Are Prediction Markets Supercharging U.S. Retail Consolidation?
The rise of prediction markets could have made land-based giants such as MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment more attractive to investors,…
Featured
Browse by month
- June 2026
- May 2026
- April 2026
- March 2026
- February 2026
- January 2026
- December 2025
- November 2025
- October 2025
- September 2025
- August 2025
- July 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
Own Goal For New York Bookies Scores First Week World Cup Losses
In the week that the bet boosting FIFA World Cup kicked-off and the New York Knicks won the NBA Final for the…
Ditching The Compromise, Operators Can Have It All With LSports
Sportsbooks are under constant pressure to deliver ultra-low-latency odds in live environments, where even milliseconds can influence competitiveness and the overall customer…
Break Down Silos: Stop Fraud, Make More Money
Historically, the anti-fraud department in a high-risk company has been viewed through a single, somewhat grim lens: a cost centre. It is…
Letter From America 58
The World Cup has kicked off and the U.S. is at the epicentre of history’s biggest betting boom, but beyond the record-breaking…
Between The Rock And A New Place, Gibraltar Opens The Door To NWiG
Top gambling licensing authority Gibraltar has opened its doors to New World iGaming (NWiG) prediction markets. The so-called “Rock”, a sovereign British…
Denmark’s Gambling Reforms: Early Signs Of Offshore Migration?
Denmark has long been one of Europe’s top regulated gambling jurisdictions, with high channelisation and a large licensed sector. But recent reform…
It’s A 2026 Legislative Wrap But Little Partying For iGaming Across The United States
With most state governments shutting their legislative doors to end their 2026 law making season, it’s an apposite time to take legal…
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…
How Peru Got iGaming Regulation Right And Grew Demand By 120 Percent
Two years after Peru launched its regulated iGaming market in February 2024, the country has become one of LatAm’s clearest success stories. …
Focus On Australia, Part 1: No Worries? The World’s Biggest Losers
The landmark 2023 Murphy Report, the most significant federal inquiry into gambling harm ever conducted in Australia, was titled: “You Win Some,…
The Relegation Game: Lowly Spanish LaLiga Club Osasuna Hedges Via Kalshi
Osasuna were on the verge of relegation in Spain’s premier LaLiga football league, so the club from Pamplona–where they run the bulls…
Don’t Look Now: Hallowed U.S. College Sports Outraged By Latest Insider Gambling Scandal
While most sports betting action has been focussed on FIFA World Cup action, hallowed U.S. college sports–nominal standard bearer of the great…
World Cup Football’s Cock O’ The North Scotland Crows At 2am
It has been 28 summers since Scotland’s national football team last graced the World Cup finals. Twenty-eight long hot summers. But that…
World Cup Golden Boot, The Top 10 Contenders And Coming Young Guns
The World Cup Golden Boot betting market is always one of the most dynamic and heavily debated ahead of every tournament. This…
Interview with Siviwe Xegwana, CTO of BetConstruct Africa
As one of the leading technology providers operating across Africa, BetConstruct continues to play an important role in supporting the growth and…
Episode 30: with Yoni Sidi, Chief Executive Officer, Wiztech Group
Mexico is rapidly emerging as one of the most influential iGaming markets in the world, with the road to FIFA World Cup…
Mexico: World Cup Football In A Time Of War And Narcos
In a country marked by the violence and brutality unleashed for decades by drug trafficking cartels, hosting the world’s biggest sports competition…
How 1spin4win Builds Slots For Africa’s Mobile-First Market
When it comes to what matters most to players in African markets, quality mathematics, fair gameplay and reliable mobile performance are consistently…
Letter From America 57
President Trump’s anti-weaponisation “slush fund” might be scuppered, but the scandals just keep coming. From The New Yorker’s bold claims of regulatory…
iGF Supper Club Lagos 2026: Event Highlights
The latest edition of the iGamingFuture Supper Club brought together some of the most influential voices in Nigerian iGaming for an exclusive…
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…
Allwyn Reports 21 Percent Revenue Growth in Q1
UK Lottery operator Allwyn has reported preliminary unaudited net revenue of €1.204 billion (£1.03bn) for the first quarter of 2026, an increase…
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…
Helping Small Studios Scale Faster With BGaming Publishing
SUPPORTED CONTENT: Breaking into iGaming is no longer just about building a good game. Smaller studios also need distribution, visibility, analytics, and…
Letter From Latin America 1
It’s been Latin America week at iGamingFuture, so for this edition of “Letter From America” we’re heading south of the border, for…
World Cup To Trigger Billion-Dollar Bets Frenzy In Brazil
This is the first World Cup with strict new regulated market rules in Brazil, land of the beautiful game. And, with half…
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…
Polymarket Google Insider Trading Scandal
BREAKING NEWS: A Google security engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, was arrested by FBI agents in New York early yesterday morning after allegedly using…
The Politics Of South America’s iGaming Boom
Propelled by rapidly accelerating technological innovation and, crucially, sweeping state-level regulatory reforms, the South American iGaming industry has rapidly transformed in the…
Winning The Taxation Challenge With GiG
Indubitably regulation–when executed with precision–is a force for good, writes Claudio Caruana, General Counsel at Gaming Innovation Group (GiG). In the global…
Chile Casinos Chasing Dreams Of Legal iGaming
EXCLUSIVE: Land-based casinos in Chile are looking to break into the flourishing online betting business — a sector they spent years resisting…
The 10-Day Integration Challenge: Why Modern Digital Business Can No Longer Wait 2 Months for Communications Setup
In the high-velocity digital economy, speed isn’t just a competitive advantage – it’s a survival trait. Yet, for many CTOs and COOs,…
Prediction Markets Take A Senate-Sized Beatdown
American lawmakers have grilled representatives from both the gambling and prediction market sectors during an action-packed Senate hearing, examining sports integrity and…
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…
Letter From America 56
Welcome back to the latest edition of Letter From America. We’ve got lots to catch up on, including New Jersey, where a…
Understanding Africa: The iGF Games Gauge – Powered by Alea Insights
In this brand-new and eye-opening series, iGamingFuture has partnered with award-winning iGaming aggregator and software provider Alea to bring you the latest…
PGA Championship 2026: The Business Of Betting At Golf’s 2nd Major Of The Year
Barely a month has passed since Rory McIlroy claimed his second Masters title–becoming only the fourth player to go back-to-back at Augusta–and…
Hungary’s Corrupt Gambling System Hungry For Change
Following Hungary’s political earthquake of ejecting its long-standing pro-Putin leader Viktor Orbán, the nation’s gambling industry, burdened by years of a corrupt…
From Operational Chaos To Rocket Control – ReferOn’s New Affiliate Order
While many affiliate management systems have struggled to keep pace with the rapidly expanding sector, one service provider is leading the way…
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…
Oklahoma Sports Betting Stalled Again
Sports betting expansion has failed in Oklahoma for another year running and it wasn’t just a case of legislative gridlock. The failure…
Inside Brazil’s Betting Trends: Baseball Surges As Football Slips
Brazil is one of the most football-obsessed countries on the planet. But Blask betting data tells a different story. In March 2026,…
On 23 Broadway: Meet The Company Breaking iGaming’s Marketing Mould
U.S.-based, AI-powered marketing and user-acquisition firm 23 Broadway is the new kid on the block and they’re shaking things up, writes Lauren…
Oddin.gg: Esports, the Retention Fix for High-CAC Markets
As competition intensifies across iGaming, the cost of acquiring new bettors continues to rise, putting more pressure on operators to ensure every…
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…