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And Behold Trump Predicts A New Truth Is Born
It’s difficult to gauge whether President Trump’s new prediction market ally was speaking tongue-in-cheek or fervently believed the spiel he was spinning…
Trump’s Truth Social Partners With Crypto.com To Offer Prediction Markets
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT), the operator of Truth Social, has announced an exclusive partnership with Crypto.com…
It’s No-No For Caesars In Yo-Yo Q3 As Both Vegas And Digital Drag
Shares in U.S. gambling big hitter Caesars Entertainment have fallen by more than two percent following a lacklustre Q3, which failed to…
Letter From America 47
Packed with headliners. There’s no other way to describe Letter From America this week, as we feature a clutch of compelling stories…
Controversial Sweepstakes: The View From The Bridge
Once able to operate under loosely-defined promotional laws in almost every U.S. state, a tide of new legislation is ending the ambiguity…
Viva Mexico’s Gambling Revolución!
With the focus on Brazil sucking most of the oxygen out of the LatAm gaming space, the all-important market of Mexico has…
Mafia-Backed Betting Scandal: 34 Arrested In Sweeping FBI Raids
The biggest betting scandal in modern U.S. sports history erupted yesterday, as the FBI arrested 34 suspects, including Portland Trail Blazers coach…
Betsson, Who Loves Ya Baby? Pretty Much Everybody Says Q3
Swedish iGaming playmakers Betsson AB released their Interim Report for the first nine months of the year, ending September 2025, today and…
It’s Getting Better All The Time? Embattled iGaming Software Giants Evolution Report Flat To Minus Q3
If this is progress then what’s Evolution? One may well ask, as the Swedish-origin iGaming software and games developer, mired in controversy…
Hoping This Railbird Will Fly, DraftKings Joins The Great Prediction Markets Race
DraftKings, the number two digital sports book and iGaming outfit in the United States, has officially joined the great prediction markets race…
Playtech Hits Back In Its Battle Of The iGaming Software Heavyweights
Like two heavyweight Sumo wrestlers vying for the title of world iGaming software top dog, Playtech’s and Evolution’s sensational court case–involving alleged…
Mossad Connection As Playtech Shares In Freefall Following Evolution Claims Of Malpractice
BREAKING NEWS: Playtech Plc shares crashed by 25 percent today–and may fall further–after Evolution AB alleged that Playtech used a private intelligence…
Evolving Engagement And Content Consumption: The Flashscore Take
Founded in 2006 by a group of Czech sports enthusiasts, Flashscore is a popular live sports scores and news service owned by…
evoke Emotes Oh Mendy! You Gave Without Taking But I Sent You Away, Oh Mendy!
Lord Jon Mendelsohn, former Labour Party influence peddler, who was caught in the 1998 “Lobbygate” scandal for boasting to an undercover reporter…
Episode 28 with Edward Smyshliaiev, Chief Technology Officer at GR8 Tech
In the latest episode of iGF’s Back To The Future (BTTF) podcast, we sit down with Edward Smyshliaiev, Chief Technology Officer at…
Evolution Identifies Playtech as Client Behind 2021 Smear Report
Evolution AB has alleged that Playtech Software Limited, a subsidiary of Playtech Plc, commissioned the 2021 Black Cube investigation that produced what…
Frogo: Real-Time Is No Longer A Luxury
Fraud in the casino and sportsbook sector is reaching alarming levels, writes Lauren Harrison. In 2024 alone, it rose by an alarming…
Done And Dusted, Higher Taxes Will Destroy Bookies Warns Betfred Owner
For Betfred founder Fred Done it all began with a £25 punt on England winning the 1966 World Cup. But 60-years later…
LatAm 2026: What’s Next For The Year’s Most Hyped Region?
This year Latin America has been one of the most hotly discussed gambling regions in the world, writes Lauren Harrison. But as…
Kalshi And Prediction Markets Question Continues To Roil U.S. iGaming Legislators
This week the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) fired a prediction markets warning shot across the bows of America. And guess what?…
Flutter’s Paddy Power Beat Rivals To The Punch, KOs 57 Bookies
As so often, Flutter Entertainment has beaten its rivals to the punch and announced the shuttering of 57 of its iconic Paddy…
Bets, Banks and Billionaires, Brazil iGaming [And Other Bs] Facing Massive Tax Hikes
Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party call it the “BBB Tax” — for Bets, Banks and Billionaires. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s leftist…
Boosted By BetMGM Sprog, Entain FY25 Is Sunny Side Up
Boosted by its increasingly profitable sprog, UK gambling giant Entain today reaffirmed a sunny side up outlook for its Full Year 25….
BetMGM Raises FY25 Guidance After Strong Q3 Performance
BetMGM, the joint venture between Entain and MGM Resorts International, has reported better-than-expected results for Q3 2025, driven by strong performance across…
It’s All Greek For Former Russia-Linked UK National Lottery Owner Allwyn
The news that Allwyn and its Greek subsidiary OPAP are merging in a €16 billion marriage à la mode has returned the…
Meet the first AI CRM built for iGaming
Award-winning disruptor, iGaming tech and service provider Fast Track, is leading the industry into a new era of digital transformation – one…
A William Hill Wind Blows Evoke No Good
The threat by UK gambling mega channel Entain to shutter its high street bookies if hit by big new taxes has now…
Go East Hot Gambler As Storied Las Vegas Sands Runs Out Of Digital Time
Hit the road Jack, and don’t you come back no more, no more…one can almost hear the storied Rat Pack of Frank…
Abios: Player Props To Star At Counter-Strike Majors
With just over a month to go until the next Counter-Strike Majors–scheduled to kick off on November 24 in Budapest–operators and teams…
In It To Win It, iGP Is Redefining Lottery Products
For decades, the global lottery industry–worth some US$315 billion (£234.6bn/€270bn) in 2024–has been gambling’s leading vertical. But arguably it’s also been mired…
The Search for Transparency: Interview – Matthias Kaiser, Tipico
Speaking recently at the iGF Supper Club in September, Matthias Kaiser, Director of Customer Retention at Tipico, shared his perspective on why…
Return Of The Prodigal Son, Polymarket’s U.S. Future Boosted By US$2 Billion Investment
Predictions site Polymarket’s fully-fledged return to home U.S. territory has been considerably boosted by a US$2 billion (£1.48bn) investment from the owners…
Pursued By Swingeing Taxes, Will It Be A Case of New York New York For UK Gambling Giant Entain?
It was the move that launched Flutter into the stratosphere and arguably made them the biggest player in the gambling galaxy, Now…
The Search for Transparency: Interview – Klas Winberg, Immense Group
We caught up with Klas Winberg, CCO of Immense Group, to explore the value of learning from outside industry experiences and how…
The Search for Transparency: Interview – Christina Turbatu, Casumo
At the iGF Supper Club Malta, we managed to find some time to catch up with Christina Turbatu, CTO at Casumo, who…
Native American Tribal Gaming Legend Ernie Stevens Jr. Laid To Rest
American Tribal gaming leader and legend, “warrior” Ernie Stevens Jr. was laid to rest at the weekend. The towering 6ft 7in Ernie,…
The Search for Transparency: Interview – Miguel Da Silva, eCOGRA
We caught up with Miguel da Silva, Compliance Manager at eCOGRA, to discuss why supporting events like the iGF Supper Club is…
The Search for Transparency: Interview – Cristiana Dorobantu, LeoVegas
On the night, we caught up with Cristiana Dorobantu, Safer Gambling Lead at LeoVegas, to discuss the value of learning from leaders…
Chile Blocks iGaming “Dirty Dozen” In Ongoing Betting Civil War
After years of obfuscation and delay, an undeclared state of civil-war has intensified in Chile’s complex, fractured betting industry. A dozen of…
The Future Of Affiliate Marketing With QiH CEO Jamie Walters
Since founding the company with James Newman in 2014, current CEO Jamie Walters has grown QiH into an award-winning business venture at…
Symplify-ing Big Data And Responsible Personalisation
Big data and AI have become this year’s industry buzzwords – essential tools that every operator knows they need, writes Lauren Harrison….
The Search for Transparency: Keynote Speeches – Moses Swaibu, Russell Mifsud, Mike de Graaff and Keith Cortis
Last September, the iGamingFuture Supper Club welcomed industry leaders to the historic Teatro Manoel in Malta for an evening dedicated to “The…
Wellington Meets His Waterloo As Brazil Fails To Shut Money Laundering Loophole
A bizarre Brazilian court case in which a punter tried to recover his winnings from an illegal betting site has exposed the…