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Maputo has created a dedicated concession framework for online games of chance, splitting them off from the land-based casino regime just as casino tax receipts fall to little more than half of what the treasury budgeted. What it has not created, yet, is any published route to a licence.
The European Lotteries' 19th annual sector report shows regulated lotteries across 37 countries contributed more than €29.4 billion to public budgets, sports, culture, and health in 2024, the highest figure ever recorded. Online GGR climbed 19% to €6.2 billion, underscoring a structural shift that the sector's traditional retail backbone has not yet reversed.
The Netherlands Gaming Authority has renewed Holland Casino Online's licence for a further five years from October 2026, confirming the state-backed operator's continued place in the regulated Dutch market even as a 37.8% GGR tax rate squeezes its margins and the broader industry warns of channelisation risk.
Explore how Slotozilla and other casino affiliate platforms use reviews, safety checks, responsible gambling content and clearer information to support players in 2026.
$60 billion in legal wagers, and potentially more flowing through the black market. Flutter International chief executive Dan Taylor has used the eve of the 2026 World Cup to deliver one of the industry's clearest warnings yet about the scale of the offshore threat.
Following the successful conclusion of the Casino Guru Awards 2026, winners, sponsors, and industry leaders have shared their reflections on an evening that celebrated excellence, responsibility, innovation, and positive change across the global iGaming industry.
New Jersey senators have advanced a trio of responsible gambling bills, led by S-2356's mandate to study and standardise advertising language, as the state's iGaming revenue hits a record $276.3 million and builds on the Division of Gaming Enforcement's new behavioural-monitoring standards.
As its licensed gambling market reaches €1.55 billion, Slovakia's regulator has signed two May 2026 memoranda, building a multi-source database with Digitálna koalícia and embedding gambling-harm training at a Nitra university to shield minors from unlicensed offshore operators.
Hosted by Denisa Vydumska, the gala honored operators, providers, and individuals who are actively shaping a more transparent, innovative, responsible, and player-focused future for iGaming. The event featured dazzling live performances, powerful speeches, world-class entertainment, and emotional winner announcements that highlighted the incredible progress being made across the industry.
The AffPapa iGaming Awards celebrate excellence across affiliates, operators, and B2B providers, recognizing organizations that consistently demonstrate impact, innovation, and long-term value in a highly competitive and rapidly evolving industry.
France's regulator has built a tool that lets operators measure whether their own player protection systems are actually working. The findings should worry the entire industry: excessive players may account for 60% of account-based gambling revenue.
From blacklisting 300 illegal sites to launching the first state-funded problem gambling treatment programme, Romania's ONJN has used its opening mandate year to signal it means business. The hard work of sustaining that momentum now begins.
A cross-party group of UK lawmakers says current gambling advertising rules have failed children and vulnerable people. With the industry spending up to £2 billion a year on promotion, they want sweeping restrictions and they want them now.
During the first quarter of 2026, the Complaint Resolution Center published 3,986 complaints and successfully resolved 1,321 cases, resulting in $5,304,894 returned to players.
Less than 18 months after launching online, the UAE Lottery is building out its physical presence. A first dedicated retail outlet in Abu Dhabi marks the next step in a distribution strategy that is moving faster than many expected.
Finland's state-owned operator Veikkaus has signalled ambitions to become a respected international gaming group by 2030, as its full-year 2025 results reveal declining domestic revenues and its B2B arm Fennica Gaming posts near-doubled turnover across 17 global markets all ahead of Finland's licensed market launch in July 2027.
Following hundreds of high-quality applications from companies and individuals across the entire industry spectrum, Casino Guru has narrowed the field to the strongest candidates in each category who demonstrated unfaltering compliance with the format’s requirements.
Mexico is considering a new restriction on gambling advertising that would block betting and casino promotion during family viewing hours and before 10:30pm, as lawmakers cite concerns about youth exposure and misleading messaging ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
France has activated the JONUM regime, a three-year trial that regulates games using monetisable digital objects such as blockchain-based items and non-fungible tokens, imposing gambling-style safeguards while prohibiting cash prizes and requiring declarations and transparency for regulatory monitoring.
The Malta Gaming Authority has published a thematic review of self exclusion practices after mystery shopping tests across 20 licensees found delays, cross brand weaknesses, and shortcomings in limit setting prompts and Reality Check controls, with remediation required and enforcement escalated where needed.