A chance to escape the financial doom and gloom may be encouraging some punters to wager a little more at Britain’s bingo halls and casino tables. That’s what figures from one of the country’s biggest entertainment names seems to show. While admissions at Mecca Bingo halls fell by 5 per cent over the last 15 […]

An online casino operator has suffered a new blow after a court in Germany ruled it cannot operate there. Shares in bwin Interactive Entertainment fell by more than 7 per cent after the ruling coupled with an announcement by state lottery operators that they will now seek SIX-FIGURE FINES against bwin if it continues to […]

A slot-machine operator hit by new laws which TREBLED its tax bill has been bailed out by a private equity firm. JVH Gaming — the biggest gaming arcade operator in the Netherlands — ran up debts of £235 MILLION after the Dutch government increased gaming taxes from 11 per cent to 29 per cent. Budget […]