iGaming Finance News

Several leading figures from the gambling sector have appeared in the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List. The 2026 list, topped by the Hinduja family with an estimated £38bn fortune, places the combined wealth of the UK’s 350 richest at £784bn. This figure represents a quarter of the country’s GDP and a 1.4% increase from 2025. […]

Key Points At 70, John Boyle appears to be drawing the curtain on a career that reshaped Irish betting. Reports indicate BoyleSports is actively exploring a sale; a deal that would hand over close to 390 high-street shops across the UK and Ireland, alongside the company’s online gaming operation. The pressure has been building quietly […]

Gambling.com Group has lowered its full-year guidance and launched a major restructuring programme to reduce its workforce by around 25%, as regulatory pressures on the affiliate sector heighten. Revenue for Q1 2026 remained flat at $40.4m, but profitability weakened. The company reported a net loss and a 43% drop in adjusted EBITDA to $9.0m. This […]

Bragg Gaming Group, now rebranded as bragg, reported stable revenue in Q1 2026 as its “games-first” strategy gained traction. Revenue for the three months to 31 March reached €25.7m, slightly above €25.5m recorded in Q1 2025.  During this period, the company improved its profitability, supported by higher-margin proprietary content and tighter operational control. Bragg stated […]

Key Points Prediction market sites like Polymarket and Kalshi proved to be one of the fastest-growing areas within the global ecosystem of unregulated gambling, contributing 8.7 per cent of revenues from offshore sportsbooks while comprising just 0.2 per cent of revenues in legal U.S. sports betting. According to Gaming Compliance International, unlicensed online gambling hit […]

Key Points Bragg Gaming plans to acquire Drayton International in a $9 million share-based deal, bringing gaming studios, AI technology, distribution assets, and more than 100 gaming titles into its games-first strategy. That acquisition gives Bragg its first major opening into the US advance deposit wagering market and may increase its reachable presence from seven […]

Autorité Nationale des Jeux has raised concerns over a growing number of excessive gamblers in France, following the deployment of a new algorithm to assess player behaviour. The regulator said the model analyses indicators such as frequency of play, spending patterns and signs of loss of control. Based on data from the second half of […]

Key Points PointsBet posted group revenue of A$186.6m for the nine months ending 31 March, slightly below the earlier comparative period, while statutory losses climbed to A$26.6m after the MIXI Australia takeover and financial year restructuring. Australia stayed as PointsBet’s largest market, though weaker racing turnover, tighter compliance settings, National Self-Exclusion Register effects, and taxes […]

High Roller Technologies reported a reduction in losses and balance sheet improvements, despite a decline in revenue. Net revenue for the three months to 31 March came in at $3.4m, down 35% from $5.2m in the same period last year.  The company attributed the drop to its withdrawal from certain markets and a significant reduction […]

Key Points The management of Flutter Entertainment, headed by Peter Jackson, the CEO, bought almost $745,000 worth of shares collectively, indicating some level of optimism in the firm amid escalating market pressures and speculation about its exit from the London Stock Exchange. Flutter had Q1 2026 performance that was both positive and negative, with revenues […]