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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Nevada Fines Venetian $7.2M for AML Failures, but the Man Really on Trial Is Las Vegas Sands
The Nevada Gaming Commission has approved a $7.2 million AML fine on the Venetian on 20 August 2026, making it the fourth…
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Criminal Bookmakers Eye £1bn From Premier League Fans as UK Tax Hikes Drive a Hidden Betting Shift
BGC’s announcement of 24th August 2026 states that illegal companies will collect £800m from Premier League wagers this year and go up…
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Altenar Goes Live at Admiral Casino in a Tax-Driven Move
Altenar's sportsbook started operations at AdmiralCasino.co.uk on 21 August 2026, ten weeks after the signing of the contract on 18 June 2026.…
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Linebet and AS Monaco Extend Partnership Into Third Season
Linebet and AS Monaco are entering a third consecutive season of partnership after two years of campaigns, fan giveaways, media projects and…
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Hacksaw Appoints Ana Vrabic Verdir as Group CEO
Hacksaw AB has appointed Ana Vrabic Verdir as Group CEO with effect after serving as Interim CEO since April 2026. Verdir joined…
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Barry Faudemer Appointed Chairman of Jersey Gambling Commission
Barry Faudemer has been appointed chairman of the Jersey Gambling Commission for a four-year term, succeeding Cyril Whelan. Whelan completed the maximum…
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Crown and Star Sydney Fined AU$2.25m After 16-Year-Old Gambled His Way to Silver Membership
A 16-year-old individual from Cromer has accessed Crown Sydney on 19 occasions and The Star Sydney on 3 occasions by using a…
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Kick Founders Launch Club Platform
Club reached 100,000 beta members in under two months with no paid marketing at all. The founders paid $10 million for Club.com,…
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BETBY’s Watch & Bet Puts the Odds Inside the Stream, and the Numbers Behind It Are Hard to Ignore
Watch & Bet embeds live odds, markets, and bet placement inside the video player on BETBY's sportsbook event page, so players never…
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Betano CEO George Daskalakis in Talks to Buy Bristol City Stake as Football’s New Ownership Rules Face First Real Test
George Daskalakis, who is the CEO of Kaizen Gaming, is in talks with the owner of Bristol City, Steve Lansdown, to buy…
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Q2 2026 Saw AskGamblers Recover $3.4M For Players
AskGamblers won $3,398,094.77 for gamblers in Q2 2026, which is a new quarterly record with regard to complaints handled, issues sorted, and…
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Ontario Hits Slot Supplier with $70K Fine After Banned Feature Ran Live for Months
The AGCO issued Booming Games (Malta) a CA$70,000 fine on 20 August 2026 for deploying a prohibited auto-play function in several slots…
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Florida Sues Stake, VGW and Payment Partners Over Sweepstakes Casino Operations
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has sued Stake and VGW, along with payment partners, as the state expands its campaign against sweepstakes…
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Polymarket Leads US Prediction Market Demand As Kalshi Accelerates Growth
Polymarket remains the dominant brand in the US prediction markets sector, accounting for 71.65% of Brand’s Accumulated Power in July 2026, according…
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Dutch Studies Show Gambling Normalisation Begins Before Legal Age
The Dutch Gaming Authority has published three studies showing that gambling is becoming socially normalised among minors and young adults before they…
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Raketech Logs Third Consecutive Increase in EBITDA Margin Even As Revenue Falls, Former CFO Now Joins Direct Competitor Company
The EBITDA margin of Raketech increased to 24% in Q2 2026 from 21.2% in Q2 2025 with revenue declining from €6.8m to…
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QuinnBet’s £609,104 Settlement: Written Policies, Real Failures
QuinnBet entered into a £609,104 regulatory agreement on 20 August 2026. A platform migration left 194 customers able to exceed deposit limits,…
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Better Collective’s North American Profit Flip: How Prediction Markets Rewrote the Q2 Story
Better Collective North American EBITDA margin improved to 26% in Q2 2026 from 5% in Q2 2025, making it the main driving…
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Genting Malaysia’s New York Casino Tripled Revenue – So Why Did Profits Almost Disappear?
Despite revenues growing 32% compared to the previous year to RM3.85 billion (951.4million), net profit dived 93% to RM27.0 million (6.7 million)…
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How Denmark Went from “We Cannot Block Them” to a Court Order in Six Months?
The Frederiksberg Court blocked Polymarket and 97 other unlicensed sites on 8 July, enforced through DNS blocking by Danish internet providers. In…
