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Italy’s Lottomatica Has Just Bought Spain’s Cirsa for €2.8bn, and the Market is Still Unable to Make Up Its Mind
Lottomatica absorbs Spanish rival Cirsa in a €2.8bn all-share deal, creating a group with approximately €2bn pro forma adjusted EBITDA and combined…
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Kambi Folds Three Acquired Brands into One as AI Takes Over Its Sportsbook
Kambi incorporates Tzeract, Shape Games, and Abios into a unified brand on 2 September 2026. Its first fully AI-traded World Cup delivered…
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Hungary Is Trying to Kill Its Own Gambling Regulator, and the Timing Is Not Accidental
Government Resolution 1277/2026 orders the justice minister to report by 30 September on abolishing the SZTFH, Hungary's gambling, tobacco and mining regulator.…
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18-Year-Olds Put $5.4 Billion Into Kalshi Sports Bets – A Federal Court Just Called Them Bets
According to CNN, 18 to 21-year-olds have placed bets worth $5.4 billion on Kalshi in 2026, out of which $3.9 billion was…
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SkyCity Just Sold Its Own Headquarters – The Numbers Behind That Decision Are Uncomfortable
SkyCity completed the NZ$74.5m settlement of its Auckland headquarters and Victoria Street properties on 1 September 2026, sold to Mainland Capital and…
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Dutch Lottery Sued Skyhills and It Vanished. So Why Are Fines Still the Main Weapon?
Skyhills N.V., a Curaçao-based operator with no Dutch licence, went offline immediately after Nederlandse Loterij filed civil proceedings against it and all…
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Brazil Raided Flutter’s NSX Group – The Curaçao Question Is Bigger Than One Company
Brazilian authorities froze R$191 million in assets tied to NSX Group and launched 11 tax proceedings seeking a potential BRL 300 million…
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Evolution Challenges Black Cube Discovery Request in Protracted Defamation Case
Evolution has urged a New Jersey court to reject a new discovery request from Black Cube in the companies’ long-running defamation dispute.…
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Curaçao Introduces New Remote Identity Verification Rules For Gaming Operators
The Curaçao Gaming Authority, working with the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten and the Financial Intelligence Unit Curaçao, has introduced…
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Ireland Built a Gambling Regulator – Now Comes the Part Nobody Prepared For
Since remote betting licences launched on 1 July 2026, the GRAI has issued cease-and-desist orders against a large volume of unlicensed operators,…
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Kalshi’s First Lifetime Ban: How George Santos Turned a Prediction Market Into His Personal ATM
Kalshi imposed a lifetime ban on George Santos and fined him $71,356; this is the very first lifetime ban imposed by Kalshi…
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Sri Lanka Built a Gambling Regulator That Still Cannot Issue a Single Licence
The GRA Act came into force on 1 December 2025, but the subsidiary legislation for issuing licenses has still not been notified…
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Estonia Bet on a Gambling Tax Cut to Fill Its Coffers. Nine Months Later, the PM Is Asking If It Was Worth It
Prime Minister Kristen Michal has ordered an early review of Estonia's phased online gambling tax cut, two years ahead of the originally…
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Brazil’s Betting Sector Pays £1.2bn in Taxes, Then Politicians Try to Bury It
The tax remitted to the Federal Revenue by the licensed betting companies in Brazil between January and July 2026 amounted to R$8.7…
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Sweden’s Gambling Market Increased in Q2 – But the Number That Truly Counts Has Gone Unreported
Licensed turnover stood at SEK7.4 billion in Q2 2026, increasing by 5.1% year-on-year, although the commercial online segment increased by more than…
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Merkur Is Paying Nearly Triple the Market Price for Seven Small French Casinos – That Should Raise Questions
On 27 August 2026, Merkur agreed to acquire 95% of Casigrangi, the controlling shareholder of Société Française de Casinos, at an implied…
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Dutch Data Exposes Meta’s Illegal Gambling Ad Crisis, and the Numbers Are Getting Worse
Up to 97% of gambling ads reaching Dutch users in May and June 2026 promoted unlicensed operators, per VNLOK's audit of Meta's…
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Caesars Votes Sept. 22 on Fertitta’s $17.6B Deal, and Not Voting Counts Against It
On 22nd September 2026, in Reno, there will be held a special shareholders' meeting will be held to vote on an acquisition…
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Black Cow Set For Major Restructure Amid Financial Issues
JJK Partners signed a majority stake deal but only invested £2.2m, just 17% of Black Cow's share capital, against a £13.2m valuation.…
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Mexico iGaming Market Shifts Toward Smarter Portfolio Strategies
Mexico’s online gaming market is entering a more mature phase as operators move away from competing mainly on the size of their…
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