iGaming Business News

Key Points Kjerulf Ainsworth placed a proportional takeover bid to purchase 5.5% of Ainsworth Game Technology ordinary shares with payment set at A$1.30 for each share. His offer places a 23.8% premium above the company’s closing share price on 10 March and stands near 30% above Novomatic’s earlier A$1 offer. Full acceptance of the proposal […]

Key Points GCash blocked more than 3,200 merchants on its platform after links appeared between these merchants and illegal gambling services and scam operations. Operators involved in fraud used the QRPh payment rail and moved users toward payment pages which then redirected funds into accounts without authorisation. The enforcement action happened through work between the […]

Key Points Gambling.com has reported paying income of one hundred and sixty-five million dollars in the entire year 2025, generating a growth of nearly thirty per cent in relation to the situation that was reported last year, 2024, amounting to one hundred and twenty-seven point two million dollars. Revenue from Sports data services grew 440 […]

Key Points Betsson will purchase Rhino Entertainment Group’s licensed Canadian B2C iGaming business and technology assets for €64.5 million as part of market expansion plans. The agreement covers operational infrastructure, licences, personnel and proprietary front-end and middleware technology supporting the group business systems. Completion of the acquisition is expected during Q2 or Q3 2026 after […]

Pramod Sawant, chief minister of Goa, has announced a significant increase in licensing costs for new casino operators and other changes like higher application charges, annual licence payments and transfer fees. Sawant presented the state’s 2026 to 2027 budget to the Goa Legislative Assembly on Friday. Speaking to the house members, he said: “The fee […]

Key Points Relief spread across financial oversight circles when the SEC and CFTC signed a memorandum of understanding strengthening coordination across US markets and digital asset supervision. Through the agreement regulators launched the Joint Harmonisation Initiative focused on policy coordination, enforcement cooperation, and regulatory alignment across financial sectors. Regulators intend to remove overlapping rules while […]

Key Points Fertitta Entertainment negotiates a takeover of Caesars Entertainment valued at nearly $7 billion with an offer of around $34 per share. The proposal sits above a cash bid of about $33 per share previously submitted by Icahn Enterprises. Caesars posted four straight quarterly losses while Las Vegas tourism weakened through 2025. Caesars Entertainment […]

Major League Soccer has imposed lifetime bans on footballers Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah after determining they violated the league’s gambling policy. The sanctions follow an independent investigation prompted by suspicious betting alerts that the MLS received from integrity monitoring partners. This investigation was carried out by the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler […]

Key Points An Ohio federal judge refused Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction and allowed the state to enforce sports gambling laws against the prediction market platform. The ruling rejected Kalshi’s claim that its sports event contracts count as swaps governed under federal derivatives law. Conflicting court rulings inside the Sixth Circuit raise the chance […]

Key Points The South African government plans a 20% national tax on gross gambling revenue from online betting operators, showing a push to reduce online gambling and respond to social harm. Industry voices explain that this levy with VAT and provincial taxes can raise the total effective tax load on licensed bookmakers close to 38–39%. […]