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Ireland Built a Gambling Regulator – Now Comes the Part Nobody Prepared For
Since remote betting licences launched on 1 July 2026, the GRAI has issued cease-and-desist orders against a large volume of unlicensed operators,…
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Kalshi’s First Lifetime Ban: How George Santos Turned a Prediction Market Into His Personal ATM
Kalshi imposed a lifetime ban on George Santos and fined him $71,356; this is the very first lifetime ban imposed by Kalshi…
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Sri Lanka Built a Gambling Regulator That Still Cannot Issue a Single Licence
The GRA Act came into force on 1 December 2025, but the subsidiary legislation for issuing licenses has still not been notified…
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Estonia Bet on a Gambling Tax Cut to Fill Its Coffers. Nine Months Later, the PM Is Asking If It Was Worth It
Prime Minister Kristen Michal has ordered an early review of Estonia's phased online gambling tax cut, two years ahead of the originally…
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Brazil’s Betting Sector Pays £1.2bn in Taxes, Then Politicians Try to Bury It
The tax remitted to the Federal Revenue by the licensed betting companies in Brazil between January and July 2026 amounted to R$8.7…
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Botswana Voted 20-1 to Rewrite Its Gambling Rules – Not Everyone Agreed: Why?
Bill No. 15 of 2026 has been passed by the Botswana National Assembly on 13 August with 20 votes in favor to…
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Sweden’s Gambling Market Increased in Q2 – But the Number That Truly Counts Has Gone Unreported
Licensed turnover stood at SEK7.4 billion in Q2 2026, increasing by 5.1% year-on-year, although the commercial online segment increased by more than…
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NorthStar Got Fined CA$100K for AML Failures – That Is Not Even the Worst Part
Player crossed NorthStar's CA$25,000 risk level in the first month. The account remained active for 15 months before the player made any…
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Merkur Is Paying Nearly Triple the Market Price for Seven Small French Casinos – That Should Raise Questions
On 27 August 2026, Merkur agreed to acquire 95% of Casigrangi, the controlling shareholder of Société Française de Casinos, at an implied…
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Dutch Data Exposes Meta’s Illegal Gambling Ad Crisis, and the Numbers Are Getting Worse
Up to 97% of gambling ads reaching Dutch users in May and June 2026 promoted unlicensed operators, per VNLOK's audit of Meta's…
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Caesars Votes Sept. 22 on Fertitta’s $17.6B Deal, and Not Voting Counts Against It
On 22nd September 2026, in Reno, there will be held a special shareholders' meeting will be held to vote on an acquisition…
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Black Cow Set For Major Restructure Amid Financial Issues
JJK Partners signed a majority stake deal but only invested £2.2m, just 17% of Black Cow's share capital, against a £13.2m valuation.…
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bet365 Launches Sportsbook and Online Casino in West Virginia
bet365 has launched its online sportsbook and casino in West Virginia, expanding the UK-based operator’s US presence to 18 states. The launch…
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Mexico iGaming Market Shifts Toward Smarter Portfolio Strategies
Mexico’s online gaming market is entering a more mature phase as operators move away from competing mainly on the size of their…
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GamCare Reports Service Disruption During Statutory Levy Transition
Hundreds of people experienced disruption to gambling harm support as Britain moved from its voluntary funding model to the new statutory levy…
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Pagcor Plans Mobile App as Half the Philippines’ Online Gaming Market Stays Unlicensed
Pagcor plans to release an app for mobile verification ahead of end-2026, based on the Pagcor Guarantee website launched in June 2025,…
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Betr Posted a A$40m Loss in FY26 – The Second Half Tells a Different Story
Betr posted a widened statutory loss of A$40.2m in FY26, but its normalised EBITDA was reversed by A$19.3m between H1 and H2,…
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DraftKings Handed Its Departing Co-founder a $30 Million Deal – Nobody Told Investors Until Now
Six weeks before leaving as president, Matthew Kalish secured a $30 million, three-year marketing deal for his wholly owned company HardScope, which…
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Chile’s State Lottery Charges 11 Betting Giants With Money Laundering — While the Taxman Takes Their Money
A complaint was lodged by Polla Chilena de Beneficencia on 20 August 2026 against 11 operators such as Betsson, Betano, 1xBet, and…
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Amusnet Gets Alberta’s Green Light, But the Real Question Is What Happens Next
Amusnet Gaming was awarded a conditional supplier license by the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC), which allows it to provide…
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