African Casino News

Africa is an emerging market, especially in the sports betting sector. World Casino News has you covered from Morocco to Johannesburg with breaking news and reporting as the stories develop. Bookmark or return to this space to follow mergers and acquisitions, casinos opening and closing and regulatory changes as people on the continent empower themselves with mobile devices and international investors open more doors.

While most of the licenses in the populous country of South Africa have been awarded, there may be a few surprises in store. World Casino News keeps you up to date and informed on all aspects of casinos and gambling in Africa.

EGT Digital Continues the Global Expansion Through Deals in Greece, South America, and Croatia

The renowned EGT Digital keeps expanding its partner network across the key markets around the globe. Following the expansions to the Croatian and South African markets, the company now extended its reach to Gr...

SOFTSWISS Purchases a Majority Stake In Turfsport To Enter African Market

SOFTSWISS, a flagship crypto gambling provider, has revealed that it has officially purchased most of the stake in Turfsport, a flagship South African supplier of multi-channel betting software for lotto, horse...

SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator Partners with Ready Play to Expand Global Coverage

SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator, a leading iGaming aggregation platform, has partnered with the prominent game provider Ready Play to include the developer's immersive and engaging portfolio in the platform's soft ga...

RubyPlay Designs a Custom Title For South African Operator LottoStar

After entering the South African market with its partner LottoStar during June 2023, RubyPlay has now developed a custom Immortal Ways title for its aforementioned partner. 1st custom title in South Africa: ...

MeridianBet Awaits Brazilian License and the Completion of Acquisition by Golden Matrix

Since the 2001 launch, an industry pioneer and a leading Southeast European online casino and sports betting operator MeridianBet Group has expanded operations across Europe, Africa, and Latin America to consta...

Springbok Casino Offers the Planet of the ‘Roos Online Pokie in South Africa from 31 January 2024

One of the leading South African online casino operators, Springbok Casino, launches the Planet of the 'Roos game to roll out another year of? the superior gaming experience! Max Win 50,000x: The online p...

Sun International Enters US$400 Million Deal to Acquire Peermont Group

On 14 December 2023, a leading casino and entertainment operator Sun International reportedly entered a deal to acquire casino and hotel group Peermont in South Africa for the purchase price consideration of ar...

Light & Wonder Partners with Hollywoodbets to Enter South African Market

?A leading content aggregation company, Light & Wonder, has entered a partnership with the leading South African operator Hollywodbets. The deal will see the aggregator’s premier content supplied to the Sou...

Kenyan Gambling Control Bill 2023 Establishes New Regulator and Proposes Reforms

Kenyan Parliament is considering a Gambling Control Bill proposed to have a new Gambling Regulatory Authority established in the country. As soon as the bill is approved, it will replace the Betting, Control an...

LiveScore Group Announces Strategic Acquisition of Its Partner Wonderlabz

The renowned global sports media company LiveScore Group, announced the acquisition of Wonderlabz, one of the leading software development companies in South Africa. Sports giant: LiveScore Group has been...

Shape Games Partners With SunBet For South African Expansion

Shape Games, an award-winning B2B provider to the iGaming industry, has entered a partnership with SunBet, a leading South African online gaming operator and a vertical of the Sun International Group to mark a ...

Springbok Casino To Debut Dragon Feast Pokie Game On November 8th

During the coming November, starting on November 8 to be precise, South African players will have the opportunity to enjoy Dragon Feast, a new candy-themed pokie, aka slot poker machine, title that will be avai...

Government Of Cape Verde Decides To Cancel Macau Legend Concession

After the recent announcement of the exit of Macau-based Macau Legend Development Group by 2025, opting to focus more on developing non-gaming operations to lessen its dependence on gaming, the Cape Verdean Gov...