Ladbrokes has completed a $169.5 million bond issue to refinance its bank debt. The refinancing extends the British bookmaker’s debt maturities and helps the company’s balance sheet, officials said.
Germany’s interstate compact on gambling mandates strict limits on commercial competition everywhere but in Schleswig-Holstein, which has taken a more liberal approach. Digibet argued that nullified the treaty, but...
Ireland’s betting shops have been laboring since 1931 under a law that requires them to close early for six months every year. Reforms are in the works to...
Licensed gambling in Greece is down 35 percent the last five years, and may now be smaller than the unregulated market, says the country’s top regulator. He estimates the...
What British gamblers want in their online choices and what advertisers are pitching often are two different things, according to a new player survey. One key finding shows that...
Casino legalization figures prominently in Russia’s plans for reviving the troubled economy of the Crimea, with the Black Sea resort of Yalta designated as the likely location. The government...
In a first for Britain’s staid casino industry, the Hippodrome in London’s West End has opened a new venue where dancing girls perform in cages above the gaming tables....
Gala Coral says the British government’s crackdown on the spread of electronic table games in betting shops will force it to close many of its outlets, and that will...
An update of the United Kingdom’s 2005 Gambling Act aims to protect gamblers without hurting the country’s gambling market. The report partly focused on high-stakes, fixed odds betting terminals—largely...
Giorgos Lakkotrypis (l.), Cyprus’ tourism chief. says a bill to legalize casinos will be submitted to lawmakers this month, paving the way for licenses by next year. The...
Two internet gambling cases have resulted in a ruling in the European Court of Justice that Austria’s gaming laws may be more protectionist than protective and run afoul of...
Codere and its owner, Jose Antonio Martinez Sampedro (l.) and his family, have managed to buy 10 more days to avoid bankruptcy proceedings and reach a settlement with its...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (l.) is no fan of the gaming industry, but he wants to make an exception the economically ailing Crimea. Industry experts have their doubts, though,...
Venice’s legendary Casino Di Venezia has plenty of history going for it, but not much else, or so it seemed from the resounding silence that greeted the city’s recent...
A company controlled by Macau casino magnate Lawrence Ho is negotiating with Spanish developers to manage a casino in a planned megaresort complex near Barcelona. The news comes just...
William Hill is closing scores of betting shops in response to the UK’s new get-tough stance on the electronic table games that are the sector’s mainstay. Actions include a...
Plans to open Britain’s first racino have been scrapped by track owners. The facility in Wolverhampton was to anchor a £22 million plan for revitalizing the area with a...
The Kremlin has come up with a novel plan for bailing out Crimea’s struggling economy—casinos. President Vladimir Putin (l.) has introduced an authorization bill in the national parliament that...
Holland Casino continues to bleed money ahead of the Dutch government’s plans to sell off the monopoly to a private buyer. The 14-casino group lost a record €22.3 million...
The governing body of English football wants a total prohibition on betting by any of its members anywhere in the world. The crackdown by the Football Association follows a...