Arijit Roul

Key Points Esportes Gaming Brasil, through subsidiary HS Gaming Participações, is acquiring 100% of BETBR Loterias, adding the Apostou, B1BET, and BRBET brands to its portfolio. The deal is under review by Brazil’s antitrust authority CADE under Public Notice No. 464. Brazil’s regulated betting market generated nearly BRL6 billion ($1.2 billion) in its first five […]

Key Points DAZN Bet went live in Ontario on 30 June 2026, marking its first entry into the North American gambling market after receiving its AGCO licence in January. The platform combines a sportsbook and full iGaming suite with DAZN’s existing Canadian sports streaming brand, a watch-and-bet model already operating across Europe. Alberta is confirmed […]

Key Points BR-DGE raised £10m on 30 June 2026, with Bettor Capital joining as a new backer alongside the company’s existing Scotland-based family office investor. Platform volumes have grown 15-fold in under two years; monthly transactions are on course to exceed 100 million before year-end. Perry Blacher, a University of Cambridge and Harvard graduate with […]

Key Points SEGG Media filed a $20m lawsuit in Tarrant County District Court, Texas, against short seller White Diamond Research and its principal Adam Gefvert, alleging a coordinated “short and distort” scheme following a 10 June report. White Diamond’s report accused SEGG of issuing at least 12 press releases for deals that never materialised, called […]

Key Points Malik Beasley and Ed Davis, who played professional basketball in the National Basketball Association (NBA), have been charged with multiple crimes, including bribery of sporting events and money laundering conspiracy among others on 29 June 2026. It is claimed that Beasley tampered with his performance on court in four different matches in the […]

Key Points Croatia’s gambling social fund has jumped from €130m to €214m for 2026, the largest distribution since the country began earmarking sector proceeds for public programmes. Chief State Treasurer Danijela Stepić confirmed the allocation, with €144m drawn from live 2026 gambling revenues and €70m rolled over from unspent 2025 funds. The move is the […]

Key Points Light & Wonder launched Galeforce Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria on 26 June 2026, targeting faster game development for regulated EMEA markets. Rob Procter, SVP of Game Design, called it “a pivotal moment” for the company’s iGaming division, citing scale, talent, and creative capacity as the core drivers. The move comes as CEO Matt […]

Key Points Five startups will present their ideas in person in the Product Innovation Showcase Stage during SBC Summit, on 1st October 2026, with the submission deadline being on 24th July. The total prize money is more than €89,400, including media, compliance, legal, data, brand services, and booth at SBC Summit 2027. In 2025, the […]

Key Points The UK Gambling Commission has ordered Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited, the company behind Betfred.com, to pay £900,000 in lieu of a financial penalty over social responsibility failures. A seven-day gap built into Betfred’s safer gambling review process meant one customer lost £17,900 in 24 hours after being flagged, with no further action taken. This […]

Key Points Fanatics has skipped past every other international market and landed straight in Abu Dhabi, joining forces with Momentum Group in a joint venture that swallows the UAE operator’s lottery, sportsbook and iGaming licences whole. The regulator didn’t just nod along. GCGRA actually signed off on the change of control before either company said […]