iGaming News & Gambling Industry Updates

With no plans to slow down since its U.S. reentry, Polymarket is now expanding beyond politics and current affairs into property. On January 5, Polymarket announced a partnership with Parcl to bring U.S. housing prices into its prediction markets. Polymarket and Parcl came together to build a fresh trading tool that lets users place trades […]

Betlabs, a betting tech company out of Philadelphia, just secured fresh seed funding from SportsContentCo, a US sports betting company. Betlabs got new seed investment from SportsContentCo and the team felt relieved. The money will help Betlabs grow and bring its main product, Dynamic Parlays, to more betting operators and leadership. This product is designed […]

Portugal’s government has put forward a short-term solution that sees casino license extensions in three main gaming areas, which in turn allows current operators to maintain their casinos until the country sorts out a public tender issue that has been put on hold. Portugal confirmed short-term casino contracts because the country was still waiting to […]

MGM Osaka will be Japan’s first integrated resort to open its doors. The centrepiece is a 27-story tower, and it’s paired with a massive casino, 23,293 square meters packed with 470 gaming tables and 6,400 electronic gaming machines. This comes straight from architectural documents shared with The Yomiuri Shimbun. Japan is building a casino resort, […]

Xtremepush just acquired Scrimmage, a U.S. loyalty platform, as part of their push to roll out what they call the industry’s first unified loyalty, CRM, and gamification solution. Xtremepush bought Scrimmage in a move made to speed release for XP Loyalty. This new product will place a loyalty engine inside Xtremepush’s current data setup. By […]

Tennessee has joined a growing number of US states taking strong action against online sweepstakes casinos. This effort is part of a nationwide 2025 enforcement wave that has targeted sites such as Chumba, High 5, and Stake. Regulators say these platforms use what they call a dual-currency model to get around existing gambling laws. Last […]

Casino.org has brought in former football star Michael Owen as their Exclusive UK and Ireland Affiliate Ambassador for 2026. Michael Owen Joins Casino.org as Brand Ambassador Following International Growth We confirmed the news in a press release from London on January 5, 2026, along with updates about the company expanding into both regions. The announcement […]

A new national report says many people in the United Kingdom are getting tired of seeing gambling everywhere in their daily lives. The study, called Ending a Losing Streak, was released by the More in Common think tank and paid for by the Coalition to End Gambling Ads. It shows that gambling adverts now appear […]

Maine is at the center of a big debate over online casino gaming as state regulators urge the governor to reject a bill that could change the gambling industry. The bill, called LD 1164, would allow internet casino games like blackjack, roulette, and digital slot machines across the state. Supporters say the bill could bring […]

Polymarket, operating as a blockchain-based prediction platform, attracted attention again as users reacted with mixed emotions to markets on political and military events. In the last week of December, several markets opened on the possibility of a military conflict and political collapse in Venezuela, and this brought fear into trading spaces. The markets allowed bets […]