Shoot-out At The Fantasy Factory, Who’ll Win The Betting World Cup Sportsbooks Or Prediction Markets?
With an estimated US$53 billion to US$85 billion at stake (£39.48bn-£63.32bn), the FIFA 2026 World Cup has been labelled “the biggest betting…
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Bally’s Intralot Buys evoke For £243 Million
BREAKING STORY: Debt-burdened UK gambling giant evoke–owner of William Hill, 888 and multiple other storied betting brands–has been sold to Bally’s Intralot…
FIFA World Cup Poised To Score Spectacular Own Goal
WORLD CUP SPECIAL: This is supposed to be the World Cup to end World Cups, the first time that planet football’s premier…
Curaçao The World Cup’s Mighty Mouse That Roared
WORLD CUP SPECIAL: Curaçao, the tiny Dutch Caribbean island that is a major offshore gambling and banking hub, has become the smallest…
Putting The Sexy Into Sin City, Now MGM Resorts Is Also US$18 Billion Target
BREAKING NEWS: Hot on the heels of the proposed US$17.6 billion (£13.09bn) sale of Vegas heavy-hitters Caesars Entertainment comes news that MGM…
Let’s Entertain You, Fertitta Buys Caesars In Mega US$17.6 Billion Deal
Fertitta Entertainment, owners of the storied Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas and the Houston Rockets basketball team, has agreed to buy…
Fate of evoke CEO Per Widerström Provoking Storm Of Speculation
Amid fevered take-over talks between wounded, debt-burdened British iGaming giant evoke and on-the-charge Bally’s Corp., the fate of evoke CEO Per Widerström–the…
Leaving Ras Vegas
The future of Wynn Resorts’ US$5.1 billion (£3.79bn) pathfinder casino resort in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)–colloquially known as “Ras Vegas”–has been…
Africa Up As Super Group Reports Record Q1
Boosted by its dominant Africa operations, iGaming operator Super Group has reported a record-breaking Q1 2026, featuring an 18 percent, year-on-year, surge…
Record Results at Spain’s Codere Boost Sale Prospects
Strong first-quarter results reported by Codere are expected to intensify interest from potential investors ahead of the imminent sale of Spain’s second-largest…
FanDuel CEO Amy Howe Loses Fantasy Shoot-out With Prediction Markets
BREAKING NEWS: Currently being out-gunned and out-played by hot-shot prediction markets disruptors, FanDuel has today announced the shock departure of its CEO…
Flutter Reports Sizeable Q1 iGaming Growth But Fires FanDuel CEO Amy Howe
Flutter Entertainment reported Q1 2026 revenue of US$4.3 billion (£3.15bn), representing year-on-year growth of 17 percent, but has also fired FanDuel CEO…
Jette With A Twist On Top
Somewhere out there, hopefully on a relaxed tropical isle, sits Jette Nygaard-Andersen, the former CEO of once conflict-wracked Entain, sipping a Tequila…
Amid Speculation Over Future, evoke Reports FY25 iGaming EBITDA Growth
Amid ongoing speculation over its future, troubled British gambling giant evoke, owner of the storied William Hill betting brand, has reported a…
New York City’s First Full-on Casino Opens In Queens
After decades of resistance, New York City has finally got its first full-scale casino. Malaysia-origin Genting Resorts World opened its casino in…
It’s A Rush For RSI Posting Improved Outlook And iGaming Growth In Q1
Chicago-based Rush Street Interactive reported iGaming revenue of US$370.4 million for the first quarter of 2026, representing a 41 percent increase compared…
Caesars Reports Steady EBITDA, Significant iGaming Surge In Q1
Caesars Entertainment has reported iGaming and total net revenues of US$2.87 billion (£2.12bn) for its first quarter of 2026, representing a 2.7…
iGaming Up For U.S. Gambling Giant PENN Entertainment In Solid Q1
American gambling giant PENN Entertainment reported iGaming and total revenue of US$1.78 billion (£1.32bn) for its first quarter this year, a relatively…
Carpe Diem, Latin Operations Continue To Underpin Betsson’s Operations In Q1
Betsson AB reported iGaming revenue of €285.3 million (£257.89m) for the first quarter of 2026, representing a decrease of three percent compared…
Trump Slump Continues As Tourists Continue Leaving Las Vegas
The so-called “Trump Slump” continues to hit Las Vegas as latest stats show Average Monthly Visitors (AMV) dropping to their lowest level…
Evolution Posts Stable Q1 iGaming Revenue Despite Euro Drag
Sweden’s at-war Evolution, currrently locked in existential legal conflict with arch iCasino rivals Playtech in a New Jersey courtroom, have reported flat-lining…
Buried Under A William Hill Of Debt, evoke Faces Fractured Bally’s Future
There’s something of the apocalyptic “28 Days Later” wasteland for debt-stricken evoke as they confirm they’re in serious talks with U.S. Bally’s…
Entain Focussed On Fiscal Growth As Guidance Holds In Q1
UK gambling heavy-hitter Entain has reported a three percent increase in group Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for the first quarter of 2026,…
It Could Be You! And You! Allwyn Powerballs UK Lottery
UK National Lotto operator Allwyn are finally delivering on their license-winning promise to transform and revitalise the nation’s lottery by doubling the…
Media Troopers Reports iGaming Surge During March Madness
Media Troopers has reported increased activity across iGaming and sports betting channels during the 2026 NCAA March Madness tournament, citing strong performance…
BetMGM Reports iGaming Growth in Q1 2026 Update
BetMGM has reported iGaming revenue growth in its Q1 2026 business update, with overall performance reflecting continued expansion across North American regulated…
Evolution Ups The Odds In High Stakes iCasino Legal Face-off With Playtech
Evolution’s throat-and-dagger lawsuit against Playtech–involving allegations of industrial spying by ex-Israeli secret service agents, reputation trashing and charges of defamation–has been ramped-up…
Prediction Markets: Trumpland Puts The Fix In
Above and, seemingly, beyond the law, Trumpland has put the fix in on booming prediction markets. Amid a flurry of lawsuits seeking…
Evolution’s So-so Flatline 2025 Amid Ongoing iGaming Pressure
Evolution reported stable iGaming revenue but declining profitability in its 2025 annual report, citing regulatory changes, regional volatility and increased investment as…
Betsson’s Record Revenue Amid iGaming Growth in 2025
Driven by a surge to regulated markets and focus on Latin America, Swedish playmaker Betsson has reported record iGaming revenue in its…
Oh To Be In America, Debt-free Playtech Takes A Hit In FY25
Playtech reported a decline in revenue and earnings for the year ended 31 December 2025, as structural changes and revised commercial agreements…
Saturday Night’s All Right For Fighting, Promotes Polymarket
In defiance of growing moral outrage, but perhaps in keeping with the debased spirit of the age, controversial predictions market Polymarket–already under…
Entain Reports FY25 iGaming Growth and EBITDA Rise
Entain plc has reported its Full-Year 2025 results, with the iGaming and sports betting group delivering growth in net gaming revenue and…
The Rise and Rise Of Prediction Markets Kalshi and Polymarket Now Seeking Valuations of US$20 Billion
Barely three months ago, when it sought to raise US$1 billion in funding, prediction markets pioneer Kalshi was valued at US$11 billion….
Entain Rising And Looking To Join £500m Club
British risen-from-the-dead iGaming giant Entain is looking to join the £500 million club, following a superb FY25, which has seen growth in…
We Don’t Do Extra-Judicial Killings, Kalshi Tells Prediction Markets
Amid the growing crisis of a widening Middle East war, Kalshi Co-founder and CEO Tarek Mansour has clearly asserted that his pathfinder…
Say It’s Right, DraftKings Predicts US$80bn Opportunity By 2030
Premier U.S. sportsbook DraftKings, still patently under-valued, with its stock hovering around the US$27 mark, when investment gurus say it should be…
Lost In The Junglee Flutter Entertainment Takes A Mega Hit In FY25
Like many a valiant merchant prince before him, out to make a fortune from the fabulous East, Flutter Entertainment’s CEO Peter Jackson…
Breaking Bad: BGC Slams Tax Hikes As Boost For Black Market
Grainne Hurst, Chief Executive of the UK gambling industry’s representative Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), has slammed the Labour government’s impending iGaming…
Narcos Mexico Vengeance Threatens To Derail FIFA World Cup
Narco-violence, which has left scores of dead in clashes between police and traffickers, following the death of notorious drug lord “El Mencho”,…
So Long USA, iGaming Super Group Shapes Stability With Strong FY25
Stability reigns supreme at Super Group (SGHC) after the Betway and Spin parent hit its targets and reported upticks across-all-metrics in FY25….
Burdened By US$11.9bn Debt, Caesars Entertainment Trips Over FY25 Finish Line With Weighty US$502m Net Loss
Burdened by US$11.9 billion (£8.76bn) in aggregate debt, Vegas dominator Caesars Entertainment (CZR) has reported a hefty net loss of -US$502 million…
Down, Down, Down, Kambi’s Operating Profit Plunges In FY25
Kambi Group plc has reported Q4 and FY25 results, with the iGaming and sportsbook technology supplier recording lower year-on-year revenues, alongside declines…
DraftKings and FanDuel Duopoly Facing Existential Threat From Prediction Markets
It’s the oldest trick in the book: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. But despite their much-heralded move into the Prediction…
DraftKings Delivers Super FY25 Fiscals, Predicts New Year Boom
DraftKings has reported positive net income and record quarterly revenue and adjusted EBITDA for Q4 2025, alongside issuing fiscal year 2026 guidance…
Every Bet You Make, We’ll Be Taxing You, Plans Michigan Governor
Spurred by the example of neighbouring Illinois, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is proposing to embrace a new tax-per-bet regime, with the specific…
The Andrew Rhodes Well Travelled, UKGC Boss Announces Exit
Andrew Rhodes, the highly-regarded Chief Executive of the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission (UKGC) is moving on after five-years in the top job….
Predicting A Bigger, Bettor New Wave DraftKings
Online dominator DraftKings has upped its bid to crack New Wave iGaming (NWiG), aka predictions markets. The Massachusetts-origin iGaming pioneers has just…
Loto-Québec Launches iGaming Titles with Incentive Games
iGaming operator Loto-Québec has confirmed a partnership with B2B supplier Incentive Games to introduce real-money titles to players in the province of…
Drake Maye Win Super Bowl LX For The Patriots
A president afraid to turn up because he expects a capacity crowd to scream insults, a Puerto Rican superstar being stalked by…