Articles by Arijit Roul
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Bragg Has Now Cut Staff Twice in Six Months, While the CEO Leading the Charge Was Voted Off the Board Just Weeks Ago
The July 2026 cuts follow January's 12% reduction, lifting combined annualised savings to €10.5m; an additional €0.6m in termination costs is expected…
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Spribe Loses Brazilian Injunction as Federal Court Pulls the Rug on Aviator Trademark
The Pernambuco Court of Justice revoked the preliminary injunction it had granted Spribe OÜ after the Federal Court in Brasília suspended the…
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Greece’s Gambling Watchdog Opens Tender for Player ID Overhaul as Black Market Pressure Mounts
Greece's EEEP has launched a €28,500 tender to appoint a specialist legal and technical partner to overhaul its Electronic Player Account and…
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Australia’s ‘Scambling’ Taskforce Is Here and the Losses Are Worse Than Anyone Thought
Scamwatch logged 806 scambling reports in 2025 against 677 the year before; reported losses leapt from A$449,000 to A$1.6 million. Over 45%…
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RubyPlay Buys Splash Tech to Break Out of the Content Box
RubyPlay agreed to acquire 100% of Splash Tech's shares, pending regulatory approval, adding jackpot technology and free-to-play products across casino and sports…
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Play’n GO Drops Full Casino Catalogue into Colombia Through Betano Deal
Play'n GO's complete portfolio, including flagship titles Book of Dead and Reactoonz, is now live on Betano Colombia as of 7 July…
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New York Shuts Down Kalshi’s Legal Push Now the Second Circuit Must Decide
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres denied Kalshi's preliminary injunction, ruling the Commodity Exchange Act does not override New York's gambling statutes on…
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Alberta forecasts $53M from iGaming in year one, but the real test starts on 13 July
The total amount of expected first-year revenue generated by iGaming in Alberta is CAD$76 million ($53 million USD); it was estimated for…
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FBI Charges Former College Basketball Guard Kerr Kriisa Over $2.2M Wire Fraud Case
Kerr Kriisa was arrested by the FBI on 3 July 2026 and indicted on five wire fraud counts tied to a $2.2…
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Philippine Gaming Jobs Hit 38,125 as Digital Shift Demands New Workforce Skills
Philippine gambling employed 38,125 people in 2024, paying the highest average annual compensation in the entire Arts, Entertainment and Recreation sector at…
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DraftKings Insider, a College Player and a $200 Bet That Turned Into a $16,000 Conspiracy
Former DraftKings trader Samuel Silverman was arrested in Las Vegas on 5 May on two counts of Class C felony under Nevada…
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Germany’s Online Slots Revenue Climbs 11%, but the Black Market Argument Won’t Go Quiet
The GGL recorded €543m in virtual slots GGR for 2025, up 11% year on year, with €4.6bn in stakes, but total gambling…
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PokerStars Redundancies Confirmed: Flutter Cuts Staff Worldwide in Major Restructuring
Flutter Entertainment officially announced job losses at PokerStars on 7 July 2026, impacting employees in Canada, Europe, the UK and Ireland, without…
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AUSTRAC Locks bet365 Into Mandatory AML Rebuild After Years of Scrutiny
The regulator has made an enforcement of an undertaking that legally binds bet365 to rebuild its money laundering policies and suspicious transaction…
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Banijay Gaming Moves on JOA in French Casino Push
Blackstone and Kings Park Capital’s managed funds have reached an agreement on selling their casino portfolio of 33 venues to Banijay Gaming,…
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Australian Court Orders A$29.2m in Penalties Against Illegal Poker Network, Doubles Affiliate Fine
Brisbane Poker Pty Ltd and its sole director Rhys Edward Jones were ordered to pay A$15m and A$9m respectively, after the Federal…
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Juroszek Family Brands DigiPlus Valuation “Absurd” in Push for Urgent Share Buyback
Three Juroszek family foundations, collectively holding 1.4% of DigiPlus, have written to the board demanding a wide-scale share repurchase programme, on the…
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South Africa’s NGB Goes to Market on Illegal Gambling Crackdown as R50bn a Year Flows Offshore
South Africa's National Gambling Board has launched an Expression of Interest to appoint a specialist service provider to monitor, block and track…
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South Korea Takes the Polymarket Fight Off the Streets and Into the Committee Room
South Korea's Broadcasting, Media and Communications Review Committee has handed Polymarket a window to submit its legal position before regulators decide whether…
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Founder Exit Marks a Turning Point for VGW and Sweepstakes Gaming
Laurence Escalante resigned as CEO and executive chairman of VGW on 3 July 2026, with immediate effect, following five months on leave…