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iGaming News: October 2026
All 204 stories we published in October 2026, newest first.
- GKL Chief Tells Lawmakers Osaka Resort Could Cut Its Revenue by 5% to 10% · Corporate
- Brazil's Betting Ban Draws 99 Amendments, Several Rewriting It to Restore the Licences · Regulatory
- Universal Entertainment Colombo Quits Port City's Casino Resort Plot as Five of 10 Projects Fall Away · Corporate
- Macau's Prosecutor Calls for Law Change as Illegal Money Exchange Inquiries Rise 20.2% to 493 · Regulatory
- Skill Game Vendor Republic Amusements to Lay Off 81 as Pennsylvania Ban Takes Effect · Regulatory
- ITIA Bans Serbian Tennis Player for 24 Years After Match-Fixing Charges Go Unanswered · Sports Betting
- Oklahoma's Sweepstakes Casino Ban Takes Effect on 1 November With Felony Exposure for Suppliers · Regulatory
- FanDuel Merger Defendants Ordered to Submit Withheld Legal Advice for Review · Corporate
- Ninety Labour MPs Ask Healey for a Higher Machine Games Duty Rate on Category B Machines · Regulatory
- France's Gambling Market Grows 0.5% to €5.66bn in H1 2026 as Only Online Expands · Regulatory
- India Cuts GST Demands on Dream11, Gameskraft and Games24x7 by 75% After Supreme Court Ruling · Regulatory
- Springfield Asks a Judge to Pull MGM's $500m Casino Sale Claim Out of Private Arbitration · Corporate
- Louisiana Gives DraftKings a Four-Month Extension, Not a Renewal, Over AI and Shareholder Suitability · Sports Betting
- Johns Hopkins Study Ties Legal Online Sports Betting to Up to 7.2% Rise in Depression and Anxiety Care · Sports Betting
- SkyCity Agrees NZ$221m Sale of Auckland's Grand Hotel to Cut Debt · Corporate
- Alberta's Grace Period Ends With 51 Approved iGaming Sites and 42 Operator Registrations · Regulatory
- Bryn Kenney Sues GGPoker's Owners Over Commissions and an Alleged 5% Equity Promise · Corporate
- Shane Hennen Pleads Guilty in Both the NCAA Point-Shaving and NBA Betting Cases · Sports Betting
- Wildz Says It Has Won Finland's First Gambling Licence, Valid From July 2027 · Regulatory
- Peru Bill Would Raise the Selective Tax on Online Bets From 1% to 5% · Regulatory
- Federal Magistrate Recommends Sending Kentucky's Polymarket and Kalshi Suits Back to State Court · Prediction Markets
- SEC Approves Cboe Binary Options on 23 Companies' KPIs as Earnings Event Contracts Reach a Securities Exchange · Prediction Markets
- ESIC Bans Five NOMERCY Counter-Strike Players for Match Manipulation, One for Life · Sports Betting
- Curaçao Keeps Licensing Without Its Portal, but the Interim Rules Due by 9 October Have Not Appeared · Regulatory
- Italy's Treasury Says a Higher Slot Levy Could Cost Revenue as It Weighs €1bn From Gambling · Regulatory
- Swedish Appeal Court Upholds SEK44 Million in bet365 Penalties Over a No-Limit Deposit Option · Regulatory
- National Audit Office to Examine the National Lottery Licence Award as Good-Cause Payments Fall 22% · Regulatory
- Rank Grows Q1 Revenue 5% to £216.1m as Mecca Stalls and Three Grosvenor Casinos Close · Corporate
- DigiPlus Says It Sat Out the Final Rounds of New Zealand's NZ$15m Online Casino Auction · Corporate
- Hacksaw Launches B2B Prediction Markets Under a Malta Gaming Licence as the US Calls Them Swaps · Prediction Markets
- Altenar Files EU and UK Antitrust Complaints Against Sportradar Over Official League Data · Sports Betting
- Google Bars Prediction Market Ads in Connecticut, the Fifth US State It Has Shut Out · Prediction Markets
- Underdog Sues Tennessee in the Court Whose Kalshi Injunction the Sixth Circuit Threw Out · Prediction Markets
- Entain Holds FY26 Guidance as UK Online Grows 14% and Brazil Falls 36% · Corporate
- AFL Tells Sportsbet to Remove AI Videos of Players Made Without Their Consent · Sports Betting
- Dominican Regulator Bans New Lottery Shops and Gives Operators 30 Days to Declare Irregular Ones · Regulatory
- Okada Manila's Q3 EBITDA Falls 13% to PHP962m Even as Visitors Rise 12% · Corporate
- Kevin Pietersen Reportedly Tells ECB He Will Not Promote Dafabet on England Duty · Sports Betting
- BGC Says a 40% Machine Games Duty Would Put 16,000 Jobs at Risk, 80% Outside London · Regulatory
- FTC Is Reportedly Reviewing Online Sportsbooks, With Advertising Claims the Likely Focus · Regulatory
- Spain Makes Online Operators Match Payment Methods to the Gambling Account Holder · Regulatory
- KSA Works on an EU White List With Google and Holds Fines on Big Tech in Reserve · Regulatory
- Casino Guru Awards 2027 to Launch on 15 October · Press Release
- Matchbook Buys Betdaq, but Not Its Customers, as the Exchange Closes on 21 October · M&A
- Finland's Police Board Orders Six Gambling Marketing Fines Paid in 2026, All Against Individuals · Regulatory
- PointsBet Expects a 16% Fall in H1 Revenue and a Normalised EBITDA Loss of Up to A$8m · Corporate
- PAGCOR Prices Casino Filipino at PHP20bn to PHP30bn as Losses Head for PHP7bn · Regulatory
- Chinese Court Sentences Three to Death Over the Wei Family's Kokang Casinos and Scam Compounds · Regulatory
- NCAA Point-Shaving Fixer Jalen Smith Sentenced to Six Years, the First Sentence in the Case · Sports Betting
- US Treasury Sanctions a Nuevo Laredo Racetrack It Says the Cartel del Noreste Controls · Regulatory
- NBA and WNBA Name Prediction Markets Alongside Sports Betting in New Responsible Gaming Campaign · Sports Betting
- Brazil's Federal Police Gets a Permanent Division Against Illegal Betting and Match-Fixing · Regulatory
- Greek Regulator Questions 18 Operators on VIP Players as Its Single ID Check Waits for a Law · Regulatory
- Kalshi Investigates Three Bets That Stood to Turn $173 Into $9,600 on Trump's Press Secretary Pick · Prediction Markets
- BetMGM More Than Doubles Q3 EBITDA to $86m but Still Guides to the Low End for 2026 · Corporate
- Wyoming Committee Backs Felony Ban on Online Sweepstakes Casinos for 2027 Session · Regulatory
- Early UNLV Data Puts Colorado's Problem Sports Bettors at 7%, From a Sample of About 20 · Sports Betting
- Spain Reopens Consultation on the 48-Variable Algorithm Every Operator Would Have to Run to Flag At-Risk Players · Regulatory
- US Keeps Cambodia on Tier 3, Alleging Officials Profited From Scam Centres · Regulatory
- New Zealand's Online Casino Auction Clears at NZ$15m a Licence as 11 Firms Win the Right to Apply · Regulatory
- Maarten Haijer Moves From EGBA to Lead a New Global Gambling Alliance in Geneva · Corporate
- Japan Again Tells MGM Osaka to Refine Its Visitor Forecasts and Plan Its Non-Gaming Spending · Regulatory
- Ireland's EU Budget Draft Omits the Online Gambling Levy as Racing Seeks an Exemption · Regulatory
- Coroner Flags GamStop's Exemption for National Lottery Draws After a Gambling-Related Death · Regulatory
- US States Spent $145m of the $188m Set Aside for Problem Gambling Services in FY2025 · General
- Ireland Keeps Betting Duty at 2%, Lifts Racing Fund to €102m and Adds a Pool Betting Charge · Regulatory
- Betfred Paid £54.5m in Machine Duty and Made £39.6m Profit in Its Last Year Before the Tax Rises · Corporate
- BGC Warns a 40% Machine Games Duty Would Put Up to 3,800 Casino Jobs at Risk · Regulatory
- Brazil's TRF3 Suspends Stake's Injunction After One Day, Citing Regulatory Asymmetry · Regulatory
- ANJ Finds Bettors It Flags as Excessive Place Up to 89% of Stakes on Half, Quarter and Set Bets · Sports Betting
- Denmark's August Gambling Revenue Falls 5.1% as Betting Drops 41% and Online Casino Rises 15% · Regulatory
- Macau's Gaming-Related Crime Rises 12.3% in Nine Months as Casino STRs Climb 7.9% · Regulatory
- Hacksaw Says Q3 Revenue Growth Slowed to 11% to 12%, Well Short of Its 30% Target · Corporate
- Liquor & Gaming NSW Fines Two Venues After Checking 51 on Pokies Shutdown Hours · Regulatory
- Genting Proposes RM1.25bn Rights Issue to Repay Debt as Maybank Warns More May Follow · Corporate
- CFTC Carves Licensed Sportsbooks Out of the Swap Definition and Proposes to Write Event Contracts In · Prediction Markets
- New York Proposes Banning AI-Tailored Gambling Offers and Making Sportsbooks Flag At-Risk Bettors · Regulatory
- Brazil to Sue Eight Operators Over Withheld Refund Data as the Sum Owed Falls to R$159 Million · Regulatory
- Canada's Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Ontario's Plan to Pool Players With the World · Regulatory
- Dodd, Gensler and the AGA Tell the Supreme Court Dodd-Frank Did Not Make the CFTC a Betting Regulator · Prediction Markets
- YouTube Opens Its Masthead to Certified Online Gambling Advertisers From 21 October · Regulatory
- Gambling Commission Advertises for a Chief Executive at £190,000, Close to What Rhodes Was Paid · Regulatory
- Nevada Board Moves to Strike the NCPG From Its Problem Gambling Rule After Kalshi Deal · Regulatory
- DraftKings and FanDuel Add Another $7m to Nebraska's Ballot Push, Taking It to $14.65m · Sports Betting
- PowerPlay Launches in Alberta on GiG's Platform, 11 Weeks After the Date It Called Locked · Sports Betting
- Congressman Marlin Stutzman Urges Three Indiana Counties to Reject Casino Referendums · Regulatory
- Lottomatica and CIRSA Approve Merger Plan and Set Shareholder Votes for 23 and 25 November · M&A
- KSA Calls Out 711 for Making Some Players Wager Their Deposits Before Withdrawing · Regulatory
- Eric Persson Says He Will Buy Back Maverick's Two Elko Casinos to Keep 239 Nevada Jobs · Corporate
- Brazilian Judge Lets Stake Operate Until 25 October but Refuses to Suspend the Betting Ban · Regulatory
- Court of Appeal Overturns Spribe's May Win, Ruling English Law Decides the Effect of Georgia's Aviator Judgments · General
- Seminole Tribe Sues DraftKings and Its CEO Over Florida Sports Contracts and Pick6 · Prediction Markets
- Michigan Sends Cease-and-Desists to 33 Offshore Operators and Warns Self-Exclusion Ends at Licensed Sites · Regulatory
- Illinois Casino Revenue Rises 12.7% to $178.2m in September as Hollywood Aurora Gains 81% · General
- Denmark Retables a Whistle-to-Whistle Gambling Ad Ban That Would Also End Affiliate Revenue Share · Regulatory
- Maine Points to a First-Quarter 2027 Online Casino Launch as Its Rules Await Legal Review · Regulatory
- FA Fines Everton's Martin Sherif £5,000 Over 61 Football Bets Placed Through His Accounts · Sports Betting
- Brazil's Unpublished Q1 Betting Report Counts 15.2 Million Bettors and R$914 Million in Earmarks · Regulatory
- France's ANJ and ARPP Renew Their Gambling Ad Pact and Bring JONUM Into Scope · Regulatory
- Malta's National Lottery Operator IZI Passes €1bn in Turnover as Pre-Tax Profit Doubles · Corporate
- “There Will Always Be Slots”: Omnitronix Architect Tobias Liauw on Prediction Markets and AI in iGaming SkyTalk Debut · Press Release
- Bookmaker Sponsorship of British Racing Falls 17% as bet365 Sponsors 77% Fewer Races · Corporate
- Kangwon Land Replaced One Member's Points Card 146 Times in a Year, Lawmaker's Data Show · Corporate
- Iris Offers Reef Casino Trust Minorities A$4.67 a Unit, 21% More Than It Paid for Control · M&A
- AGEM Index Falls 6.1% in September, Its First Monthly Drop Since March · Corporate
- Nevada Sets October 2027 Date for Ten Rewritten Technical Standards · Regulatory
- Curaçao's Regulator Abandons Its Breached Licensing Portal and Says Its Licence Seal Is Affected · Regulatory
- KSA Tells Dutch Operators Initials Are Not Enough to Verify a Player's Bank Account · Regulatory
- Nevada Board Recommends Licences for the Sons of Phil Ruffin and Terry Lanni · Corporate
- 39 States, the Cabazon Band and the NFL Ask the Supreme Court to Hear New Jersey's Kalshi Case · Prediction Markets
- 13 Federal Lawmakers Back NT Bill to Ban Bonus Bets at Australia's Biggest Bookmakers · Regulatory
- Lottery Corporation CFO Adam Newman to Step Down in July 2027, Leaving a Role Widened in March · Corporate
- Sportradar Sells Synergy's Coaching and Scouting Business to Teamworks for $170m · M&A
- Northern Ireland Expects to Review Its 2022 Gambling Act in 2027 and Leaves Online Reform to the Next Assembly · Regulatory
- Four Tribes in California and Oklahoma Launch Prediction Apps on Kalshi's Rails · Prediction Markets
- Connecticut Says Webull, Gemini and ProphetX Have Left After Its Cease-and-Desists · Prediction Markets
- Coinbase Agrees to Stop Michigan Sports Contracts and Close Open Positions by Saturday · Prediction Markets
- Lawmakers Demand FanDuel Hand Over the 30 Celebrity Videos It Sent to VIP Bettors · Sports Betting
- New Gambling Reform Group FFOG Names Board and Courts Problem Gambling Councils as NCPG Seeks a Leader · General
- Cambodia Will Inspect Casinos in 16 Provinces to Police Its Online Gambling Ban · Regulatory
- Brazil's Operators Are Due to Hand Banks R$1.3 Billion Owed to Players as Amendments to the Ban Reach 48 · Regulatory
- Italy's Courts Are Writing Its Retail Gambling Rules as the 31 December Concession Deadline Nears · Regulatory
- Dutch Study Finds All 10 AI Assistants Named Unlicensed Casinos, and Three Listed Them as Legal · General
- Greek Regulator Unveils AI Platform to Find Illegal Gambling Sites as 18 Influencers Face Complaints · Regulatory
- Ontario Fines theScore Bet CA$200,000 Over Two Cash-Out Offers It Did Not Honour · Sports Betting
- Aichi Confirms Interest in Its Airport Casino Resort Tender but Withholds Who and How Many · Regulatory
- Tote Names James Coxon CEO as Alex Frost Steps Down and Online Gaming Closes · Corporate
- KSA Has 26 Cloned .co.nl Gambling Sites Taken Down, Nearly All Copies of Licensed Brands · Regulatory
- Quebec Elects a PQ Minority That Backed Licensing Private Online Gambling Sites · Regulatory
- GKL Denies Recruiting Customers Abroad After Report Questions Staff Trips to Hong Kong and Macau · Corporate
- Spain's Snap Election Sinks Its Loot Box Ban but Leaves the Deposit Limits Standing · Regulatory
- Kangwon Land's KL Saberi Slot Business Has Lost ₩14.8bn Since 2020 and Sold 77 Machines Abroad · Corporate
- Thailand Blocked 945,075 Gambling URLs in Fiscal 2026, Up From 62,213 Two Years Earlier · Regulatory
- Kahnawake Suspends Polar Ventures SDRL's Licence Without Naming a Site or the Grounds · Regulatory
- Maverick Files to Close Its Two Elko Casinos on 30 November, With 239 Nevada Jobs at Risk · Corporate
- Rank's Grosvenor Casinos to Pay £5m Over Money Laundering and Safer Gambling Failures · Regulatory
- Dominican Lottery Chief Quico Tabar Sworn In as Interim Head of the New Gambling Regulator · Regulatory
- Stake Targets 12 October Alberta Launch, a Day Before the Grey-Market Cut-Off · Regulatory
- Pennsylvania Police Say Switched-Off Skill Games Can Still Be Seized From 14 October · Regulatory
- Oto, a Town of 4,766, Will Ask Fukuoka to Bid for Japan's 2027 IR Round · Regulatory
- Galaxy Entertainment Chairman Francis Lui Buys HK$130m of Shares as Macau Stocks Slide · Corporate
- Brazil's Superior Court Sends the Fraud Charge Against Flamengo's Bruno Henrique Back for a New Ruling · Sports Betting
- Brazil's Attorney General Asks Fux to Keep the Betting Ban and Hear the Prosecutor-General First · Regulatory
- Spain's CNMC Fines Gol TV's Owner Over a Scores App Ad With a Betting Button Aired Before 1am · Regulatory
- Finland's Supreme Administrative Court Lets a Professional Bettor Deduct His Losing Stakes · Regulatory
- Bulgaria Notifies Brussels of Its Full Gambling Ad Ban, With a 22% Online Fee and a €100,000 Monthly Floor · Regulatory
- Eric Persson Says He Will Buy Back Eight Maverick Card Rooms, Keeping 850 Washington Jobs · Corporate
- Paf Says It Has Agreed a Swiss Pilot With Meta to Screen Out Unlicensed Gambling Ads · Regulatory
- IG Group Shares Fall Up to 27% on a 14% Revenue Drop as Underdog, Its Pending $1.3bn Buy, Doubles · Corporate
- Informa Agrees to Buy ICE Owner Clarion Events From Blackstone for £2.24bn · M&A
- Yokohama Looks Set to Sit Out Japan's 2027 IR Round as No Mayoral Candidate Backs a Casino · Regulatory
- Gambling Minister Says the Aim to Permit Consultation Will Start Very Shortly, but Gives No Date · Regulatory
- Kangwon Land's New Chief Puts Its ₩3 Trillion K-HIT Resort Plan Under Review · Corporate
- Brazil's Licensed Betting Sites Go Dark and Point to the Government With No Ruling From Fux · Regulatory
- Pennsylvania Self-Exclusions Rise 18% to 9,677 as iGaming Revenue Grows 18% · Regulatory
- Gaming Regulator Groups Urge the Supreme Court to Hear New Jersey's Kalshi Case · Prediction Markets
- Sweden Pulls Charm Entertainment's Casino Licences Over Accounting Crime Charges · Regulatory
- Turkish FA Suspends 448 Club Officials for Betting, Trabzonspor's President Among Them · Sports Betting
- Federal Judge Blocks Illinois Licensing of Kalshi's Sports Contracts but Holds Off on the State's Tax · Prediction Markets
- Ohio Orders 10 Prediction Markets to Stop Sports Contracts a Week After Its Sixth Circuit Win · Prediction Markets
- Malware in Jurojin and IntuitiveTables Updates Exposed High-Stakes Hole Cards · Corporate
- Dominican Gambling Law Takes Effect, With 12 Months for Operators to Register · Regulatory
- Maine Has No Rule on AI in Gambling, and Its Draft Online Casino Code Does Not Add One · Sports Betting
- DeWine on Kalshi: "These Guys Are Pigs," and Ohio "Will Certainly Enforce the Law" · Prediction Markets
- Polymarket Takes Its €420,000 Dutch Penalty to Court, Arguing It Sells Financial Products · Prediction Markets
- Hungary Strips Its Gambling Regulator of Concession Powers, With 30 Days to Hand Over the Files · Regulatory
- Remote Gaming Duty Receipts Doubled to £590m in July as the 40% Rate Kicked In · Regulatory
- Upper Tribunal Cuts Jumpman's £13.2m Free Spins Duty Bill to Nil · Regulatory
- "If Every Answer Sounds Like a Press Release, We Haven't Done Our Job": Inside iGaming SkyTalk · Press Release
- Wynn's Billings Breaks Ranks With MGM and Caesars on Prediction Markets · Prediction Markets
- Nevada Calls Kalshi's Bid to Wait for the CFTC "Just Another Attempt at Delay" · Prediction Markets
- MP Urges Regulators to Act as Polymarket Takes Bets on HSBC and Lloyds Failing · Prediction Markets
- Paradise Posts a Record ₩268bn Quarter on Better Hold as GKL's Third Quarter Stalls · Corporate
- Thai Cyber Police Arrest Anti-Corruption Activist Atchariya in Online Muay Thai Betting Probe · Regulatory
- Philippines Arrests 244 Foreigners in Largest POGO Raid of 2026, Nearly Two Years After the Ban · Regulatory
- Trinidad and Tobago Lifts Its Remote Gambling Ban, With Licences Promised by 1 January 2027 · Regulatory
- Brazil Shuts Pix, TED and Boleto to Betting and Orders Sites Redirected as the Licensed Market Goes Dark · Regulatory
- Brazil's Attorney General Asks the STF to Void the Betting Laws as Operators Press Fux to Rule Before Midnight · Regulatory
- Costa Rica Sanctions 10 Casinos ₡361.5 Million Over Unbilled Chips and Undeclared Tables · Regulatory
- NagaCorp's Nine-Month Gaming Revenue Falls 21.5% as VIP Play Collapses and Mass Tables Turn Down · Corporate
- Fux Takes the Cases Against Brazil's Betting Ban and Gives the Government 72 Hours to Answer · Regulatory
- Bettor Sues DraftKings, Alleging Its AI Model Steered Promotions to Likely Losers · Sports Betting
- DOJ Says the Green Beret's Maduro Contracts Are Swaps Even Under the Sixth Circuit's Test · Prediction Markets
- Czechia Adds Kalshi to Its Gambling Blocklist, 11 Weeks After Polymarket · Prediction Markets
- Betsson Moves Its Charity and Sport Projects Into a Malta Foundation but Names No Budget · Corporate
- Dutch Regulator Revokes a Lottery Licence a Fraudster Obtained by Posing as Quick Boys' Chairman · Regulatory
- Gambling Commission's Acting Chief Welcomes Phil Walker and Concedes "Teething Issues" at the National Lottery · Regulatory
- Jeju Dream Tower's Casino Revenue Fell 45% in September on Its Lowest Table Hold Since 2023 · Corporate
- Cambodia Says 24 Casinos Have Shut Down Online Gambling and Removed the Equipment · Regulatory
- Genting Closes Its Coventry Casino and Warns More Will Follow if Machine Duty Rises · Corporate
- Seized Messages Show Vorcaro Discussed Hiding His Stake in Bet.Bet · Regulatory
- Datafolha Finds 78% Back Brazil's Betting Ban as Broadcasters Go to the STF · Regulatory
- Maverick Files to Close Eight More Washington Card Rooms, With 850 Jobs Going on 30 November · Corporate
- CFTC Sends the White House Rules to Define Event Contracts as Swaps and Exclude Casino Games · Prediction Markets
- New Zealand Starts Its Auction for 15 Online Casino Licences as DIA Drafts the Testing Rules · Regulatory
- IMF Says Cambodia's Vetting of Casino Owners Is Deficient Ahead of 2027 Renewals · Regulatory
- Macau's September GGR Falls 1.2% to MOP18.1 Billion, Its Lowest Month of 2026 · Corporate
- Gentoo Media Cuts Guidance Again as the Juroszek Family Funds a €100 Million Refinancing · Corporate
- Mayors Take Brazil's Betting Ban to the STF as Congress Files Amendments to Narrow It · Regulatory
- Norway Proposes Letting Norsk Tipping Offer Online Poker, With a NOK5,000 Daily Loss Cap · Regulatory
- SIS, Part-Owned by Ladbrokes, William Hill and Fred Done, Had a Deal With Santeda, the Guardian Reports · Regulatory
- Gambling Commission Sets Limits for New Gaming Machines From June 2027 and Exempts Existing Ones · Regulatory