Articles by Arijit Roul
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Grandstand Maintains 2026 Goals but Reality is Not As Simple As It Seems
Grandstand's sports data unit for businesses, named OpticOdds, is projected to be growing above 50% this year, and it became the 11th…
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GR8_TECH’s New MTS: Why 200 Traders Could Replace Your Sportsbook Data Bundle
GR8_TECH launched MTS on 13 August 2026, combining a team of 200+ trading professionals with a proprietary odds engine, automated risk controls,…
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Finland’s MP Says Gambling Reform Is a ‘Win-Win’, but One Number Will Decide If He’s Right
Finland's channelisation rate fell from roughly 90% to approximately 50% over the past decade, with a 2023 Ministry of the Interior study…
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Kenneth Dart’s SEK695 Bid for Evolution Is a Takeover He’s Openly Saying He Doesn’t Want to Win
Candle Lake crossed Sweden's 30% mandatory bid threshold on 24 July 2026, forcing a legal offer; its own announcement states it was…
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Dead Men’s IDs and a BRL1.1 Billion Freeze: Brazil Shuts Down Pixbet on Two Fronts
On 13 August 2026, SPA issued an order to suspend Pixbet's operation immediately, arguing that the company did not meet compulsory requirements…
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Rank CEO Defends Nine Mecca Bingo Closures as a Second Tax Storm Gathers
Nine Mecca Bingo venues closed in FY26, leaving 41 clubs; Harris says "around 40 venues is about right" under the current tax…
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NYC Opens Deceptive Marketing Probe Into Kalshi and Polymarket – Here’s What They Actually Found
The NYC Council sent letters with over 60 questions to Kalshi, Polymarket, Coinbase and Gemini Titan, giving each platform 14 days to…
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GiG Eyes 888Africa Takeover, But It’s the Juroszek Family That May Pull the Trigger
GiG is close to acquiring Evoke's 80% stake in 888Africa for between €20m and €30m, structured as 20% direct equity and the…
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Gambling Commission: Sloppy Operator ID Checks Are Undermining the FRA System From the Inside
More than 25% of all consumer complaints to the Commission's Contact Centre concern identity verification, making it the single largest category of…
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Bragg Ditches Guidance for Entire Year as Q2 Revenue Slips by 12%, but the Margin Figures Have a Different Story to Tell
Revenue for Q2 fell by 12% YoY to €22.9m, with Netherlands revenue dropping 14% and no growth seen in Brazil, even as…
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Dart’s Mandatory Bid Lands Below Market – Few Shareholders Will Bite
Candle Lake's mandatory cash offer values Evolution at SEK 131.7 billion, but the bid is below the current trading price and Dart…
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Lithuania Built a Real-Time Gambling Surveillance System, and Operators Are Only Now Realising What It Means
As of 1 May 2026, the LAKIS system in Lithuania will apply to all remote gambling platforms, meaning that operators will be…
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Italy: AGCOM Defines the Line Between Responsible Gambling Campaigns and Hidden Advertising
AGCOM published Resolution 200/26/CONS on 10 August 2026, setting binding content, branding and data rules for all responsible gambling communications by Italy's…
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Flutter Locks FanDuel Spending Into 2027 as Its Share Price Sits 67% Below Peak
CFO Rob Coldrake confirmed at the Oppenheimer fireside chat on 11 August that FanDuel spending will run into 2027, going further than…
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Evoke’s H1 Numbers Hold Up – Its Going-Concern Disclosure Does Not
Evoke's adjusted EBITDA fell 10% to £150.2m in H1 2026, driven by a £46m year-on-year rise in gaming duties following the UK…
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Catena Media CEO Sets H1 2027 Platform Deadline as Q2 Profit Collapses 46%
In Q2, EBITDA fell by 46% to €1.2m, as the adjusted EBITDA margin decreased from 23% to 13%, leading to a drop…
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Brazil’s Illegal Betting Market Posts Its First Measurable Decline, But the Challenge Ahead Is Vast
Illegal operators made up 38% to 44% of all online bets in H1 2026 compared to 41% to 51% in the June…
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Brazil’s $12.5bn Betting Loss Exposes the Market the Government Refuses to Count
Brazilian households lost BRL62.5 billion ($12.5bn) to betting operators in 2025 — 69% above the BRL36.9bn recorded by the Ministry of Finance's…
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Argentina’s Betting Tax Hits All-Time High in July as World Cup Final Drove 6,200% Search Surge
ARCA recorded its highest-ever monthly online betting tax collection in July 2026, at ARS17,798 million (approximately $11.7 million), a real increase of…
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41 Thai Gambling Employees Repatriated by Laos – The Pay Stubs Show How Such Schemes Function
The Lao authorities transferred 30 women and 11 men to Thai authorities in Nong Khai on 10 August following their arrest for…
