Casino and gambling Industry News & Business Insights

Alberta's Oct. 13 deadline for gray-market operators has arrived. Stake secured a license, while PokerStars and 888 are cutting off Alberta poker players.

Brazil's betting ban drove licensed site traffic 74% below normal in a week, while offshore searches held steady and over 3,500 workers lost their jobs.

Maarten Haijer has been appointed director general of the World Gaming and Betting Alliance, a new industry body aiming to influence gambling policy worldwide.

Sarah Gardner has warned that the National Lottery’s comparatively low gambling risk does not remove the need for strong player protections, with public trust central to its future.

Betano has been named an official sponsor of Euro 2028, bringing Kaizen Gaming’s expanding football sponsorship strategy to the tournament hosted across the UK and Ireland.

The Prize Competition Council has appointed former FDJ United executive Tom Banks as its first executive director, as the UK trade body grows from eight founding members to 65.

Liquor & Gaming NSW has fined two venues and issued further regulatory action following inspections targeting compliance with mandatory poker machine shutdown hours.

Betfred’s online business now accounts for 45% of group turnover, narrowing the gap with its shops as the bookmaker faces rising costs and gambling tax changes.

Both proposals are now up for a 60-day public comment period, after which they may return to the Commission for a final decisive vote.

That’s despite owner and Dumont’s mother-in-law Dr. Miriam Adelson’s funding of lobbying efforts to legalize casino-style gambling in Texas.