iGaming Business News

Key Points PlayCity now reports illegal gambling channels directly to Kick’s headquarters, with the first two violating channels removed within the past week. Thirty-seven accounts across TikTok, Instagram, Twitch and Kick were blocked this month, reaching a combined audience of more than 895,000 followers. Violations carry a financial penalty of nearly UAH5.2 million (approximately $155,678), […]

Key Points BetConstruct AI has integrated ADI Predictstreet’s prediction market solution, giving its operator partners access to official FIFA-licensed content. ADI Predictstreet holds the first-ever FIFA official prediction market partnership, a category that did not previously exist in international football. The deal also covers official match streaming rights for operators across Europe and selected international […]

SkyCity Entertainment Group has reached an in-principle settlement with South Australia’s Commissioner for Liquor and Gambling over compliance failures at its Adelaide casino. Under the agreement dated 19 June, SkyCity will pay A$21m in three equal instalments. The first A$7m payment is due within 28 days, while the other instalments must be paid within one […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged Myanmar to strengthen enforcement against online gambling, telecom fraud and other cross-border crimes during talks with Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing in Beijing. The meeting took place on 16 June during Min Aung Hlaing’s five-day state visit to China, his first since assuming the presidency in April. Both governments […]

Entain’s Sportingbet brand has lost trademark protection across most betting and gaming-related goods and services after the EU Intellectual Property Office declared its established logo invalid. In a decision dated 18 June, the EUIPO Cancellation Division ruled that the “sportingbet” mark, filed in 2003 and registered in 2005, was descriptive and lacked distinctive character for […]

Key Points Austria’s coalition government has passed a draft law that ends Win2Day’s longstanding online casino monopoly, with the market set to open to multiple licensed operators from October 2027. Operators that took bets from Austrian players without a local licence during the 18 months before market opening will face a temporary bar on applying; […]

Key Points Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society blocked 13,888 gambling-related websites, social media pages and URLs between 1 and 18 June 2026. The operation used artificial intelligence and ran under direct orders from Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. On 20 June 2026, Thai authorities arrested the administrator of PHAYAK789, an illegal gambling website that […]

Germany’s GGL has opened a formal review into whether ADI Predictstreet’s World Cup pitch-side advertising breaches German gambling laws, given that the operator holds no German licence. ADI Predictstreet’s branding appeared during Germany’s opening World Cup match, which was broadcast on KiKa, a public children’s television channel. Nine European gambling regulators from Belgium, France, Germany, […]

Key Points During the 18 June AGM held in Toronto by Bragg, Mazij was not elected to the board because there were 55.67% voting against him and 44.33% in favour of his re-election. The stock price of Bragg has dropped to about 60% over the last year to $1.73 due to the fact that the […]

Sweden’s Administrative Court of Appeal in Jönköping has upheld the decision of the country’s gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, to reject an application for electronic bingo operations outside traditional bingo venues. The ruling, published this week, confirms that the regulator has the authority to limit where non-temporary bingo activities may be conducted under Sweden’s Gaming Act. The […]