Hannah Brooks
Gambling Regulation and Compliance
Hannah Brooks covers gambling regulation and compliance, tracking licensing frameworks, policy changes and enforcement developments that affect operators and suppliers.
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Surprise win by Lula in Brazil not indicative of larger prediction market flaws, experts say
As the US midterms near, the Brazil results show that prediction market odds are fluid and susceptible to rapid fluctuations, according to election betting experts. Over the weekend,…

Evolution CEO ‘flabbergasted’ by Brazil betting ban as company awaits clarity
Brazil’s regulatory uncertainty, disappointing European performance and cybercrime in Asia were hot topics in Evolution’s latest earnings call. Evolution CEO Martin Carlesund described Brazil’s abrupt ban on licensed…

How trading teams can shape African sportsbooks
Operators need to fine-tune their entire proposition, while battling tight margins. On social media, if you scroll beneath posts from European betting operators, rarely would you describe the…

Ethiopia plans betting relaunch after Br27.5 billion audit finding
Ethiopia is moving towards a stricter gambling regime after regulators revoked every sports betting licence late last year. Ethiopia is preparing to relaunch sports betting and digital lotteries…

Serbian tennis player gets 24-year ban for match-fixing
The player in question failed to cooperate with the agency at any stage of the investigations. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced on Friday that it has handed down…

Tara Alvarez Garcia, TYS Coaching: Being brave enough to suck at something new
In this month’s Female Founders’ column, Tara speaks candidly on the struggles of jumping into a new business and career and why there is huge value in “sucking…

Day of reckoning comes for Pennsylvania skill games as legislation deadline expires
Local businesses across the state are lamenting the loss of revenue from the machines, which are now illegal. As of Wednesday, tens of thousands of skill games that…

Genting ‘itching to invest’ further in UK market but wary of looming MGD hike
UK casino operators have also flagged that current land-based reforms still need time to take effect, warning that any more reforms would have a serious impact on businesses.…

Waterhouse VC: Year in review
Tom Waterhouse of Waterhouse VC looks back at the fund’s 2025 and outlines his expectations for the year ahead. Waterhouse VC was established with a simple belief: wagering…