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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

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RegulatorySep 8

Just 14% of UK Gambling Sites Are GDPR Compliant on Cookies, Study Finds

Researchers audited every one of the 624 gambling websites licensed in Britain and found dark patterns on 86% of consent banners, no reject option on 24%, and personal data being processed before consent on two-thirds. A second, randomised study then showed the most common banner design measurably pushes people into sharing data they did not want to share.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 8

Paper for Entain Says Channelisation Should Be the Test of Gambling Policy

A new paper by the former New South Wales regulator Paul Newson argues that Australia's bans on online casino and in-play betting are handing the market to offshore operators, and that the country's illicit tobacco trade shows how quickly practical control is lost. It was prepared for Entain Australia and New Zealand, and it lands as New Zealand prepares to award its first 15 online casino licences.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsSep 6

Underdog Drops Fantasy in Seven States to Keep Its Prediction Markets Running

Told by regulators in Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania that it could not offer both, Underdog has chosen its CFTC-registered event contracts over the draft games that built the company. Drafts close in those states on Wednesday evening, after the NFL season kicks off.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 6

Sweden Appoints a Youth Gambling Inquiry as Risky Play Among Young Men Doubles

The government has commissioned a special investigator to map gambling among children and young adults, review operators' marketing on both the licensed and unlicensed markets, and propose new protections, with a report due by 29 February 2028. The health minister says risky gambling among young men has doubled in a few years and one in five is affected.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

CorporateSep 6

Springfield Sues MGM, and MGM Says the City Is Blocking a Sale of the Casino

The City of Springfield has taken MGM Resorts to Hampden Superior Court over alleged breaches of the 2013 host community agreement, from employment levels to a downtown building left behind scaffolding for seven years. MGM calls the suit frivolous and says the real story is a proposed sale to a "well-qualified casino operator" that the mayor's office has stalled since early 2024.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 6

Singapore's High Court Refuses to Enforce a HK$19.35m Venetian Macau Casino Debt

A Hong Kong default judgment against a Macau high roller cannot be enforced in Singapore because gambling debts offend the country's public policy, the High Court has ruled, even where the gambling was lawful at a licensed casino. The decision unsettles a 2004 precedent and the way Asian casinos extend credit to customers whose assets sit in Singapore.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

GeneralSep 6

Singapore's Betting Tax Take Rose 11.9% to S$3.6bn, the Fastest of Any Tax Line

Gambling duties and casino tax brought the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore S$3.6 billion in the year to March, growing faster than corporate income tax or stamp duty. The report does not separate the casino take from the duties, which limits what can be read into it about Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 6

Saskatchewan Extends SIGA's Online Gaming Exclusivity to September 2029

The province and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations have amended their Gaming Framework Agreement to keep the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority's PlayNow.com as the only legal online operator for another three years, add 49 slot machines to SIGA's allocation and approve a First Nations gaming centre pilot at Flying Dust First Nation.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 6

New Zealand's Online Casino Standards Ban Adaptive Games and Demand Secure RNGs

The Department of Internal Affairs' minimum standards for the licensed online casino market, in force since 8 July, require cryptographically secure random-number generation, continuous monitoring, and a ban on games that adapt their outcomes to a player's results. As the department works towards a licensing auction, the rules put the mathematics behind online pokies on the record.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 6

Nevada's Regulator Calls Kalshi's Contracts Bets and Kalshi Vows to Fight On

The Nevada Gaming Control Board used its first meeting after the Ninth Circuit ruling to say sports event contracts are sports bets, full stop. Kalshi's co-founder says the company will keep arguing for a single federal regulator, and New Jersey has now asked the Supreme Court to settle it.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read