Following the discovery, the regulator has strengthened scrutiny of verifications and domains. On Friday, the Dutch gaming authority (KSA) revoked a lottery licence that had been fraudulently obtained in the name of the amateur football club Quick Boys. According to the regulator, an unidentified individual impersonated the club’s chairman during the application process, thereby securing authorisation to […]
Interest in the prize draw sector in the UK has grown as the vertical is protected from strict lottery regulations. Zeal hinted at plans to move into a new market in March. German lottery brokerage Zeal Network SE has announced its acquisition of a 96.5% stake in UK prize draw operator SevenCanyon Limited. The move […]
Sizekhaya Holdings has begun operating one of the world’s larger national lotteries under an eight-year contract widely reported to be worth around R180 billion ($10.9 billion) – a politically charged award now at the centre of a High Court battle that won’t be heard until later this year. Sizekhaya took over the South African National […]
Esports betting is no longer a side act in the sportsbook world. Once thought of as a niche add-on, it’s now rivalling traditional sports in both volume and visibility. As audiences expand and technology advances, the industry is witnessing a clear mandate for data-driven, high-quality products, a shift exemplified by Kambi and its subsidiary Abios’ ongoing investment […]
iGB looks at the key takeaways from Oddin.gg’s latest esports betting report and the emerging narratives within the vertical. Key learnings from Oddin.gg’s State of Esports Betting report: Esports betting is a valuable but comparatively poorly understood vertical of the wider sports betting sector. The phenomenon of watching esports events has long been popular but […]
The growth of esports in Malaysia has prompted calls for greater oversight of the domestic industry, valued at RM1.6 billion. Malaysia’s Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) is working to revise regulatory guidelines for esports, including restrictions on violent content and greater protections for players. By one estimate, more than 5.2 million Malaysians regularly participate […]
President Lula has unilaterally moved to dismantle Brazil’s entire gambling industry. While unlikely to sway the outcome on its own, the optics have played well for Lula in a tight race that risks slipping away from him. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his allies have been levelling threats at Brazil’s gambling industry for […]
As operators grapple with Poland’s heavy tax burden, is there appetite for reform in a promising market that is becoming ‘too big for the state to control’? In partnership withWorld Gaming Leader’s Summit Europe’s gambling industry has in recent years been awash with anxiety over tax rises, Britain and the Netherlands acting as cautionary tales for just how quickly […]
The New York casino finalists got early Christmas presents from state regulators who approved the two in Queens and one in the Bronx. After multiple years of lobbying, millions spent and countless twists and turns, the downstate New York casino race is now complete. The New York State Gaming Commission unanimously approved commercial licences for Bally’s Bronx, […]
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 proliferated in bars, corner stores and other small businesses across Pennsylvania for years were considered illegal, after a 120-day window to enact legislation governing the slot-like machines […]