iGaming Business News

Key Points Boyd Interactive growth pushed management to raise full-year online EBITDAR guidance by $5m to a $35m-$40m range, even as reported online revenue fell year-on-year due to the FanDuel market access restructuring. Midwest and South operations delivered $556.9m in revenue, up 3.1%, carrying the quarter while Las Vegas Locals and Downtown continued to drag […]

Key Points Netflix has brought on Ian Hunter, who worked with Stars Group for seven years and was previously with Snap Inc., to oversee the relationships with real money gaming advertisers in their London office. This is Netflix’s first such role. Netflix’s advertising business generated over $1.5 billion in 2025, with the company targeting roughly […]

Key Points The chief executive officer of Lottoland, Nigel Birrell, announced that there was only a redundancy consultation in the Gibraltar office without revealing how many out of 270+ staff members were threatened. United Kingdom remote gaming tax hiked twice from 21% to 40% starting from 1 April 2026, which adversely affected the business of […]

Key Points The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on 16 July 2026 that Google lost its hosting safe harbour in Case C-421/24 because its pre-admission review of YouTube Partner Programme channels gave it specific knowledge of gambling content. Italy’s Council of State, not the EU court, will deliver the final verdict on […]

Key Points The Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously approved Fertitta CFO Richard Liem and general counsel Steven Scheinthal on 23 July 2026, the most concrete regulatory step taken since the $17.6bn deal was announced in May. Neither company confirmed the transaction’s current status after the go-shop period closed on 11 July, raising questions about Carl Icahn’s […]

Key Points Colombia’s outgoing Petro government submitted a new tax reform bill on Monday seeking a permanent 19% VAT on online gambling deposits, with inauguration of successor Abelardo de la Espriella set for 7 August 2026. The bill projects COP1.7 trillion ($530.8 million) in tax revenue from online gambling in 2027, though Fecoljuegos previously reported […]

Key Points Spelberoendes Riksförbund accused the operator of placing profit above its responsible gambling mandate; Svenska Spel rejected the charge outright. Since April 2026, a blanket national ban on credit-funded gambling has been in force, with AI monitoring now replacing the bulk of manual player-protection processes. Svenska Spel’s Q2 GGR climbed 8% to SEK 1.963bn […]

Key Points On 21 July 2026, Play971 entered into content agreements with IGT and Endorphina, adding the IGT PlayDigital games such as Blackjack, Cleopatra, and Cats to the UAE’s only licensed iGaming platform. Prior to signing the Play971 agreement, Endorphina was already successful in securing its GCGRA Gaming-Related Vendor Licence (Tier II) on 24 May […]

Key Points According to a SustainoMetric report in July 2026 on behalf of Alliance for Gambling Reform, the 20 largest Australian super funds have A$14.8bn invested in equities related to gambling, with AustralianSuper having the largest share at A$4.9bn. None of the 20 largest superfunds got the highest rating of the report in terms of […]

Key Points Labor’s Gambling Reform Bill stops short of a full advertising ban but introduces sweeping restrictions on how operators promote their services. Legal experts predict greater consolidation among Australian betting operators as compliance costs climb. The bill faces fierce opposition from multiple political factions, with the Labor conference becoming the latest arena for the […]