Articles by Arijit Roul
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Fanatics Picks the Gulf for Its First Steps Abroad
Fanatics has skipped past every other international market and landed straight in Abu Dhabi, joining forces with Momentum Group in a joint…
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Betfred’s Safer Gambling Failures Trigger £900K UKGC Enforcement Action
The UK Gambling Commission has ordered Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited, the company behind Betfred.com, to pay £900,000 in lieu of a financial penalty…
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Bally’s Faces Mounting Pressure as Chicago, Las Vegas and NYC Projects Collide
Bally's proposed installing slot lounges at O'Hare and Midway airports to replace the $6.8 million in VGT licensing revenue at risk in…
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Alberta Bans Public iGaming Bonus Ads Ahead of 13 July Launch
The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission has restricted public advertising of iGaming bonuses and credits ahead of the 13 July market…
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Fanatics Becomes First US Sportsbook to Ban Bettors for Online Athlete Abuse
Fanatics Sportsbook has become the first legal US sportsbook to suspend or permanently ban bettors found abusing athletes, coaches, or officials on…
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Entain Sells 20% CEE Stake to EMMA Capital for €425m as Full Exit Begins
Entain has agreed to sell a 20% stake in Entain CEE to joint venture partner EMMA Capital for approximately €425m, valuing the…
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Kalshi’s IPO Timeline Shifts to 2027 or 2028 Amid Rapid Growth
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated that the company was in preliminary stages of talking about its IPO, however, an IPO would not…
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BoyleSports Signs Three-Year NIFL Title Deal Worth More Than £1 Million
BoyleSports has signed a three-year title partnership with NIFL covering the Premiership, Championship and Women's Premiership, the league's first deal valued above…
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Dutch Gambling Tax Hike Raises Just €2m of €108m Target
The Dutch gambling levy went up from 30.5% to 34.2% in January 2025, followed by another increase to 37.8% in January 2026;…
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UK Gambling Charities Still Waiting for Statutory Levy Money
Several charities provisionally awarded funding from the statutory levy's £25.4m prevention pot have still not received any money, nearly three months after…
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Curaçao Issues First Crypto Compliance Rules for Licensed Casinos
Crypto compliance guidelines by the Curaçao Gaming Authority were published for the first time in June 2026 for the benefit of B2C…
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Brazil Executes 14 Warrants in Three States as Billion-Dollar Illegal Betting Network Exposed
Operation Conto da Sorte uncovered a 37-company illegal betting network with an estimated BRL50 billion ($9.7 billion) in financial movement across Pernambuco,…
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Egypt Parliament Moves to Criminalise Online Betting
Egypt’s government is considering changes to the Cybercrime Law, which will officially consider online betting apps as crimes, and can result in…
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Meta Steps into Prediction Markets with Arena as Sector Reaches $130bn
A separate team of Meta employees led by Mark Zuckerberg has been tasked with creating Arena – a completely separate app with…
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PlayCity Extends Platform Enforcement to Kick
PlayCity now reports illegal gambling channels directly to Kick's headquarters, with the first two violating channels removed within the past week. Thirty-seven…
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BetConstruct AI Signs Deal with FIFA’s Official Prediction Market Partner
BetConstruct AI has integrated ADI Predictstreet's prediction market solution, giving its operator partners access to official FIFA-licensed content. ADI Predictstreet holds the…
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Austria to Open Online Gambling Market in 2027 — But Not to Everyone
Austria's coalition government has passed a draft law that ends Win2Day's longstanding online casino monopoly, with the market set to open to…
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Thailand Shut Down 13,888 Gambling Sites During the World Cup
Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy and Society blocked 13,888 gambling-related websites, social media pages and URLs between 1 and 18 June 2026.…
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Germany’s Gambling Watchdog Opens Formal Probe into ADI Predictstreet’s World Cup Pitch-Side Ads
Germany's GGL has opened a formal review into whether ADI Predictstreet's World Cup pitch-side advertising breaches German gambling laws, given that the…
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Bragg Gaming CEO Mazij Voted Off Board as Shareholders Run Out of Patience
During the 18 June AGM held in Toronto by Bragg, Mazij was not elected to the board because there were 55.67% voting…