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Leicester Gaming Centre Operator Fined £150,000 After Ignoring Self-Exclusion Rules and Its Own Warning
The owner of three adult gaming clubs in Leicester, Holland Park Leisure, was given a fine of £150,000 for failing to adhere…
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Evoke Shareholders Solidly Back £243m Bally’s Intralot Takeover
Evoke shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the company’s proposed £243m acquisition by Bally’s Intralot, moving the transaction closer to completion. The vote comes…
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Fortuna Buys TOPsport, But the €70m Bond Nobody Mentioned Is the Real Story
Fortuna Entertainment Group made an acquisition of a 70% equity stake in TOPsport on 17 August 2026, becoming its first step towards…
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Bally’s Intralot Posts €544m H1 as UK Tax Doubles and Evoke Shareholders Vote Yes
The BII unit of Bally's Intralot was responsible for €544.2 million in group revenues during H1 2026, as the net gaming revenues…
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Portugal’s Online Gambling Market Surges to €651.9m Gross Revenue in H1 2026, but the Unregulated Market Won’t Give Way
The gross gaming revenue from the Portuguese online gambling market has reached its highest level ever at €651.9m during H1 2026 as…
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Grandstand Maintains 2026 Goals but Reality is Not As Simple As It Seems
Grandstand's sports data unit for businesses, named OpticOdds, is projected to be growing above 50% this year, and it became the 11th…
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Kenneth Dart’s SEK695 Bid for Evolution Is a Takeover He’s Openly Saying He Doesn’t Want to Win
Candle Lake crossed Sweden's 30% mandatory bid threshold on 24 July 2026, forcing a legal offer; its own announcement states it was…
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Rank CEO Defends Nine Mecca Bingo Closures as a Second Tax Storm Gathers
Nine Mecca Bingo venues closed in FY26, leaving 41 clubs; Harris says "around 40 venues is about right" under the current tax…
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GiG Eyes 888Africa Takeover, But It’s the Juroszek Family That May Pull the Trigger
GiG is close to acquiring Evoke's 80% stake in 888Africa for between €20m and €30m, structured as 20% direct equity and the…
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Bragg Ditches Guidance for Entire Year as Q2 Revenue Slips by 12%, but the Margin Figures Have a Different Story to Tell
Revenue for Q2 fell by 12% YoY to €22.9m, with Netherlands revenue dropping 14% and no growth seen in Brazil, even as…
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Dart’s Mandatory Bid Lands Below Market – Few Shareholders Will Bite
Candle Lake's mandatory cash offer values Evolution at SEK 131.7 billion, but the bid is below the current trading price and Dart…
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Flutter Locks FanDuel Spending Into 2027 as Its Share Price Sits 67% Below Peak
CFO Rob Coldrake confirmed at the Oppenheimer fireside chat on 11 August that FanDuel spending will run into 2027, going further than…
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Evoke’s H1 Numbers Hold Up – Its Going-Concern Disclosure Does Not
Evoke's adjusted EBITDA fell 10% to £150.2m in H1 2026, driven by a £46m year-on-year rise in gaming duties following the UK…
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Catena Media CEO Sets H1 2027 Platform Deadline as Q2 Profit Collapses 46%
In Q2, EBITDA fell by 46% to €1.2m, as the adjusted EBITDA margin decreased from 23% to 13%, leading to a drop…
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PhilWeb Turns Profit In Q2 As Digital Gaming Business Accelerates
PhilWeb Corporation returned to profit in the second quarter of 2026 as its Digital Gaming Solutions business expanded. The company reported net…
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Brazil’s $12.5bn Betting Loss Exposes the Market the Government Refuses to Count
Brazilian households lost BRL62.5 billion ($12.5bn) to betting operators in 2025 — 69% above the BRL36.9bn recorded by the Ministry of Finance's…
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Argentina’s Betting Tax Hits All-Time High in July as World Cup Final Drove 6,200% Search Surge
ARCA recorded its highest-ever monthly online betting tax collection in July 2026, at ARS17,798 million (approximately $11.7 million), a real increase of…
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Philippines Supreme Court Approves Civil Forfeiture Rules For POGO Assets
The Philippines’ Supreme Court has approved rules allowing the government to pursue civil forfeiture of assets linked to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming…
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Gaming-linked Tycoons Remain Prominent On Philippines Rich List
Gaming-linked business leaders featured on Forbes’ 2026 list of the Philippines’ 50 richest people. This list was led by Bloomberry Resorts chairman…
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Cyprus Betting Market Reaches €1.327bn As Online Growth Widens Retail Gap
Licensed bookmakers in Cyprus accepted €1.327 billion in bets during 2025, according to figures from the National Betting Authority. The authority refers…
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