iGaming News & Gambling Industry Updates
Latest iGaming news covering online gambling, sports betting, regulation, casinos and market insights from around the world.
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Google Kills Prediction Market Chrome Extensions While Keeping Their Odds on Google Finance
Google updated Chrome Web Store Developer Program Policies on 1 July 2026, placing prediction markets in its prohibited products list; enforcement begins…
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DigiPlus Revives Share Buyback With $87 million Budget
DigiPlus Interactive Corp. has revived its share buyback programme with an authorised budget of about PHP5.36 billion ($87 million), extending the initiative…
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Kenya’s Gambling Regulator Opens Its First Licensing Cycle as New Regulations Bite
The five legal notices known as Legal Notice Nos 111-115 in the Kenya Gazette came into force on 1 July 2026 to…
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Playtech Shares Surge 18% on H1 Earnings Shock; Peel Hunt’s £6.90 Target Is Now on the Table
Playtech shares hit £3.84 on 9 July 2026, up close to 18%, after H1 EBITDA cleared €155m against a full-year analyst consensus…
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Indonesia Orders Banks to Freeze 36,191 Gambling-Linked Accounts as Crackdown Targets Money, Not Just Websites
The Financial Services Authority in Indonesia instructed banks on 7 July 2026 to freeze 36,191 accounts used to facilitate illegal online gambling,…
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ELA Games Doubled Bet Counts in Greece Within Two Quarters. Here Is What Came After
ELA Games recorded a 201.90% surge in bet counts, 86.30% growth in active users, and a 77.20% rise in turnover across two…
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Bragg Has Now Cut Staff Twice in Six Months, While the CEO Leading the Charge Was Voted Off the Board Just Weeks Ago
The July 2026 cuts follow January's 12% reduction, lifting combined annualised savings to €10.5m; an additional €0.6m in termination costs is expected…
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Xpoint Launches Fraud Detection Tool to Identify Bonus Abuse
Xpoint has introduced a new fraud detection solution for betting and gaming operators to uncover organised abuse of promotions and welcome offers.…
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UK Gambling Commission Confirms Financial Risk Assessments With Phased Rollout
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has confirmed it will introduce financial risk assessments, starting with a phased rollout. Under the first stage,…
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Czech Republic Tests Shared Data Model to Improve Player Protection For Operators
In the Czech Republic, the Institute for Gambling Regulation (IPRH) is adopting a different approach through IRIS, a cross-operator data system for…
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Spribe Loses Brazilian Injunction as Federal Court Pulls the Rug on Aviator Trademark
The Pernambuco Court of Justice revoked the preliminary injunction it had granted Spribe OÜ after the Federal Court in Brasília suspended the…
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Swintt Expands Greek Presence Through New Stoiximan Content Partnership
Swintt has expanded its presence in Greece after launching a selection of Elysium Studios games on Stoiximan.gr through a partnership with Kaizen…
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Greece’s Gambling Watchdog Opens Tender for Player ID Overhaul as Black Market Pressure Mounts
Greece's EEEP has launched a €28,500 tender to appoint a specialist legal and technical partner to overhaul its Electronic Player Account and…
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Star Entertainment Settles Tax Dispute Over Former Junket Payments
Australia's Star Entertainment Group has reached a settlement with the Australian Taxation Office over historical tax treatment for payments made to junket…
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Australia’s ‘Scambling’ Taskforce Is Here and the Losses Are Worse Than Anyone Thought
Scamwatch logged 806 scambling reports in 2025 against 677 the year before; reported losses leapt from A$449,000 to A$1.6 million. Over 45%…
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RubyPlay Buys Splash Tech to Break Out of the Content Box
RubyPlay agreed to acquire 100% of Splash Tech's shares, pending regulatory approval, adding jackpot technology and free-to-play products across casino and sports…
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Dutch Court Limits Player Refund Claims Against Unlicensed Gambling Operators
The Netherlands' Supreme Court has ruled that agreements between players and online gambling operators without Dutch licences are not automatically void under…
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Play’n GO Drops Full Casino Catalogue into Colombia Through Betano Deal
Play'n GO's complete portfolio, including flagship titles Book of Dead and Reactoonz, is now live on Betano Colombia as of 7 July…
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New York Shuts Down Kalshi’s Legal Push Now the Second Circuit Must Decide
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres denied Kalshi's preliminary injunction, ruling the Commodity Exchange Act does not override New York's gambling statutes on…
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Alberta forecasts $53M from iGaming in year one, but the real test starts on 13 July
The total amount of expected first-year revenue generated by iGaming in Alberta is CAD$76 million ($53 million USD); it was estimated for…
