Better Collective Revenue Drops 13% With Strugges In Brazil And The US Better Collective reported a year-on-year revenue decline of 13% in Q1, falling to €83m ($93m). EBITDA also dropped, down to €22m, which marked a 24% decline from Q1 2024.
Unibet Fined $1 Million For Australian Gambling Law Breaches Unibet has been fined AU$1 million for over 100,000 breaches of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. An investigation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found more than 100,000 violations of the country’s gambling rules. Unibet Failed To Close 954 Accounts Which Had Registered With BetStop Unibet paid a AU$1,014,120 penalty in total for […]
GBGB Issue Judicial Review Claim Over Decision To Ban Greyhound Racing In Wales The Greyhound Board Of Great Britain have issued a claim for a judicial review over the Welsh Ministers decision to ban greyhound race back in February 2025. A Petition Of Over 35,000 Signatures Helped Get Greyhound Racing Banned In Wales Back in February 2025, it was decided by Welsh Ministers that greyhound racing was to […]
Maryland Signs Sports Betting Tax Hike Into Law Maryland's Governor has signed off on a bill that will raise the sports betting tax in the state from July this year.
New Ohio Casino Bill Proposes Ban On Sweepstakes A new bill was introduced in Ohio on May 20, proposing to both legalize online casinos and ban sweepstakes casinos.
Flutter Issues $2.8 billion In Debt Notes To Finance Snai Italia Acquisition Flutter announced the issuance of $2.8 billion in senior secured notes, maturing in 2031, to finance its acquisition of Snaitech Italia. The gambling giant acquired the Italian sports betting company last month for €2.3 billion.
Irish-Based Gaming Giant Flutter Outbid By IGT To Operate Italy’s Main Lottery License Irish-based gaming superpower Flutter have been outbid by International Gaming Technology (IGT) to run one of the world’s most lucrative lottery licenses. IGT Lands €2.23 Billion Deal To Operate Italian Lotto Earlier this year, Flutter were considered favourites in the race to land the lottery license before IGT swooped in with an offer Italian regulators […]
Hillary Clinton Gets Behind Alliance’s Northern Ireland Charity Lottery Bill Hillary Clinton has shown her backing for a bill which is in favour of allowing bigger society lotteries to run in Northern Ireland – saying these could bring “vital new funding” into civil society. This private member’s bill has been issued by Alliance’s Sian Mulholland in Northern Ireland and is proposing to give the green […]
Gambling Industry News Minnesota Sports Betting Efforts Fail, Again Minnesota has again failed in efforts to legalize sports betting. The legislative session ended Monday with no progress on a proposal by lawmakers.
Gambling Business News Kalshi Retracts Announcement Of Partnership With Elon Musk’s xAI Prediction market platform Kalshi announced a partnership with Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, only to backtrack and retract the statement.
Casino News VGW Leads New Sweepstakes Advocate Group, Social Gaming Leadership Alliance VGW, the company behind Luckyland Casino, Chumba Casino, and Global Poker, has established a new sweepstakes casino advocate group, the Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA).
Sportsbetting News Caesars Launches In-Person Sports Betting In Oregon At Ko-Kwel Casino Resort Caesars has launched its first in-person sports betting facility in the state of Oregon at Ko-Kwel Casino Resort in Coos Bay. Ko-Kwel Casino Resort Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Caesars Operation Caesars Entertainment has entered the Oregon sports betting market by launching in-person wagering at Ko-Kwel Casino Resort in partnership with the Coquille Indian Tribe. The […]
Gambling Industry News Underdog Fantasy Announces Return Of New York Draft Games Underdog Fantasy has relaunched its draft games in New York after a two-month enforced absence. At the moment, not all daily fantasy sports (DFS) products are available, for example, against-the-house or the P2P version of the Underdog pick’em product.
UK Gambling & Casino Industry News Slot Machine Companies Are Preying On UK’s Poorest Neighbourhoods, Plus Funneling Proceeds To Billionaire Overseas Firms Recent analysis by the Guardian has revealed huge slot machine companies are targeting the UK areas deemed to be the poorest – which has led to Politicians asking for councils to be given more power to stop new sites opening. UK Slot Machine Shops Have Risen 7% Since 2022, With Many Open 24 Hours The […]
Gambling Industry News Ohio Proposes Tax On Sports Betting Handle In Addition To Revenue A bill introduced last week in Ohio proposes making the state the first in the US to place a tax on the betting handle in addition to gaming revenue.