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- Portugal’s online gambling review: advertising limits first, live casino still waiting
Portugal’s Government is ready to tighten gambling advertising rules but has given no timetable for the wider review. Licensed operators are asking for live casino, cash-out and bet builder. - EU court to rule on Malta’s Bill 55 on 19 November: what is at stake for operators
The CJEU is due to rule on 19 November in case C-683/24 on whether Malta may refuse to enforce foreign player-loss judgments against its licensees. - Mozambique’s online casino rules take effect on 20 November: what operators must do
Decree 61/2026 brings online casino under licence in Mozambique from 20 November: local companies, .mz domains, data kept in the country, payments in meticais and fast blocking of unlicensed sites. - Austria’s online casino reform delayed to 7 December after Malta’s objection
Malta’s detailed opinion extends the EU standstill on Austria’s gambling bill to 7 December. The bill opens unlimited online licences from 1 October 2027 and sets strict slot and deposit rules. - Curaçao’s supplier deadline: from 24 December licensees may only use registered suppliers
The LOK’s two-year transition ends on 24 December 2026. After that, Curaçao B2C licensees may only engage suppliers registered with the CGA, and Curaçao-based suppliers also need a licence. - Brazil betting ban, one month on: first operator back online by court order, Congress vote due
A month after Brazil’s licensed betting sites went dark, a federal appeals judge has restored Casa de Apostas, the Supreme Court is weighing the challenges and Congress votes on MP 1.394 by 23 Nov. - Finland confirms its first 18 online gambling licensees for the July 2027 opening
Finland’s National Police Board has confirmed the first 18 online gambling licences, valid from 1 July 2027, with 63 applications pending. The list, the rules and what it means for suppliers. - Cambodia suspends live-dealer streaming from its casinos to foreign players
From October 2026 Cambodia has suspended the streaming of live-dealer games from its licensed land-based casinos to players abroad, after inspections that led to 20 licences being revoked and 29 suspended. - Bulgaria plans higher online gambling fees and an outdoor advertising ban
Bulgaria’s government proposes higher variable fees for online gambling licences, a minimum monthly fee and a ban on outdoor gambling advertising. Public consultation runs until 23 October 2026. - Funding shortfall pushes Ireland’s online casino licensing into 2027
Ireland’s gambling regulator received about half the budget it asked for in 2026. Online casino and slots licensing is postponed, with operator registration now expected in early 2027. - Trinidad and Tobago moves to license remote gambling
Trinidad and Tobago’s House of Representatives approved the Remote Gambling Order 2026 on 30 September, bringing into force a licensing system for online operators first set out in the 2021 Gambling Act. - Thailand blocks 945,075 gambling URLs and turns to search engines, TikTok and Meta
Thailand blocked 945,075 gambling-related URLs in fiscal 2026. Next come search engine cooperation, public reporting channels and a task force working with TikTok and Meta. - Maine’s third draft of online casino rules: what live casino suppliers should prepare
Maine’s 30 September draft keeps the live dealer server in the state but lets game engines, RNGs and approved studios sit elsewhere. Comments are due 30 October. - Nevada starts an overhaul of its gaming technical standards, targeting October 2027
Nevada’s Gaming Control Board held its first hearing on ten revised technical standards. Comments close on 15 November 2026; the target effective date is 1 October 2027. - Georgia moves its international-only iGaming licence to full rollout
Georgia’s international-only online gambling licence moved from pilot to full rollout in October 2026: who can apply, the tax terms and what the licence covers. - Gaming regulators ask the US Supreme Court to hear New Jersey’s Kalshi case
IAGR and NAGRA filed a joint amicus brief on 2 October 2026. A decision could come by June 2027 at the earliest, or slip to 2028. - Brazil’s betting sites go offline as R$1.325bn repayment begins and Stake wins time in court
Brazil’s authorised betting sites went offline on 6 October. Banks are returning R$1.325bn to bettors, and a São Paulo court lets Stake operate until 25 October. - Malta’s new gaming tax and VAT rules take effect: what changed on 1 October
Malta’s reworked gaming tax and narrower VAT exemption for gambling took effect on 1 October 2026. What changed, the reporting dates and what MGA licensees should check. - Massachusetts lawmaker readies a 2027 online casino bill aimed at the offshore market
A Massachusetts lawmaker plans a 2027 push to legalise online casinos for the state’s existing casino licensees, with up to three brands each, a 15% tax and a ban on online sweepstakes. - Alberta’s regulated iGaming market reaches 31 operators with commercial agreements
Alberta opened its regulated iGaming market on 13 July 2026. By late September 31 operators had completed commercial agreements with the AiGC, and newcomers such as Stake were still joining. - 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. - The biggest name in live casino is one investor away from changing hands
The largest supplier in live casino is now the subject of a takeover offer its own board has told shareholders to refuse. On 24 August 2026 Evolution’s board recommended rejecting Candle Lake’s bid — and the more… - The Dutch regulator expected sports bettors. It found casino players.
The Dutch regulator went looking for young sports bettors and found casino players instead. A study published on 20 August 2026 found that 72% of new young-adult accounts started with casino games only —… - Five slot launches in a single day
Four studios published new slot releases on 20 August 2026. A fifth landed the next morning. None of them were headline events, none made an industry front page, and that is exactly the point: this is a normal… - Betting moved inside the stream. The casino sits next to it.
On 20 August 2026 BETBY put the bet slip inside the video player — live markets, odds and betting controls layered over the stream itself. - New Zealand: 50 bidders chase 15 online casino licences
The first New Zealand casino licence auction is now weeks away. Expressions of interest closed on 16 August 2026, and the shortlist is far longer than the shelf: around 50 operators have put their hands up for a… - Brazil’s Regulated iGaming Market Goes Live in 2026
Brazil is the story of 2026. After years of build-up, the country now runs under a full licensing and taxation framework — and the effect on the industry is seismic. - One API, Live in Days: iGaming Integration in 2026
The benchmark for launching casino content in 2026 has quietly changed. It’s no longer “how many providers can you integrate” — it’s “how fast can you go live.” Across the industry, the answer has become the same:… - Why Studios Rush to Single-API Aggregators in 2026
A quiet land-grab is happening in iGaming: game studios are racing to plug into single-API aggregators so their content can reach operators in Latin America, Africa and Asia without a hundred separate integrations. - iGaming Consolidation 2026: The M&A Wave
2026 is turning into a year of consolidation in iGaming. Big groups are trimming and refocusing, mid-tier brands are being bought or merged, and higher compliance costs are squeezing everyone. - Prediction Markets vs Sportsbooks at the 2026 World Cup
As the 2026 World Cup reaches its knockout stage, a new kind of competitor is quietly taking a chunk of the action: prediction markets. - iGaming Regulation 2026: Enforcement Replaces Expansion
The story of iGaming in 2026 isn’t expansion — it’s enforcement. Across the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America, regulators have shifted from issuing warnings to acting: grey-market blocks, payment restrictions,… - iGaming Statistics 2026: The Online Casino Market in Numbers
The numbers behind online gambling in 2026 — market size, growth, devices, content mix and the regions to watch — pulled together in one place for operators and suppliers. Every figure is attributed to its source. - Fastest Growing Casino Game Providers 2026
The biggest names hold the top of the charts — but the most interesting story in 2026 is underneath them. A wave of studios is growing far faster than the market average, led by crash games, crypto-native content… - Top 10 Most Popular Casino Game Providers 2026
Heading into summer 2026, the online casino content market keeps consolidating around a familiar set of names — but the order is shifting, crash games are everywhere, and one factor decides whether an operator can… - Alberta iGaming Market Launches July 13, 2026
The Alberta iGaming market goes live on 13 July 2026, opening one of North America’s most competitive new regulated arenas — and the clock is now running for operators that want a place on the grid from day one. - Live Casino 2026: Why Game Shows Are Booming
Live casino has quietly become the engine room of the online lobby. In 2026 it accounts for around 30% of online casino revenue in mature markets, it’s growing faster than slots, and a new wave of game shows is… - Crash Games 2026: Why Aviator Dominates Casino Lobbies
Crash games have gone from a crypto-casino curiosity to one of iGaming’s fastest-growing verticals, and in 2026 a single red aeroplane — Spribe’s Aviator — is sitting at the top of casino lobbies from Lagos to Milan. - AI in iGaming 2026: What It Means for Operators
AI in iGaming has crossed a line in 2026: it’s no longer a feature operators experiment with, but the operational layer running underneath the lobby — shaping which games players see, catching fraud in real time,… - Sweepstakes Casino Bans 2026: What Operators Must Know
The US sweepstakes casino model is going through its sharpest regulatory squeeze yet: more than a dozen states have banned or restricted dual-currency sweepstakes platforms in 2026, and the map is shrinking month… - Casino Game Aggregator 2026: The One-API Advantage
The way online casinos add games has fundamentally changed: in 2026, operators are ripping out dozens of direct provider connections and consolidating everything behind a single casino game aggregator API. - World Cup 2026 Betting: Record Handle for Operators
World Cup 2026 betting is on track to become the single biggest wagering event the industry has ever seen — with global stakes projected to pass $50 billion as the tournament plays out across North America. - Crypto Casino Payments 2026: The Stablecoin Surge
Crypto casino payments are going through their biggest change in years: stablecoins are quietly becoming the default way players deposit and cash out, pushing Bitcoin into second place for everyday wagering. - IGP Is Now Listed on OnlyiGaming
IGP now has a verified company profile on OnlyiGaming — one of the industry’s growing B2B directories, where operators discover, compare and review iGaming providers. - Brazil iGaming Enforcement 2026: What Operators Must Know
Brazil’s regulated iGaming market has left its honeymoon behind. The grey-market grace period is over, and in 2026 the regulator is backing its rules with real fines and the threat of licence suspension. - UK deposit limit rules: the deadline moved from 30 June to 30 September 2026
From 30 June 2026, every online operator licensed in Great Britain has to change the way it handles deposit limits — and the deadline is now two weeks away. - iGaming trends 2026: AI personalisation, payments and the markets that opened and closed
iGaming trends 2026: AI personalisation, payment rails that follow the licence, and the markets that opened and closed, with what each means for operators.