iGaming Industry News

Breaking news, analysis, and insights from the global iGaming industry

S&P Says Genting Is One Downgrade From Fallen Angel, a Day After Fitch

3 min read•Sep 8

Regulatory

Two Black-Market Studies Land in a Day: €12bn in Europe, $50bn Worldwide

3 min read•Sep 8

Interviews

Håvard Lehn: Esports Has Been Poorly Run and iGaming Has Paid the Bills

7 min read•Sep 4

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RegulatoryAug 27

New Jersey Fines Caesars Sportsbook $296,715 Over Responsible Gaming Rules

Order 3070 adopts an Action in Lieu of Complaint against Caesars over signage and self-exclusion, and adds disgorgement to the penalty. Two case files sit behind it, opened thirteen months apart.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsAug 27

Connecticut Sues Kalshi and Asks for Every Dollar It Took in the State

Sixteen days after beating Kalshi in federal court, Connecticut filed its own verified complaint in Hartford. The cease and desist asked the exchange to stop. This asks it to pay back what it has already earned.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryAug 26

A Brazilian Deputy Files a Bill to Void Every Betting Licence in 180 Days

PL 5153/2026 would repeal the law that created Brazil's regulated market, extinguish every authorisation regardless of its stated term, and make operating fixed-odds betting a crime carrying two to five years. It reached the Mesa on Monday afternoon.

Antonina Tupikova

4 min read

M&AAug 26

Caesars Asks Shareholders to Take $31 After Icahn Bid $34 in the Go-Shop

The definitive proxy filed on Wednesday sets a 22 September vote on a sale to the Fertitta group at a price the buyer cut by a dollar in April. It also records that Carl Icahn's group offered $34.00 a share during the go-shop and was not declared a superior bidder.

Antonina Tupikova

4 min read

Prediction MarketsAug 26

Polymarket Certifies Markets on Whether Patrick Mahomes Plays in Week 1

Two filings lodged with the CFTC on Tuesday turn individual NFL player availability into federally listed event contracts, trading from Thursday with no position limits. The legal argument for why they comply is sealed.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

M&AAug 26

GiG Buys Back Into B2C With a €16.4m Deal for evoke's African Arm

Two years after splitting itself in half to become a pure technology supplier, GiG is paying €16.4 million for a majority stake in an African operator, funded by an €8.5 million raise it launched the same morning it reported an operating loss of €6.9 million.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryAug 26

MPs Ask the Regulator What It Knew When Allwyn Chose Phil Walker

Dawn Butler and Iain Duncan Smith have written to the Gambling Commission about the National Lottery's incoming interim chief executive, citing the personal sanction he received in 2024 and a board seat at Britain's third-largest slot arcade chain.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsAug 26

Kalshi Confirms Five MLB Deals It Had Been Running Unannounced

The Dodgers, Red Sox, Braves, Padres and Giants are Kalshi partners, and had been for weeks before anyone said so. Three of the five are in California, where no state lawsuit has been filed and the lobbying has already started.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsAug 26

Christie Says the CFTC Chairman Lied to Trump About Prediction Markets

The American Gaming Association's strategic adviser told CNBC that Michael Selig misled the President about how the state cases are going, and that prediction market chiefs were uninvited from last week's White House event. The second claim is the one worth checking.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryAug 26

Chile's State Lottery Names 11 Betting Operators in a Criminal Complaint

Polla Chilena has asked a Santiago court to investigate Betsson, Betano, 1xBet, Coolbet and seven others for unauthorised gambling, money laundering and criminal association. The state is collecting VAT from the same companies its own lottery is describing as an organisation.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read