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Evolution's chief executive called the third quarter "uneventful", and on the numbers it was: every region grew on the quarter and adjusted EBITDA landed on consensus. The news sat at the edges. The live casino supplier closed its Brazilian studio on 5 October, and spent €823.9 million on its own shares in three months.

Polymarket's offshore exchange lists contracts on whether 19 of the world's biggest banks, HSBC and Lloyds among them, will fail by the end of 2026. The sums are small, but a Treasury Committee MP warns that a market on a bank's collapse could help cause one, and Britain's regulators have so far said little more than that they are talking to their counterparts abroad.

The Department of Internal Affairs opened bidding on 29 September for the right to apply for one of up to 15 online casino licences, with a reserve price it will never disclose and no idea, it says, of what the auction will raise. Alongside it, a draft testing regime spells out what the winners will have to prove about their games and platforms.

The regulator has confirmed time and loss limits, an on-screen net position and a ban on turbo and slam-stop features for new Category B machines, after more than 1,000 consultation responses. It dropped the plan to retrofit machines already on the floor, which industry estimated would have put about 7,770 of them at risk.

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.

Entain has published its interim results for the first half of 2025, with the FTSE-listed operator pointing to momentum in its UK and Irish retail business and continued progress at its BetMGM joint venture in the United States. The results arrive at a sensitive moment for the group, which is navigating a shifting UK regulatory landscape and a period of strategic repositioning following several years of turbulence.

Leading operators implement machine learning to detect high-risk players in real-time, reducing affordability breaches by 40% while maintaining player retention. New compliance tools from DraftKings, FanDuel reshape operator margins.

The UK Gambling Commission has confirmed it will phase in Financial Risk Assessments, beginning with the largest operators and the highest-spending customers, after a pilot found that 97% of affected accounts could be checked without friction or any impact on credit scores. The first stage triggers at a £5,000 net deposit and will touch fewer than 0.5% of customers.

The Netherlands has flagged thousands of unlicensed gambling adverts to Meta in a single month. With the country's licensed market shrinking and the black market growing, the role of social platforms in fuelling that shift is becoming impossible to ignore.

The UK Gambling Commission has officially categorised prediction markets as gambling, requiring operators to secure a Betting Intermediary licence and warning that unlicensed firms targeting British punters face criminal prosecution.

The UK Gambling Commission has accused Meta of profit seeking at the expense of player safety, claiming the social media giant allows illegal casinos to bypass British self exclusion schemes. Tim Miller warned that the regulator will use new powers and millions in funding to make the black market commercially toxic for all involved.

ITV, Britain's largest free-to-view commercial broadcaster, is priming itself to enter the real-money online gambling market for the first time in the new year.

This week, the industry's simmering rivalries boiled over in spectacular fashion. Forget quarterly earnings; we're talking about lawsuits, corporate

Repeat offender Platinum Gaming, operator of Unibet's uk.bingo.com, hit with £10m UKGC fine for serious AML and safer gambling failures. Mandatory audit ordered.

The long-running and bitter dispute over the awarding of the UK National Lottery licence has finally reached the High Court in London. A trial opened this

London, UK - 26th September 2025 - The UK government has put the world of skins gambling on notice, with a new review from the Department for Culture, Media

The UK Gambling Commission has announced the planned closure of its Safer Gambling Advisory Board (ABSG), the influential body that has helped to shape Great

A new survey in Thailand has revealed the massive popularity of claw crane machines among children and young adults, sparking fresh debate about youth

The integrity of the United Kingdom's regulated gambling market is facing a persistent challenge from a growing number of offshore operators that deliberately

It’s been one of those weeks where the industry's past and future collide spectacularly. The talk of the town here in Malta might be the major banking

Another week, another whirlwind. If you've had your head down in meetings, you might have missed some serious power plays across the globe. The running theme?

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has imposed a £1 million penalty on platform provider ProgressPlay Limited for what it has described as "unacceptable"

The new president of the North American Gaming Regulators Association (NAGRA), Jeremy Locke, has issued a strong call for increased international cooperation,

The online gambling industry is one of the most regulated sectors in the world.For operators, affiliates, payment providers, and software suppliers,