During the conversation, ANJL President Plínio Lemos Jorge highlights the growth of the betting industry in Brazil and the significant increase in revenue collected during the first five months of the year. In his view, these results confirm the economic and social importance of the legalised market. “We went from BRL3.1 billion ($620 million) between […]

The UK Gambling Commission has said it considered suspending Evolution’s licence after discovering the company’s live casino games were being offered on unlicensed websites accessible to UK consumers.  This was an update on Evolution’s £4.75m settlement reached last week. The commission said its investigation discovered the supplier had failed to maintain adequate anti-money laundering (AML) […]

As the dust begins to settle on the April Remote Gambling Duty increase in the UK, online and land-based operators are re-evaluating their positions and their cost base within the market. Speaking during iGB Live’s first M&A Summit in July, BDO corporate finance director Ollie Woodward told iGB the focus for a number of operators […]

Play971, the United Arab Emirates’ first licensed online gambling platform, has signed content partnerships with global gaming suppliers IGT and Endorphina.  The deals, publicly announced on 21 July, enhanced Play971’s offering with IGT’s renowned PlayDigital catalogue and a curated selection of Endorphina’s themed slot games.  Philippa Bowland, Play971’s commercial gaming director, emphasised the company’s commitment […]

On 16 July the president of France’s regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux, ANJ, ordered the country’s internet service providers to block access to Polymarket, the best known of the prediction market platforms. The site, the regulator said, promotes illegal gambling services to a particularly large audience: 578,751 visits and 205,057 unique visitors in June alone.  The order was […]