iGaming Business News

The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed a revised package of Gambling Commission licence and application fee increases, with the new charges taking effect from 1 October 2026. The decision follows a public consultation between 27 January and 30 March, attracting 47 responses from operators, suppliers and industry representatives. Earlier this […]

The Prize Competition Council (PCC) has officially launched as the new trade association for the UK’s prize competition sector, bringing around 50 operators under a single industry body. This follows months of collaboration between operators and the introduction of a voluntary code of conduct, which took effect in May.  The code, first published by the […]

Betr has promoted three long serving executives as the company prepares for its next growth phase. These appointments include Alex Ursa as Chief Operating Officer, Alex Kuwada as Chief Marketing Officer, and Mike Denevi as Chief Content Officer. Ursa, the first employee hired by Betr, steps into the COO role after almost four years as […]

Key Points Blackstone and Kings Park Capital’s managed funds have reached an agreement on selling their casino portfolio of 33 venues to Banijay Gaming, and this deal is estimated to be closed in the second half of 2026. The company JOA reported €430m of gross earnings in 2025 and received over 4.6 million visitors per […]

Key Points South Africa’s National Gambling Board has launched an Expression of Interest to appoint a specialist service provider to monitor, block and track illegal online gambling websites targeting South African consumers. Illegal offshore operators are estimated to account for 62% of South Africa’s online betting market, pulling more than R50 billion in gross gambling […]

Key Points Three Juroszek family foundations, collectively holding 1.4% of DigiPlus, have written to the board demanding a wide-scale share repurchase programme, on the basis that the company ranks as the lowest-valued B2C gaming operator in the world across every major valuation measure. DigiPlus trades at 2.4x EV/EBITDA, about a third of what its global […]

Key Points Brisbane Poker Pty Ltd and its sole director Rhys Edward Jones were ordered to pay A$15m and A$9m respectively, after the Federal Court ruled they had repeatedly violated Australia’s Interactive Gambling Act. The judge rejected a jointly proposed A$120,000 penalty for affiliate promoter Brenton Lee Buttigieg, doubling it to A$240,000 on the grounds […]

Key Points The regulator has made an enforcement of an undertaking that legally binds bet365 to rebuild its money laundering policies and suspicious transaction reports. The investigation spans operations conducted between 1 July 2016 and 2 November 2022 with two independent reviews validating the non-compliance with AUSTRAC regulations. A progress report must be submitted by […]

Key Points South Korea’s Broadcasting, Media and Communications Review Committee has handed Polymarket a window to submit its legal position before regulators decide whether to push forward with a corrective request under gambling legislation. Enforcement attention has moved away from individual South Korean users investigated in June, now aimed squarely at the platform’s design, operating […]

One suspect allegedly ran a $3.14 billion illegal gambling platform from the Philippines, Malaysia, and Cambodia, evading South Korean authorities for 12 years before being seized in the UAE. A second suspect faces charges of recruiting secondary school students as sales agents into a separate illegal gambling network worth approximately $326 million. The cooperation between […]