino Loutraki in Greece has reopened after the operator paid €250,000 (US$310,000) in outstanding gaming taxes. The debt-laden casino has also filed for bankruptcy protection.
The sixth casino license for Granada will be awarded in April or early May, says María Jesús Montero, minister of finance and public administration for Andalusia. Montero said several...
Russia’s Primorsky Krai casino zone has announced it will not raise gaming taxes as previously reported. The rate will remain at RUB125,000 (US$2,198) per month per table and RUB7,500...
Hong Kong-based Far East Consortium International will acquire Nevada-based Trans World Corporation for $42 million. TWC owns and operates five hotels in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic and...
The British Amusement Catering Trade Association is disputing figures on potential losses to UK bookmakers if the UK government reduces the maximum bet on fixed odds betting terminals to...
Gaming regulators in Greece have shut down the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki (l.) after the operator failed to pay €250,000 (US$310,000) in gaming taxes. The rate is set at...
Sweden’s gaming regulator has released a timeline for its plans to rework the country’s gambling laws. Plans include instituting a licensing system for land-based and online gambling. The regulator...
UK bookmaker William Hill has been fined £6.2 million by the UK Gambling commission for breaching anti-money-laundering and social responsibility regulations. The commission said the bookmaker did not do...
Portugal’s gaming regulator, Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo, has announced record-breaking gaming revenues for the fourth quarter of 2017. The figures have been attributed to a...
The EU Court of Justice last week rejected a petition from the Belgian government to drop proposed consumer-protection measures for the online space. Belgium took a state’s-rights position in...
According to a new survey, 75 percent of Irish online gamblers have either borrowed money or sold their own possessions in order to place a bet. Moreover, 64 percent...
A report on Swedish gaming from Mediavision found that 55 percent of Swedes 18-74 gambled monthly in the last half of 2017, up from 50 percent during the same...
The Spanish government is banning radio and television ads for gambling during “children’s hours.” The hours are 8-9 a.m. and 5-8 p.m. The new restrictions also prevent gambling companies...