The coastal English town of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk has presented a casino development plan for review by the public. The ₤35 million (US$48 million) project was first proposed...
The country’s Finance Ministry has signed off on massive increases in the flat rates the central government assesses venues for each table game and slot machine they operate. However,...
City planners in Tullamore, County Offaly in Ireland have shot down plans for a casino resort with a five-story hotel in the community. Reports indicate the plan did not...
Bookmaker BoyleSports is hoping to add up to 40 new betting shops to its Irish network to keep up with competitors, the firm’s CFO said. The firm is already...
A multimillion-dollar casino under construction in Bath, England since 2014, will finally open in the spring of 2018, say developers. The project, about six weeks behind schedule, will include...
The UK is proposing a change in its 10 percent tax on profits from bookmakers taking bets on horseracing. The proposal would expand the tax to all bookmakers taking...
The Leeds Victoria Gate "super casino," the largest casino in the north of England and Scotland and the UK's third-largest, will open January 26. The 50,000 square foot property...
The English community of Chelmsford could host the first racetrack casino in the United Kingdom. The city in Essex is weighing the benefits of adding a Betfred casino development...
Profits for UK Bookmaker William Hill came in £20 million below estimates for 2016. The bookmaker had a tough December in betting on soccer and horseracing, capping a difficult...
The Gambling Control Bill passed the Irish legislature in 2013 but has languished since then. Now the Department of Justice and Junior Justice Minister David Stanton (l.) will review...
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has been slammed for cracking down on high street bookmakers in the continuing controversy about fixed-odds betting terminals. The new PM took office in...
A majority of Finns want to maintain a state-run monopoly on gaming, according to a poll. More than two-thirds of those surveyed said they approve of the current structure,...
Despite reservations, the Bournemouth, UK city council planning committee voted 6-2 to approve a $62 million casino in the new BH2 development area. The two-story casino will be open...
Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon (l.) continued his crackdown on state-sponsored gambling when the national lottery, the Mifal Hapayis, shut down the nation's 500 slot machines and 150 keno...
OPAP has encountered another delay in its plans to deploy 35,000 video lottery terminals in Greece. The European Commission has imposed the most recent pothole in the road to...
Council members in the UK city of York have called for maximum stakes in high street gaming machines to be reduced from £100 to £2. Officials are concerned about...
The Lower House of the Polish Parliament has passed a new Gambling Act designed to combat illegal online gambling in the country and increase revenue from legal gambling. The...
Lawrence Ho’s Tigre de Cristal casino in Russia’s Primorye region is expected to do booming business through 2018, according to forecasts from Union Gaming Securities Asia Ltd.
The UK government has given the Welsh government the authority to license high-stakes gaming machines. It could be a direct hit at fixed odds betting terminals, which allow punters...