iGaming Industry News

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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

Latest News

Sports BettingAug 19

Esports Nations Cup Postponed to November 2027, With Riyadh Still Host

The Esports Foundation has pushed its inaugural national-teams tournament back a full year, citing the wider regional situation. Riyadh keeps the event and the development money keeps flowing, but the esports betting calendar has just lost its biggest new fixture of 2026.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Prediction MarketsAug 19

Trump to Meet Crypto and Prediction Market Chiefs as CFTC Panel Convenes

The chief executives of Kalshi and Polymarket are expected at the White House complex on Wednesday alongside the chairs of the CFTC and the SEC, a day before a federal advisory committee sits down to discuss who actually gets to regulate event contracts. For the sportsbooks losing volume to those venues, that second meeting is the one that matters.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryAug 19

São Paulo Governor Tarcísio Calls for End to Betting as Election Nears

Tarcísio de Freitas told a healthcare debate that Brazil must choose between ending betting and being ended by it, framing the country's regulated market as a public-health emergency comparable to tobacco. He is seeking re-election, and he is not the only senior politician to have found the subject.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryAug 19

Mozambique Approves Online Gambling Regime as Casino Tax Hits 54% of Target

Maputo has created a dedicated concession framework for online games of chance, splitting them off from the land-based casino regime just as casino tax receipts fall to little more than half of what the treasury budgeted. What it has not created, yet, is any published route to a licence.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

GeneralAug 14

European Lotteries Return Record €29.4bn to Society on €46.1bn GGR

The European Lotteries' 19th annual sector report shows regulated lotteries across 37 countries contributed more than €29.4 billion to public budgets, sports, culture, and health in 2024, the highest figure ever recorded. Online GGR climbed 19% to €6.2 billion, underscoring a structural shift that the sector's traditional retail backbone has not yet reversed.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateAug 14

PMU Partners BetMakers to Expand World Pools Reach Internationally

France's state-controlled horseracing monopoly PMU has signed a technology agreement with BetMakers to extend its pool and fixed-odds betting services internationally, a deal that arrives as BetMakers completes its AU$267m acquisition by Tabcorp and builds out a growing roster of global operator partnerships.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryAug 14

Chicago Council Pressures Bally's to Honour Full Casino Build Pledge

Twenty-eight Chicago alderpersons have formally demanded that Mayor Brandon Johnson order Bally's to resume full construction at its River West casino site, warning of potential legal action after the operator cited VGT legalisation as grounds to slow work on the hotel, event centre and restaurants. At least one council member suspects the real issue is cash flow.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

GeneralAug 14

Illegal US Online Gambling Revenue Hits $97.4bn, Outpacing Legal Market

A report commissioned by the Campaign for Fairer Gambling estimates that unlicensed online gambling operators generated $97.4 billion in US revenue in 2025, growing at nearly twice the pace of the regulated sector and raising pointed questions about whether legalisation is containing or expanding overall market harm.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsAug 14

CFTC Has 20 Insider-Trading Probes From Kalshi Alone as Staff Cuts Bite

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is running at least 20 insider-trading investigations drawn solely from referrals by Kalshi, yet has brought civil charges against just three prediction market traders so far, according to a New York Times investigation. The gap between referrals and enforcement is widening just as sports event contracts drive trading volumes to record highs.

Antonina Tupikova

1 min read

M&AAug 14

Candle Lake Launches Unsolicited Bid for Evolution at SEK 695 per Share

An unsolicited cash offer pitched at a 5.7% discount to Evolution's most recent close has put one of iGaming's largest B2B suppliers in play, raising immediate questions about deal rationale, regulatory approvals across multiple jurisdictions, and the future of Evolution's product roadmap.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read