This fall will see the opening of the largest casino ever in the north of England. The £150 million Victoria Gate Casino (l.) in Leeds will feature 140 slots,...
Two of three bidders vying for a casino license in the Republic of Cyprus are having a hard time locating potential development sites as the deadline for proposals looms....
Betfred and Jenningsbet, London-area bookmakers, may keep their licenses although both let a 15-year old play slots. The betting parlors could have been forced to close, but the Hounslow...
The Irish sports betting giant says it will bid £100 million for hundreds of Ladbrokes-Coral betting shops in Britain. The UK government is forcing the sale on Ladbrokes-Coral to...
Three gaming companies are in line to be part of the BCN World resort project in Catalonia, Spain. Melco International, Hard Rock, which already operates a Hard Rock Café...
British bookmaker William Hill has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with the English Premier League football club Everton. The deal makes William Hill the official betting partner of the...
The Dragonara Casino (l.) on Malta is reopening after undergoing a €10 million improvement and aims to be the top casino in southern Europe. Among improvements are a new...
Estoril Sol SGPS SA has launched an online gaming site in Portugal. The business is majority controlled by business interests connected to Macau casino entrepreneur Stanley Ho (l.). It’s...
Cyprus is readying plans to allow regulated online gambling in the Greek controlled areas of the island nation. Applications for licensing will begin being accepted October 3.
U.K. bookmakers Ladbrokes and Gala Coral must sell up to 400 high street betting shops to win approval for their proposed merger, Britain's competition regulator said last week. But...
Gambling companies in the UK spent more than $602.8 million on television ads in the past three years, a Nielsen report indicated. Ad spending rose 46 percent in the...
The British Horseracing Authority wants a merged Ladbrokes-Coral to pay a levy on horseracing revenues to offset the loss of competition that will result from the merger of the...
A planned tourism zone in Barcelona has been cut back to a fraction of its original footprint. Originally called BCN World, it was to have included six theme parks,...
Punters in the UK gambled away a record £12.6 billion (US$16.7 billion) in 2015. Of that total, £3.6 billion was spent on online gambling, £3.3 billion on the lottery...
The United Kingdom and Portugal have signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing to jointly combat illegal gambling activities and share information on their gaming industries.
Finland has consolidated its three state-owned gaming operators into a single entity to be known as Veikkaus. The new organization will debut a new logo and new branding early...
Crimean officials have finally approved the boundaries of a future gaming zone, according to local media. The 16-hectare (39.5-acre) zone will be located in the village of Gaspra (l.)...
A partnership that includes Lawrence Ho’s (l.) Melco International Development, Hard Rock International and Cyprus Phasouri Ltd. is protesting a deadline extension for a casino license on the Mediterranean...
William Hill earned a “sell” rating from UBS after losing significant market share in Australia to its chief rival, Ladbrokes. Lads has dominated for the last three quarters, and...
The Russian government is considering legislation that would introduce criminal penalties for unlicensed gaming out of specialized gaming zones. The crime is now punishable by fines and seizure of...