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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ARGN Launches Continental Network for Responsible Gaming Cooperation
The African Responsible Gaming Network (ARGN) launched on 21 September 2026 to strengthen collaboration on responsible gaming and gambling harm prevention across…
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Fabio Macorin Joins IAGR Board As Regulatory Challenges Become More Global
Fabio Macorin, deputy secretary of Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA), has been elected to the International Association of Gaming Regulators…
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Macau Visitor Growth Continues To Outpace Gaming Revenue
Macau expects a surge in tourism during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, with daily visitor arrivals forecast to reach around…
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Polymarket Steps Up European Lobbying For Financial Services Status
Polymarket is lobbying across the UK and Europe to secure recognition of prediction markets as financial services rather than gambling products. The…
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Australia’s Gambling Debate Puts BetStop Under Growing Scrutiny
Australia’s gambling sector is facing renewed scrutiny as questions around advertising, regulation and player protection continue to divide government, industry and gambling…
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OpenBet Appoints Nikos Konstakis As Next Chief Executive
OpenBet has appointed Nikos Konstakis as its new chief executive, with the leadership change taking effect at the end of the current…
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Yahoo Finance Quietly Ended Its Polymarket Deal – Nobody Has Explained Why
Yahoo Finance removed Polymarket's dedicated prediction market hub, roughly six months after the November 2025 launch, with no reason given publicly by…
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Vyking Built Its Own Sportsbook Frontend: FIRST.bet Runs the Engine – Here Is Why That Split Matters
Vyking designed and built the entire player-facing sportsbook frontend, including mobile, on FIRST.bet's SportOS engine. FIRST.bet retains full control of pricing, trading,…
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India’s New Gaming Law Has 201 Complaints and Zero Registered Games
MeitY confirmed to the Central Information Commission that OGAI had registered zero online games as of 1 September 2026, four months after…
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Gibraltar’s Gambling Commissioner Says the Doom Narrative Is Wrong – Can the Licensing Data Back Him Up?
The Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner, Andrew Lyman, has come out against the image of decline, citing examples of licensing that is ongoing despite…
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Europe Lost an Estimated €22 Billion in Tax Revenue to Unregulated Gambling in 2025
Unregulated GGR across 27 EU member states jumped 74% between 2023 and 2025, reaching an estimated €91.6bn. Among Europeans actively interacting with…
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She Sat Inside Curaçao’s Gambling Regulator for Nine Months – Now She Is Releasing Everything
Wittmann claims she exploited a security flaw within eight hours of accessing the CGA portal and monitored casino ownership data for nine…
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Singapore Tightened Its Casino Rules Again — Here Is What Actually Changed
The new Casino Control (Prescribed Casino Chips) Regulations 2026 classify electronic credits as casino chips, with the GRA being allowed to designate…
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Ohio Wants Online Casinos, But Your Bonus Has to Be Spent In Person
Online casino promotional credits would be tied to physical casino visits, not digital accounts. Licences would be restricted to Ohio's 11 existing…
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Flutter Lands in TIME’s Top 50, the Only iGaming Operator to Do So
In TIME’s World’s Best Companies 2026 ranking, Flutter was 41st best in the world, having made the most significant improvement in its…
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Ethiopia Shut Its Entire Betting Industry Down – The Unlicensed Version Kept Growing
A draft audit covering July 2023 to December 2025 found licensed operators owe Br27.5 billion ($167M) in unpaid commissions, penalties and fees,…
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DraftKings Takes a Mobile Gambling Patent Fight to the Tribunal That Could Kill It
DK Crown Holdings filed a PTAB petition on 17 September targeting all 18 claims of Interactive Games' US Patent No. 12,406,284, a…
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Fred Done Says Betfred’s Rugby League Exit Is the Budget’s Fault – The Numbers Make It Hard to Argue Otherwise
The sponsorships by Betfred of the Super League, Challenge Cup, and England Rugby League expire in 2026 after being entered into in…
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Josh Wilson To Leave SciPlay As Light & Wonder Begins Search For New CEO
Josh Wilson will step down as CEO of SciPlay on 30 October, Light & Wonder has announced. He will leave the social…
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US Lawmakers Seek Sanctions Probes Into Cambodia-linked Scam Networks
US lawmakers have called for sanctions investigations into 28 foreign individuals and organisations, including Cambodian officials, business figures and White Sands Palace…
