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BetHog Is Dead. The FanDuel Founders Who Built It Are Betting Everything on AI Dealers Instead
BetHog closes 31 July 2026, less than two years after launch, with players given until then to withdraw funds. Parent company redirects…
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Betsson Sets New Records for Revenue in Q2 2026, While Profitability Remains Unconvincing
The Betsson company recorded its best quarterly turnover ever at €310.2m in Q2 2026, but the operating profit decreased by 38.9% from…
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EU Court Says That Google Can Be Held Accountable for Gambling Advertisements on YouTube
The Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its decision on 16 July 2026, indicating that the hosting exception of Google…
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Evolution Pays £4.75m to Close UKGC Licence Review Over Unlicensed Operator Supply
Evolution agreed a £4.75m settlement with the UK Gambling Commission on 15 July 2026, closing a licence review launched in December 2024…
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ANJL Backs New Betting Advertising Rules And Enforcement Against Illegal Operators
Brazil's National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) has welcomed the government's new betting advertising rules. However, it notes that stricter enforcement…
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Alliance Global Closes the Book on Genting: Newport World Resorts Is Now Fully Filipino-Owned
AGI's subsidiary NWRPI took formal ownership of Genting Hong Kong's shares in Newport World Resorts operator Travellers International Hotel Group on 15…
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ThrillTech Lands AGCO Licence, Opening Ontario’s iGaming Market to Its Side-Bet Jackpots
ThrillTech has been awarded a Gaming-Related Supplier licence by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, allowing it to offer ThrillPots to…
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Banijay and All3Media Merger Closes, Creating the World’s Largest Independent Production Company
Banijay Group and RedBird IMI have successfully closed the merger between Banijay Entertainment and All3Media to create the largest independent producer worldwide,…
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IGT Kills Its Electronic Table Games Division, and Apollo’s Fingerprints Are All Over It
IGT will end-of-life its ETG operations in 2027, exiting a segment it had been actively expanding just two years prior. The closure…
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Playtech’s Quiet UAE Entry: The Subsidiary Nobody Talked About Just Hit 23
VS Technology Limited, a wholly owned Playtech subsidiary acquired through Gaming Technology Solutions in 2009, has been added to the GCGRA's licensed…
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Nepal’s Mini Casino Royalty Doubles: Who Pays the Price When the Government Needs Cash Fast
The Financial Bill of Nepal for 2026-27 will increase the yearly royalty of mini casinos from NPR 15 million to NPR 30…
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Cirsa Snaps Up Slots del Sol Stake in Paraguay — and the Play Is Bigger Than Two Casinos
Cirsa has taken a majority stake in Slots del Sol, its first move into Paraguay's newly opened gambling market. Paraguay's gambling sector…
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Michigan Tightens the Screw on Kalshi as $500,000 Daily Fines Enter the Picture
Judge Aquilina extended the sports contract ban and set 12 August as Kalshi's hard geofencing deadline, with fines of $500,000 per day…
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Flutter Shares Jump 5.4% as Burry Bet, Dart Swap, and LSE Exit Converge into One Bullish Signal
Michael Burry has purchased Flutter for $107 per share, putting 60% of a whole-position size into FLUT stock, banking on regulation of…
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Rank Group’s Six-Month Gamble on Richard Harris Just Became Permanent
Richard Harris was confirmed as permanent CEO of Rank Group on 13 July 2026, six months after stepping in on an interim…
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Tonybet Lands Alberta iGaming Licence on the Same Day the Market Opened
Tonybet received an AGLC iGaming licence on 13 July 2026, the same day Alberta's regulated online gambling market officially launched, making it…
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Gentoo Media Names Ex-Raketech CFO Måns Svalborn, Signalling Its Next Move
Måns Svalborn, a seasoned financial executive and erstwhile CFO at Raketech Group, has been chosen to be the new CFO for Gentoo…
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Amazon Settled a $201M Social Casino Lawsuit Without Actually Paying Anyone
Amazon agreed to a $201M judgment without cutting a cheque, instead assigning its indemnification rights against 32 app developers to the plaintiff…
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Germany Bumps Online Slots Stake Limits To A €5 Maximum
Germany has increased the maximum stake limits for licensed online slot machines for the first time since launching its legal gambling market.…
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Pure Canadian Gaming Bets on Alberta Trust as 48 Global Rivals Flood New iGaming Market
Pure Canadian Gaming has applied to launch an online casino app and website under the PureCasino.ca brand, backed by a multi-year Kambi…
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