The Russian government is considering opening the Crimea to gaming development to help boost its troubled economy, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Kozak (l.). Proposals are being prepared...
Greece has more smokers relative to its population than any country in the EU. Their numbers won’t be shrinking if lawmakers sign off on a new bill to scrap...
Britain’s bookmakers are calling on Chancellor George Osborne (l.) to reconsider plans to raise the tax on revenue from electronic table game. The controversial devices are the mainstay of...
The British Parliament has passed a bill that requires all gambling operators doing business in the country to be licensed, including those operating online and offshore. The government also...
Paddy Power has weighed in to the FOBT controversy with a promise to sue to block the British government from imposing zoning limits on new betting shops. The limits,...
Grosvenor, the UK’s largest casino operator, wants to get larger. The company says it plans to challenge Aspers for the license to a new casino in the English city...
Hopes are slumping that Ireland will move any time soon to modernize its antiquated gambling laws. At least one expert doesn’t expect a bill to enter the Dáil (l.)...
The proliferation of gambling in the country has moved firmly into the national political spotlight. Adding to the FOBT controversy are fresh concerns over the growth in gambling ads...
Weakness in online operations led declines across all the sectors of the UK bookmaking giant’s business in 2013. Operating income fell by one-third. Profits plummeted by two-thirds.
Britain’s bookmaking giants are going on the offensive—or defensive, depending on the point of view. They’re denying opponents’ claims that electronic table games are a leading cause of problem...
The Irish Sea resort town that was talked about a decade ago as the launching pad for a British resort gaming industry, may yet get its casino, albeit one...
With local governments in the UK demanding more powers to limit the spread of betting shops, industry giant Ladbrokes has decided it may have overbuilt. It plans to ax...
Officials in Sweden are looking to new consumer technologies to reverse three years of revenue declines in the country’s betting and gaming markets. Problems are, the population is gambling...
Hundreds of municipal councils in England and Wales, organized as the Local Government Association, are pressing for more powers to curb the proliferation of betting shops in their jurisdictions....
Investors are taking a bath on the more than $50 billion spent to prepare the Black Sea resort town of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Some see casinos...
Spanish gaming and betting giant Codere has balked at a plan by creditors to take control of the company in exchange for reducing the company’s hefty debt load. The...
Local councils are renewing their push in the UK for powers to limit the proliferation of betting shops in town centers. The government appears to be getting behind the...
Madrid may no longer have EuroVegas, but it does have a couple of new gaming options. They’re tiny by EuroVegas standards, but they’re now the largest casinos in the...