Articles by Arijit Roul
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Bally’s Veteran Ameet Patel Named Dual CEO of The Star Brisbane and Gold Coast
Ameet Patel, former President of Bally's Chicago and SVP of Regional Operations at Penn National, has been appointed dual CEO of The…
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Sweden’s Channelisation Rate Slides for a Third Year Running as Unlicensed Sites Keep Growing
Sweden's overall channelisation rate fell to 84% in 2025, the third year in a row it has missed the SGA's own 90%…
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Former BetVictor CEO Michael Carlton Unveils 21.com, a New Casino and Sportsbook Built on AI and Crypto Technology
Michael Carlton, the former CEO of BetVictor, has launched 21.com, a new online casino and sportsbook built from the ground up with…
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Vyking Ventures Backs PrizeKings as Prize Draw Sector Chases Real Growth
Vyking Ventures, the investment arm of Cyprus-based iGaming platform provider Vyking, has put money into PrizeKings, a technology-driven prize draw business. PrizeKings,…
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Swedish Court Kills the SEK8m Penalty Against LeoVegas
On 12 June 2026, the Administrative Court in Linköping wiped out an SEK8m (€735,336) fine against Roar Vegas, the entity that operates…
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KSA Issues Warning After Self-Excluded Players Found a Way Through Betnation’s Net
Smart Gaming, the company behind Betnation, received a formal warning from the KSA after Cruks checks were not carried out for several…
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Flutter Dumps London Listing as FanDuel Fuels US Growth
Flutter's LSE delisting kicks in on 3 August 2026; 31 July is the last day shares trade there, leaving NYSE as the…
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Netherlands Set to Ban Online Gambling Ads and Bonuses in Major 2026 Reform
On 12 June 2026, Justice and Security State Secretary Claudia van Bruggen declared a near-total ban on the advertisement and bonus offerings…
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KSA Reprimands TOTO Online Over World Cup Betting Promotion Linked to Footballers
TOTO Online received a formal reprimand from the KSA after a shirt giveaway campaign spread across the social media pages of eight…
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Better Collective Brings Its AI Betting Tool into Brazil as the World Cup Opens
Better Collective has taken Playbook to Brazil, an AI betting solution that converts sports content into customised betslips delivered through X, Telegram…
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BetMGM’s Brazil Venture Has Purchased a Bingo Company
Boa Lion, the Grupo Globo and MGM Resorts joint venture behind BetMGM in Brazil, has agreed to purchase 100% of Bingão do…
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FanDuel Removes Hundreds of Jobs as Flutter’s Stock Finds Some Ground
FanDuel has now confirmed its third round of job cuts in under seven months, with sources placing the number in the hundreds,…
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Finland’s iGaming Licence Rush: 50 Applications Filed and Market Still 13 Months Away
Fifty iGaming licence applications have been submitted to Finland's National Police Board since the window opened on 1 March 2026, roughly doubling…
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FanDuel Predicts Brings in Crypto.com as World Cup Opens New Prediction Market Window
FanDuel Predicts has added Crypto.com's CFTC-regulated OG Prediction Markets as a second contract provider alongside CME Group, with new markets going live…
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Asaf Noifeld Steps Away from FanDuel Casino as Leadership Troubles Grow
The departure of Noifeld was officially announced through LinkedIn on June 10, 2026, for personal reasons after 12 years at PokerStars and…
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Carruthers Takes the Wheel as UAE Gaming Moves from Paper to Practice
Ciarán Carruthers, former CEO of Crown Resorts Australia and ex-COO of Wynn Macau, has been appointed CEO of the GCGRA with immediate…
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DraftKings Jumps as Prediction Markets Enter the Mainstream
DraftKings shares rose as much as 10% intraday on 9 June, with annualised prediction markets volume reaching $3.1bn in May, up 34%…
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ADI Predictstreet Goes Live Days Before the World Cup, and the Questions Are Just as Live as the Platform
ADI Predictstreet went live on 8 June 2026, three days before the FIFA World Cup 2026 opens on 11 June, ending months…
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Singapore Police Catch 30 in Illegal Gambling Sweep Tied to Bank Account Misuse
Singapore's Specialised Crime Branch investigated 30 individuals between 21 and 29 May 2026, arresting or identifying 21 men and nine women aged…
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New Zealand Puts Out Online Casino Regulations as Operators Think About Their Next Move
The Online Casino Gambling Act 2026 kicked in on May 1st, 2026, with detailed rules coming out on June 6th that take…