Articles by Arijit Roul
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Raketech Logs Third Consecutive Increase in EBITDA Margin Even As Revenue Falls, Former CFO Now Joins Direct Competitor Company
The EBITDA margin of Raketech increased to 24% in Q2 2026 from 21.2% in Q2 2025 with revenue declining from €6.8m to…
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QuinnBet’s £609,104 Settlement: Written Policies, Real Failures
QuinnBet entered into a £609,104 regulatory agreement on 20 August 2026. A platform migration left 194 customers able to exceed deposit limits,…
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Better Collective’s North American Profit Flip: How Prediction Markets Rewrote the Q2 Story
Better Collective North American EBITDA margin improved to 26% in Q2 2026 from 5% in Q2 2025, making it the main driving…
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Genting Malaysia’s New York Casino Tripled Revenue – So Why Did Profits Almost Disappear?
Despite revenues growing 32% compared to the previous year to RM3.85 billion (951.4million), net profit dived 93% to RM27.0 million (6.7 million)…
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How Denmark Went from “We Cannot Block Them” to a Court Order in Six Months?
The Frederiksberg Court blocked Polymarket and 97 other unlicensed sites on 8 July, enforced through DNS blocking by Danish internet providers. In…
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Outlawed in the Homeland, But Betting on New Zealand: Why Australia’s Gambling Monopolies Are Striving For a Market That Is Not Theirs
The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it impossible for gambling operators to provide their online casino products at home since the product…
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Fanatics Lands NFL Sportsbook Deal While FanDuel and DraftKings Baulk at Genius Data Costs
The Fanatics Sportsbook and the Fanatics Casino have received the official NFL partner status through a non-exclusive and long-term partnership, the financial…
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Kenneth Dart Stakes $692m on DraftKings While Sitting on a $4.2bn Flutter Loss
Candle Lake made a filing with the SEC on Schedule 13G regarding 28.58 million shares of DraftKings Class A stock, which is…
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Inpay Frozen Out of iGaming Growth as Danish Regulator Finds AML Failures Across Most of Its Gaming Book
Finanstilsynet found "serious violations" of Denmark's Money Laundering Act covering the majority of Inpay's iGaming customer portfolio, far beyond isolated cases. Inpay's…
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ATG Q2 2026: Horse Betting Slides 7% as Casino Quietly Becomes the Real Revenue Driver
ATG reported a 4% NGR decline to SEK1.3 billion (€117.9 million) for Q2 2026 as horse racing NGR dropped 7% to SEK936…
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Allwyn UK CEO Resigns Amid Slump: What Phil Walker Is Really Walking Into?
Andria Vidler resigned from the Allwyn UK CEO position on 7 September and was replaced by Phil Walker who served as CEO…
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Albania’s Betting Rules Are Ready – So Why Is Nobody Getting a Licence Yet?
Albania's Ministry of Finance confirmed all eight implementing regulations are finalised, but the licensing competition has not officially opened. Up to 10…
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Brazil’s SPA Suspends 14 Licensed Betting Sites Over Sigap Failures and Hidden Ownership
Seven precautionary measures were issued on 14 August 2026, suspending 14 licensed sites after administrative proceedings that began in August 2025. Five…
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Veikkaus Names High5Games Tech Chief as Finland’s Gambling Monopoly Counts Its Final Months
Chris Armes, who has been serving as chief technology officer at High5Games since December 2022, has been appointed as executive vice president…
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UK Gambling Ignored the Tax Hike in Q2; Regulus Says the Real Pain Starts Now
Regulus Partners analysed six major UK operators covering 66% of market revenue and found the Remote Gaming Duty doubling had no discernible…
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UK Gambling Shrugs Off 40% Tax Hike, But the Quiet Before the Storm Has a Deadline
Six operators covering 66% of UK market revenue posted Q2 growth, yet Regulus says the 40% RGD impact remains "not remotely discernible"…
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South Korea Blocked Polymarket After $52M in Election Bets Caught the Wrong Attention
The Korean Communications Standards Commission of South Korea made a decision on 18 August 2026 to ban Polymarket, as its "winner-take-all" system…
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NorthStar Gaming Locks In Goodman as CEO, But Three Years of Missing Audits Are Still Waiting
Corey Goodman has been confirmed as permanent CEO of NorthStar Gaming, ending an eight-month interim period that began when Michael Moskowitz resigned…
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Leicester Gaming Centre Operator Fined £150,000 After Ignoring Self-Exclusion Rules and Its Own Warning
The owner of three adult gaming clubs in Leicester, Holland Park Leisure, was given a fine of £150,000 for failing to adhere…
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UAE’s Gaming and Finance Regulators Sign a Deal – Here Is What the Industry Needs to Know
The GCGRA and ADGM's FSRA formalised a cooperation framework on 14 August 2026, covering information sharing, joint supervision, and investigative assistance. This…