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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…
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…
Tonybet Launches World Cup Campaign for Canada
Tonybet has launched a World Cup Card Collection campaign for customers in Canada, excluding Ontario, offering a total prize fund of CAD$150,000…
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…
Tonybet Launches World Cup Campaign for Irish Players
Tonybet has launched a World Cup-themed promotional campaign for customers in Ireland, with a total prize pool of €100,000 available throughout the…
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…
Betano Data Highlights Home-Team Bias Before World Cup
New data released by Betano operator Kaizen Gaming suggests that bettors tend to favour their own national teams when predicting the outcome…
Bet St George Survey Finds England World Cup Optimism
A survey commissioned by Bet St George has found that 40% of England supporters believe the Three Lions will win the 2026…
Score Queens Launches World Cup Predictor Game
Score Queens, a new sports-focused community aimed at women, has launched Palace Picks, a free-to-play World Cup predictor game that will run…
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…
Flashscore Survey Highlights UK World Cup Betting Trends
A survey of 2,000 UK sports fans conducted by Flashscore in partnership with TGM Research indicates strong interest in the 2026 FIFA…
Bettormetrics Launches World Cup Trading Benchmark
Sports betting analytics company Bettormetrics has launched a World Cup Trading Performance Benchmark, analysing in-play trading availability across major sportsbooks ahead of…
Midnite Becomes Wolves Front-of-Shirt Sponsor
Midnite has agreed a partnership with Wolverhampton Wanderers that will see the bookmaker become the club’s front-of-shirt sponsor for the 2026/27 season….
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…
Betfair Launches Alan Shearer World Cup Hotline
Betfair has launched a new World Cup fan engagement initiative featuring former England captain Alan Shearer. The campaign, called Alan Shearer’s Hot…
Caliente Adopts LSports Data Services in Latin America
LSports has signed a multi-year agreement with Caliente Interactive that will see the operator integrate the supplier’s data services across its sports…
Punt123 Launches Personalised Bet Prompts with OtherLevels
Australian sportsbook Punt123 has launched personalised betting prompts through a partnership with OtherLevels, aimed at delivering tailored betting content to customers based…
Stake Publishes World Cup Fan Attendance Study
Stake has released a study examining the likelihood of supporters from qualified nations attending their first match at the 2026 FIFA World…
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…
BetMGM Appoints Peter Forsberg as Sweden Ambassador
BetMGM has appointed former ice hockey player Peter Forsberg as its ambassador for the Swedish market. The agreement will see Forsberg feature…
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…
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…
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…
BetVictor Launches England World Cup Promotion
BetVictor has launched a new sportsbook promotion ahead of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, offering new customers enhanced 100/1 odds on England…
Paf Revenue Reaches €214.5m in 2025
Paf reported revenue of €214.5 million for 2025, up 12% from €191.7 million in the previous year, while profit increased from €54.3…
Meridianbet Names Petković Brand Ambassador
Meridian Holdings has appointed former footballer Dejan Petković as its global brand ambassador as the company expands its media and marketing activity…
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…
Better Collective Expands X partnership Globally
Better Collective has expanded its strategic partnership with X to roll out its Playbook™ betting product across international markets. The agreement extends…
Spreadex Expands UK Racing Sponsorship Portfolio
iGaming and betting operator Spreadex Sports has expanded its Starting Stalls sponsorship agreement across UK horse racing, increasing its coverage from 20…
Better Collective Posts Q1 2026 Revenue Growth
Better Collective has reported first quarter 2026 revenue of €86m, representing year-on-year growth of 5%, or 9% at constant currency, as the…
ArenaPlus Selects Altenar for Sportsbook Platform
ArenaPlus has selected Altenar to provide sportsbook technology for its platform in the regulated Philippines iGaming market. ArenaPlus, operated by DigiPlus Interactive…
FanDuel Named Formula 1 Betting Partner
iGaming operator FanDuel has entered into a multi-year agreement with Formula 1 to become an Official Betting Operator of the series in…
Betano Named FIFA World Cup 2026 Supporter
iGaming operator Betano has been named an Official Tournament Supporter of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ for Europe and South America following…
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…
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…
BGC Reports Record Safer Gambling Week Engagement
Betting and Gaming Council has reported record engagement with safer gambling tools and messaging during Safer Gambling Week 2025, with new campaign…
Betano Owner Kaizen Gaming Expands Volunteer Work
Kaizen Gaming has reported the completion of a new cycle of community and environmental initiatives through its employee volunteering programme, The Collective,…
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,…
BGC Warns on Growth of UK Black Market Betting
Betting and Gaming Council has cited new research indicating that stakes placed with illegal gambling operators in the UK have risen to…
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…
DraftKings Posts Q1 iGaming Revenue Growth
DraftKings reported first-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.65 billion, representing year-on-year growth of 17%, driven by continued sportsbook and iGaming engagement alongside higher…
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…
Jogabets Moves to VeliTech Platform in Mozambique
Jogabets has migrated its online betting operations in Mozambique to the platform infrastructure provided by VeliTech as part of its ongoing digital…
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…