iGaming News & Gambling Industry Updates

The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to commence its partnership with the Gibraltar Gambling Commission. This will strengthen cross-border regulation in the gambling sector. The latest agreement is a major milestone in Ireland’s plans to launch its newly regulated gambling market. It was signed in Dublin by Anne Marie […]

Hard Rock Bet has confirmed it will honour $5,000 cash payouts issued in error during a recent Live Trivia event on its New Jersey casino platform. The incident occurred during a Wednesday evening session of the company’s new interactive Live Trivia game. Due to a technical error, every qualifying participant received a full $5,000 reward […]

The Turkish Ministry of Treasury and Finance is set to introduce new regulations combating the laundering of criminal proceeds from illegal betting and fraud through crypto asset transactions. The upcoming measures will impose stricter regulations on Crypto Asset Service Providers and establish new controls on crypto-related transactions. Increased Oversight on Crypto Platforms According to information […]

Romania’s National Audiovisual Council has updated the country’s media rules, banning celebrities from appearing in gambling advertisements on TV, radio, and online. This decision was made in a public session on June 26, as part of a larger push to protect the public, especially young viewers. The ban is included in a new article within […]

The Curacao Gaming Authority, or CGA, informs that the six-month temporary license, which was given by operation of law to every operator with a valid license when the National Ordinance for Games of Chance, called LOK, started on December 24, 2024, will stop on June 24, 2025. The CGA has already made contact with those […]

The fundraising round follows legal progress and increased investor interest in event-driven trading, with rival Polymarket also nearing a major deal. Key Points Kalshi secured $185 million in Series C funding, led by Paradigm, with additional support from Sequoia, Multicoin, Neo, Bond Capital, and Peng Zhao. This round makes the value of the event contracts platform reach […]

IntelligenEVO is the first next-generation central management system implemented by a WLA-affiliated operator in a G2S distributed video lottery network. Key Points IGT has entered an eight-year agreement with Atlantic Lottery to deliver the IntelligenEVO system. This agreement will be applicable in all four Atlantic Provinces and provides options for future extension periods. Atlantic Lottery […]

Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department flipped the script on Monday by arresting a Fuji Television Network employee over online gambling activity. In a twist fit for television, Yoshitaka Suzuki, who manages planning for Fuji TV’s variety shows, was accused of betting on the Eldoah Casino site, playing rounds of baccarat from his smartphone, with transactions spanning […]

New regulations aim to regulate organized bulk-purchasing activity in an effort to maintain fairness and gain public trust. Why let the big spenders have all the fun? Anyone dropping over $50,000 on Fast Play tickets in a single day might just get benched from prize claims. Behind the scenes, it’s not magic but the Arizona […]

The Field Effect Analysis team identified a targeted scam associated with BlueNoroff, a North Korean hacker subgroup. A known Canadian gambling company was caught in this scheme, which employed trusted identity verification methods and Zoom. BlueNoroff’s sophisticated method included fake domains such as zoom-tech[.]us to target the victim during a meeting about cryptocurrency. Attackers claimed […]