iGaming Business News

Key Points After 16 years working across Sisal and Flutter’s Southern Europe and Africa operations, Ignazio di Lauro has shifted from frontline sportsbook leadership into an advisory role inside Flutter’s Global Sportsbook & Trading division.  During his time with Sisal, di Lauro helped expand sportsbook and online betting operations, strengthening the company’s standing in Italy […]

Gambling.com Group has seen its share price fall by more than 53% in five days, following the release of its Q1 2026 results on 14 May. The stock, which had already slipped from above $5 to around $4 earlier in the week, dropped more than 40% within hours of the announcement. It moved from a […]

Super Group has appointed Kirsty Ross as its new Chief Operating Officer, elevating a senior executive who has been closely involved in the business since 2023. Ross replaces Jason Kenny, who had held the COO role since late 2024. The company has not disclosed Kenny’s next position, and he is no longer listed as part […]

The UK has launched its largest independent gambling harms research initiative, with UK Research and Innovation supporting a new Evidence Centre to strengthen policy and treatment strategies. The Gambling Harms Research UK Evidence Centre is funded through the government’s Gambling Levy and will work across government, healthcare, charities and individuals with lived experience.  It will […]

Key Points Evoplay has rebuilt its production structure through a new system named Evoplay Studios, giving several independent creative teams the ability to produce games at the same time while still operating through the company’s shared technology and distribution network.  According to the supplier, the framework is expected to raise content production, strengthen localisation across […]

Key Highlights Betano secured Official Tournament Supporter status for the FIFA World Cup 2026 across Europe and South America after FIFA and Kaizen Gaming reached a fresh agreement. The move adds another chapter to the company’s growing FIFA relationship following the 2022 World Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.  Canada, Mexico, and the […]

Key Points Penn Entertainment removed more than 75 employees across its interactive division, including senior positions and several levels inside theScore Bet operations, despite reporting “encouraging” quarterly results together with record iCasino growth. Gambling.com Group announced a 25% workforce reduction while moving deeper into AI-focused operations, showing how gambling companies now restructure to reduce costs, […]

Key Points Interactive Brokers launched a prediction markets platform connecting Kalshi, CME Group, and ForecastEx through a single trading system, allowing users to compare and trade contracts without maintaining separate collateral structures or accounts. The platform places prediction contracts beside stocks, forex, bonds, crypto, futures, and options while using order-routing systems to locate execution prices […]

Key Highlights Polymarket entered a multi-year partnership with Serie A USA and became the Italian football league’s official and exclusive prediction market partner across the United States. The agreement also includes official league data delivered through Genius Sports together with integrations across Serie A’s U.S. media and digital channels. Through this partnership, Polymarket pushed harder […]

A parallel gambling economy is expanding inside Italy’s digital landscape. Estimated at €20 billion, the illegal online gambling market involves millions of active users and keeps growing despite sustained enforcement efforts. The first report from the Data Room Nexus Observatory, presented in Rome, offers one of the clearest pictures yet. In the first three months […]