Articles by Arijit Roul
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Betsson Sets New Records for Revenue in Q2 2026, While Profitability Remains Unconvincing
The Betsson company recorded its best quarterly turnover ever at €310.2m in Q2 2026, but the operating profit decreased by 38.9% from…
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EvenBet Gaming Lands Swedish B2B Licence — and Its Nordic Ambitions Are Just Getting Started
EvenBet Gaming received a five-year B2B supplier licence issued by Spelinspektionen on 15 July 2026 and this covers the company poker along…
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Trump’s Teleprompter Man Was Betting on the President’s Words While Setting Up His Script
Teleprompter operator for Mr. Trump since 2016, Gabriel Perez, is negotiating his settlement with CFTC after earning over $100,000 from Trump's speeches…
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Brazil’s Child Court Shut Down Three Betting Platforms, and Getting Them Back Won’t Be Simple
Meta Title Brazil Shuts Down 3 Betting Sites Over Child Safety Rules Key Points On 14 July 2026, the Childhood and Youth…
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UK Problem Gambling Rate Falls to 2.4%, But the Numbers Hiding in Plain Sight Tell a Different Story
The PGSI 8+ problem gambling rate decreased from 2.7% in 2024 to 2.4% in 2025 using survey results from 20,775 adults in…
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EU Court Says That Google Can Be Held Accountable for Gambling Advertisements on YouTube
The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its decision on 16 July 2026, indicating that the hosting exception of Google…
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Evolution Pays £4.75m to Close UKGC Licence Review Over Unlicensed Operator Supply
Evolution agreed a £4.75m settlement with the UK Gambling Commission on 15 July 2026, closing a licence review launched in December 2024…
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DraftKings Veteran Ed Silva Takes the Wheel at DubClub as Investors Back the Next Move
Ed Silva, who has served as Vice President of DraftKings for nine years, is appointed the CEO of DubClub following the recent…
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Alliance Global Closes the Book on Genting: Newport World Resorts Is Now Fully Filipino-Owned
AGI's subsidiary NWRPI took formal ownership of Genting Hong Kong's shares in Newport World Resorts operator Travellers International Hotel Group on 15…
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ThrillTech Lands AGCO Licence, Opening Ontario’s iGaming Market to Its Side-Bet Jackpots
ThrillTech has been awarded a Gaming-Related Supplier licence by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, allowing it to offer ThrillPots to…
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Banijay and All3Media Merger Closes, Creating the World’s Largest Independent Production Company
Banijay Group and RedBird IMI have successfully closed the merger between Banijay Entertainment and All3Media to create the largest independent producer worldwide,…
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IGT Kills Its Electronic Table Games Division, and Apollo’s Fingerprints Are All Over It
IGT will end-of-life its ETG operations in 2027, exiting a segment it had been actively expanding just two years prior. The closure…
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Merkur Seals White Hat Studios Deal as German Slot Giant Doubles Down on US Market
Merkur Group has agreed to acquire White Hat Studios for an undisclosed sum, subject to regulatory approval. The deal covers only the…
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Rank Group Puts £5m on the Table for Gambling Commission — and Already Thinks It Will Stick
Rank Group proposed a settlement of £5m for the UK Gambling Commission on 20 May 2026, following non-compliance with the regulatory guidelines…
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Playtech’s Quiet UAE Entry: The Subsidiary Nobody Talked About Just Hit 23
VS Technology Limited, a wholly owned Playtech subsidiary acquired through Gaming Technology Solutions in 2009, has been added to the GCGRA's licensed…
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Nepal’s Mini Casino Royalty Doubles: Who Pays the Price When the Government Needs Cash Fast
The Financial Bill of Nepal for 2026-27 will increase the yearly royalty of mini casinos from NPR 15 million to NPR 30…
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Cirsa Snaps Up Slots del Sol Stake in Paraguay — and the Play Is Bigger Than Two Casinos
Cirsa has taken a majority stake in Slots del Sol, its first move into Paraguay's newly opened gambling market. Paraguay's gambling sector…
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Michigan Tightens the Screw on Kalshi as $500,000 Daily Fines Enter the Picture
Judge Aquilina extended the sports contract ban and set 12 August as Kalshi's hard geofencing deadline, with fines of $500,000 per day…
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Gibraltar Launches World’s First Dedicated Prediction Markets Regulation
Gibraltar published the world's first standalone prediction markets regulatory framework on 13 July 2026, under the Gibraltar Gambling Act 2025. Two operators,…
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Flutter Shares Jump 5.4% as Burry Bet, Dart Swap, and LSE Exit Converge into One Bullish Signal
Michael Burry has purchased Flutter for $107 per share, putting 60% of a whole-position size into FLUT stock, banking on regulation of…