iGaming News & Gambling Industry Updates

The Czech Constitutional Court has ruled that the Magistrát of Prague (City Council) can apply its own gambling laws that reflect local conditions and allow individual city districts to ban or restrict live gambling independently. The decision supports municipal district autonomy, highlighting the differences between the Czech government’s centralised approach to land-based gambling venues. In […]

Better Collective is undergoing a restructuring after a review of the business and lower 2024 financial projections. The digital sports media company has appointed co-founder and former COO Christian Kirk Rasmussen as co-CEO alongside Jesper Søgaard. Rasmussen will focus on Better Collective’s long-term strategy as an affiliate leader. Better Collective is also reorganizing. The company […]

Norsk Tipping has stopped group betting (“andelsspill”) on Eurojackpot after they found a major error in the draw. The problem, which gave group players an unfair advantage in the Norwegian Eurojackpot extra prize, is described as “very serious” by the company. Player Discovered Group Betters Had an Advantage over Single Players The problem was discovered […]

The Coates family, the billionaires behind Bet365, are considering selling their online gambling business, which could be worth £9bn, according to the Guardian. Denise Coates runs the company. In recent weeks has been talking to Wall Street banks and US advisers about selling all or part of the business, sources close to the talks said. […]

The NBA has become the second major American sports league to formally tell the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) about the rise of sports prediction markets. The league’s letter was posted on the CFTC’s website Thursday, following a similar submission by Major League Baseball on March 7. In her statement, NBA Vice President Alexandra Roth […]

A bill targeting online sweepstakes-style games is moving forward in New York. Assembly Bill 6745, sponsored by Assembly member Carrie Woerner, passed the state’s Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee yesterday in a public session. The bill would amend New York’s racing, parimutuel wagering and breeding laws to specifically prohibit online sweepstakes games. These are defined […]

Highlights Norsk Tipping is in danger of a big fine after they found mistakes in the Eurojackpot and Lotto draws. Every draw since 2021 has had wrong winners and maybe even before that. Millions of players have been affected by this error in the draw process. Norsk Tipping is facing its third fine in a […]

According to estimates by the NPA, Japanese users spend a total of 1.24 trillion yen (around $8.6 billion) annually on gambling operator websites. This amounts to approximately $2,552 per active player. Market analysis shows that the 40 largest online casinos and sportsbooks operating in Japan are licensed offshore and are registered in corresponding offshore jurisdictions. […]

On April 24, 2025, the last land-based casino in Sweden — Casino Cosmolot in Stockholm — had its final day of operation. The operator Svenska Spel, which managed land-based facilities in the country, confirmed that from this point on, Sweden’s gambling industry will continue to develop exclusively online. Earlier this month, the Swedish Parliament voted […]

Kalshi Goes Head-to-Head with Maryland as the High-Stakes Legal Showdown Over Prediction Markets Intensifies In a significant escalation of the ongoing legal and regulatory battle between state authorities and prediction market operators, Kalshi, a New York-based financial technology company, has filed a lawsuit against Maryland’s Lottery and Gaming Regulator. The lawsuit, lodged in the United […]