iGaming Business News

DigiPlus Interactive Corp. has revived its share buyback programme with an authorised budget of about PHP5.36 billion ($87 million), extending the initiative for another 12 months after shareholders urged the company to increase capital returns. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company stated that its board had approved the revival of its […]

North Carolina has increased the tax on sports betting operators after Governor Josh Stein signed Senate Bill 257 into law on 7 July, approving a new state budget raising the tax rate from 18% to 23%. The change comes just over two years after online sports betting launched across the state. Licensed operators will keep […]

Key Points Zeal Network is acquiring the remaining 96.5% of SevenCanyon for up to £38.6m, financed by a €40m Deutsche Bank term loan. SevenCanyon posted EBITDA above £10m for the financial year ending March 2026, and the deal is expected to add high single-digit millions of euros to Zeal’s EBITDA in the first full year […]

Key Points The AGCO imposed CA$170,000 penalties on Great Canadian Entertainment on 7 July 2026 due to non-compliance with suspicious transaction reporting regulations after carrying out an audit in Pickering Casino Resort. This is the second large fine of CA$290,000 levied on the company in less than ten days, as it was fined CA$120,000 for […]

Key Points Pure Canadian Gaming has applied to launch an online casino app and website under the PureCasino.ca brand, backed by a multi-year Kambi sportsbook deal, just as Alberta became the second Canadian province to open iGaming to private operators on 13 July 2026. More than 48 companies paid $200,000 each in registration fees ahead […]

Key Points Denmark’s regulator blocked 334 unlicensed gambling sites in 2025, a 70% rise on the 197 blocked in 2024, driven by stepped-up surveillance rather than black market growth. The Spilpakke 1 legislative package, passed in October 2025, handed Spillemyndigheden authority to target affiliate and referral sites for the first time, alongside a whistle-to-whistle sports […]

Michel Groothuizen, Chairman of the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), believes better consumer safeguards are necessary for financially vulnerable players. However, he has also warned against using gambling regulation as a tool for income policy. The key question in this debate is: how far should governments go in protecting players from financial harm without limiting individual choice? Championed […]

Key Points Google updated Chrome Web Store Developer Program Policies on 1 July 2026, placing prediction markets in its prohibited products list; enforcement begins 1 August 2026. Extensions facilitating or enabling real-money transactions on predictive outcomes will be removed; simulated products with no cash payouts may remain with clear user disclosures. The ban landed as […]

Key Points The Agency for Customs and Monopolies (ADM) of Italy has blacklisted Polymarket again and identified it as an unauthorised gambling operator. The €19 million sponsorship agreement by Lazio with Polymarket, dated April 2026, is likely to violate Italian law, which prohibits the advertisement of unlicensed gambling operators according to the Dignity Decree of […]

Key Points Jefferies Financial Group is said to be testing investor appetite for roughly $5bn in debt to back an Icahn bid at $33 per share, above the $31 Caesars already accepted from Fertitta. Caesars’ go-shop provision runs until 11 July; the board has days, not weeks, to judge whether Icahn’s financing rounds into something […]