iGaming Analysis & Insights

Key Points The company’s revenue increased by 13.5% year-over-year to €45.9m in Q2 2026, with adjusted EBITA more than doubling to €7.6m at a 16.5% margin, thanks mainly to excellent performance of the AI-traded World Cup. The 2026 FIFA World Cup was the first major football tournament compiled and priced with the help of Kambi’s […]

Key Points Evolution formally terminated its merger agreement with Galaxy Gaming on 21 July 2026, paying a $5,234,678 breakup fee. Two gaming regulators, including Nevada, had not granted approval before the 17 July contractual deadline expired. Evolution CEO Martin Carlesund had already signalled the outcome weeks earlier, calling the deal “not significant” for the business. […]

Key Points GRAI CEO Anne Marie Caulfield confirmed the regulator could pursue High Court blocking orders against one of the world’s largest prediction market platforms still targeting Irish consumers without a licence. Both Polymarket and Kalshi restricted access to Irish users as of 21 July 2026, with a second platform geoblock confirmed on that same […]

Key Points Hacksaw grew Q2 revenue 31% to €59.3m, with adjusted operating profit rising equally and the 82% EBIT margin holding steady for the full half-year. The supplier released 34 games in Q2 across in-house and OpenRGS channels, signed 106 commercial deals including 63 with new clients, and entered Slovenia, Paraguay, and, post-quarter, Alberta. Interim […]

Key Points Prediction markets claimed roughly 27% of all legal US sports-betting volume during the World Cup, tripling their market share from 9% in January, according to H2 Gambling Capital estimates. Kalshi surpassed both DraftKings and FanDuel in daily mobile app users during the tournament, while its “FIFA World Cup Winner” market alone generated over […]

Key Points 44% of tested casinos silently doubled wagering requirements by calculating them on deposits plus bonuses combined, not bonuses alone. Multi-stage welcome packages advertised at 20x-30x reached an effective 40x once all deposit stages were completed. Under Finland’s new Gambling Act (Rahapelilaki 10/2026), welcome bonuses for new customers will be prohibited from 1 July […]

Key Points Italy’s Agenzia delle Entrate has lifted its 2026 gambling income estimate by €807m, pointing to the overhauled online licensing system and the GGR rate adjustments baked into the 2025 Budget Law. Between January and April 2026, gambling tax receipts dropped 7.8% against the prior year, pulled down by shrinking gaming machine income and […]

Research by the Anton Proksch Institute has revealed that around 300,000 adults in Austria are experiencing problem gambling behaviour. The situation is worsened by major sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup, which increase the risk for vulnerable players. Oliver Scheibenbogen, Head of Academy, Research and Digitalisation at the institute, said the organisation has […]

According to new figures published by the Gambling Commission, almost half of Great Britain’s adult population gambled during the four weeks before participating in the latest Gambling Survey. The regulator noted that 47% of adults aged 18 and over had gambled, but this figure fell to 27% after excluding respondents whose only gambling activity was […]

Key Points The Betsson company recorded its best quarterly turnover ever at €310.2m in Q2 2026, but the operating profit decreased by 38.9% from that of the previous year to €42.2m due to a fall in the EBIT margin to 13.6% from 22.7%. The Latin America region turned out to be the biggest market for […]