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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

RegulatorySep 4

A Brazilian Committee Wants a Federal Body to Approve Games Before Release

Bill 2.470/2026 would ban direct and indirect betting advertising and outlaw bonuses and cashback. The provision the industry should read twice is the one creating a federal risk assessment that could block roulette, slots and crash games outright.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 4

Canada Fined Two Provincial Gaming Corporations C$632,000 for Missed Reports

FINTRAC penalised New Brunswick and Nova Scotia's state-owned gaming bodies for failing to file suspicious transaction reports. The red flags it lists are a working checklist for anyone running a player account system.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 4

A Brazilian Court Has Ordered Pixbet Taken Down Nationwide Over Minors

A childhood and youth court in Campina Grande has told the Finance Ministry and the telecoms regulator to remove Pixbet's sites and apps, fined it R$4.7 million and appointed an expert to test whether its age checks work at all.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

CorporateSep 4

Bally's CFO Left With Immediate Effect Five Days Before the Council Meeting

Mira Mircheva resigned for personal reasons after about eighteen months. George Papanier takes the role on an interim basis for the second time. Bally's meets the Chicago City Council on 9 September to discuss its finances.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

CorporateSep 4

Korea's GKL Took More Money in August and Kept Less of It

Casino revenue fell 11.3% year on year. The drop, which is what customers actually handed over, rose 7.2%. The whole decline is hold, not demand.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 4

Colorado Fined Fanatics $20,000. The Audit Is the Real Penalty

A promotional offer went twice to a VIP customer who had self-excluded. The cash penalty is trivial. The settlement also requires a 26-month lookback across every text the operator sent.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 4

Churchill Downs Asks the FTC to Investigate Horse Racing's Own Regulator

A four-page letter from the Kentucky Derby's owner asks the Federal Trade Commission to review HISA's governance, transparency and technology controls. It was copied to all nine HISA directors and to five members of Congress.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 4

Star Sydney Could Have Its Licence Back Within Weeks, the Regulator Says

NICC chief commissioner Philip Crawford told a parliamentary committee he is satisfied with the Bally's-era management and wants the licence reinstated, conditionally, before he retires in November.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 4

Lawmakers Tell FanDuel Its VIP Answers Were Misleading and Incomplete

Three Democrats have come back at the operator with eight more questions and a 17 September deadline, saying it "appears to be promoting addiction". The first round produced a $158 million responsible-gaming figure and, they say, no answer on the thing they actually asked about.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read