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The latest from our desk — market trends, platform releases, provider launches, regulatory updates and practical guides for operators building or scaling online casinos, sportsbooks and land-based brands.
Latest industry news
Market data, regulatory decisions and supplier moves — written for operators, with the figures and the source stated.
- UK deposit limit rules are now in force: what changed on 30 September
From 30 September 2026 UK operators must offer gross deposit limits, reserve the name ‘deposit limits’ for them and show them with at least equal prominence. What changed and what it means. - Finland draws 75 licence bids ahead of its first open online casino market
Finland had 75 gambling licence applications by 22 September 2026. The market, a Veikkaus monopoly until now, opens to licensed online casino and betting operators in July 2027. - New Zealand auctions its first online casino licences: what happens next
New Zealand ran its first online casino licence auction on 29 September 2026: up to 15 licences, applications in October, offshore sites without a pending application must stop on 1 December. - Brazil bans online betting and casino — every licensed site goes dark on 6 October
On 25 September 2026 Brazil signed Medida Provisória 1.394, prohibiting fixed-odds betting and online casino. New deposits stopped immediately and every licensed site must be offline on 6 October. What it says, what it costs and what it means for suppliers. - The Dutch market restarts: KSA renews the first eight online licences
The Netherlands regulator granted eight follow-up online licences on 18 September 2026, running to 2031. Stricter terms — including a mandatory exit plan every operator should read as a design requirement. - UK yield hits £17.5bn as online casino carries the growth
Great Britain’s gambling yield reached £17.5bn in the year to March 2026. Remote casino hit £5.7bn and online slots £4.8bn — larger than all remote betting combined. - Belgium: revenue up 5.4%, first-time players down 43%
Belgian online GGR grew 5.4% to €965m in 2025 while first-time registrations fell 43.1% to 110,032. What a market that grows and shrinks at once means for operators. - Europe’s illegal online market hits €12bn — a quarter of all online play
A study published on 7 September 2026 puts Europe’s illegal online gambling market at €12bn for 2025 — triple its 2019 size and about a quarter of all online play. What it means for licensed operators. - Sportsbook seasonality 2026: 76 of 100 markets peak in August
New seasonality data shows 76 of 100 tracked markets peak in August and demand runs 10x June. Why year-round share does not convert into a share of the spike. - Only two slots rank in every European top 30 — what the coverage data means for lobbies
Brand-coverage data across six European markets found only two slot titles in every top 30. Here is what that means for multi-market casino lobbies. - A promo that runs for a year is not a campaign any more
On 24 August 2026 Games Global opened a promotion that runs until August 2027: EUR 5 million across 650,000 prizes, spread over a full year. The number worth noticing is not the five million. - At 40% duty, nobody is building their own platform
A new UK operator with three fresh licences announced on 24 August 2026 that it will launch on someone else’s platform rather than build its own.
