iGaming Industry News

Malta's Regulator Publishes a Voluntary AI Charter for Gaming Operators

The MGA and the Malta Digital Innovation Authority launched a principles-based framework on Thursday for operators using AI in player protection, fraud detection and customer contact. It sits under the EU AI Act, binds nobody, and is a rare instance of a gambling regulator writing down what it expects of a licensee's models. Charles Mizzi: "Our role is not to stand in the way of innovation."

Sports BettingSep 18

New York's NFL Opener: Record $595m Handle, 2.85% Hold, Revenue Down 44.5%

The Giants, Jets and Bills all won and covered, the opening week tied the NFL's highest-scoring on record, and the state's eight mobile books kept $17.0m of $594.6m. Fanatics held 1.1%. Handle was up 12.7% on last year's opener in the same week prediction markets traded more than $3bn on a single Sunday.

Entain: 11 of 20 Premier League Clubs Now Carry an Unlicensed Gambling Sponsor

Stella David wants the government's promised ban brought in immediately, "even if that means clubs ordering new kit mid-season", and extended to online advertising, where 22% of unlicensed users first found their operator against 13% through sponsorship. The count is up from eight clubs last season, and the newest deal was signed after the consultation closed.

Canada's Supreme Court Hears Ontario's Cross-Border Poker Case on 7 October

Ontario will defend its plan to pool poker and fantasy players with other jurisdictions against four Crown lottery corporations, which say it is Ontario conducting gaming outside Ontario. Alberta, Flutter, GGPoker's parent and the Canadian Gaming Association will be heard as interveners. Every other province's monopoly turns on the answer.

Prediction MarketsSep 18

Missouri's AG Sends Every Prediction Market a Cease-and-Desist and Names a Price

Catherine Hanaway says sports contracts "fit four square the definition of gambling in Missouri", that they siphon money from sportsbooks that pay the state's tax, and that what she wants is an agreement putting the exchanges under Missouri gaming law and taxing them. If there is no agreement she will sue; she expects them to sue her first.

Prediction MarketsSep 18

Detroit Will Inspect a Polymarket-Branded Water Tower That Has No Advert Permit

A concrete recycler's tower beside I-94 has been painted Polymarket blue and lettered with the platform's name. The city says adverts on water towers need a permit, there is none on file, and its buildings department is sending an inspector out with a "possible correction order". The stunt lands in the one state where Polymarket has already lost in federal court and its rival Kalshi is under a state injunction.

Sports BettingSep 18

Circa Is the A's First Las Vegas Founding Partner and Gets a Dugout Box to Fill

Derek Stevens' downtown resort becomes the Athletics' official resort and Circa Sports their official sportsbook in a multi-year deal announced on Thursday, 19 months before the ballpark opens. The 22-seat Circa Dugout Box sits beside the home dugout and, Stevens says, "it's going to be very important to know a Circa casino host" to get in.

CorporateSep 18

Louisiana Casino Revenue Falls 6.4% to $201m in August, Lake Charles Down 8.8%

State Police figures released at Thursday's Gaming Control Board meeting show the 15 riverboats, Caesars New Orleans and the four racinos all down on August 2025, with 13 of the 15 boats losing ground. Mobile sports betting handle rose 3.6% to $261m and produced $31.1m of net proceeds; retail books fell by almost half. Only Baton Rouge grew, and only because Bally's moved onto land.

Pernambuco Court Rejects Every Spribe Claim Against Betnacional Over Aviator

The state court that granted Spribe an injunction against NSX in April, then revoked it in July when a federal court suspended the developer's trademark, has now ruled on the merits: no trademark infringement, no copyright infringement, no unfair competition. It is the third Brazilian decision in a row to go against the Estonian studio, three days after a Brasília judge ordered it to police its own distribution.

Prediction MarketsSep 18

South Korea Sends 18 Polymarket Traders to Prosecutors Over KRW 17.6bn of Bets

Police data supplied to a National Assembly member show the Gangwon provincial cyber unit has booked 26 users of the blocked platform for gambling under Article 246 of the Criminal Act and referred 18 of them for prosecution. One trader alone put about KRW 5.7bn through the site. The defendants say a yes-or-no contract settled on a blockchain is a derivative, not a bet, and the courts have not yet been asked.

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Corporate

The Star Swings to A$12m EBITDA Profit as Chair Faults Its Treatment of VIPs

ATG's Q3 Operating Profit Falls 10% as Its Swedish Business Shrinks and Only Denmark Grows

Encore Boston Harbor Revenue Falls 22% in Its First Month of Strike Action

Macau's Six Concessionaires Commit MOP9 Billion to a Government Fund That Counts Towards Their Non-Gaming Pledges

Boyd Gaming's Las Vegas EBITDAR Falls 7.4% as Destination Softness Hits the Orleans and Downtown

Crypto

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US States Spent $145m of the $188m Set Aside for Problem Gambling Services in FY2025

Court of Appeal Overturns Spribe's May Win, Ruling English Law Decides the Effect of Georgia's Aviator Judgments

Illinois Casino Revenue Rises 12.7% to $178.2m in September as Hollywood Aurora Gains 81%

New Gambling Reform Group FFOG Names Board and Courts Problem Gambling Councils as NCPG Seeks a Leader

Dutch Study Finds All 10 AI Assistants Named Unlicensed Casinos, and Three Listed Them as Legal

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