Regulation & Law

In the UK, one paid click on “betting sites” costs an advertiser about $71 on Google. A click on “car insurance”, one of the most fought-over finance terms in the country, costs about $9. Those figures come from Google Ads keyword data for the United Kingdom, pulled through DataForSEO in October 20…

The origin story of gambling giant Paddy Power is set to hit the big screens, with a feature film in the works. As reported first by Variety, a host of well-recognised Irish actors are to star in the film, which is the product of Ireland-based media production firm Playhouse Studios. It will be bas…

The death of a father who took his life after gambling excessively on the lottery has prompted a call from a coroner to have the National Lottery in the United Kingdom added to the list of websites and services that people are excluded from when opting out of gambling. Man Who Spent His Banking Acc…

The Galveston Police Department Vice and Narcotics Unit conducted 21 search-and-arrest warrants across the county on Thursday, October 29, resulting in the bust of an illegal gambling network. According to police statements and local reporting, the police were able to seize electronic eight-liner m…

Three elderly South Korean gamblers allegedly spiked a golf opponent’s coffee with sleeping pills to sabotage his performance. The group then collected 75 million won (about $52,000) after he lost the match, police said Sunday (Nov. 1). The suspects, aged in their 60s and 70s, allegedly spent month…

The 2026 Gaming in Germany Conference, which takes place Tuesday, November 10 in Berlin, has announced its full agenda and speaker lineup. This year’s event will focus on several key topics for the German market: The outcome of the evaluation of the 2021 State Gambling Treaty. New products & market…

DragonBet’s Co-Founder, David Lovell, is confident that the bookmaker has crafted itself a “genuinely competitive product” to stand out in a highly competitive and challenging market. The Wales-focused operator, which agreed a deal with the BVGroup last month to migrate onto the platform, joins sev…

András Kármán, Hungary’s Finance Minister, has appointed Zoltán Sólyom as the new Chief Executive of state-owned gambling group Szerencsejáték Zrt. The appointment is yet to be confirmed by the government gazette but was announced via Kármán’s Facebook page on 27 October. Szerencsejáték Zrt has bee…

A First Nation community in New Brunswick, Canada has become the latest jurisdiction to set up its own prediction markets regulations, perhaps taking a cue from Gibraltar over in Europe. The Tobique First Nation, which has a population of less than 3,000 community members according to a 2025 census…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has taken one more step in the battle against online harassment by joining the Bad Actor Program in its latest attempt to keep athletes safe and properly protected. First Sports Governing Body to Join Bad Actor The program, joined by Fanatics at t…

PointsBet has announced a drop of 16% in revenues compared to the previous year for the first half of its FY2027, mainly due to poor results in Australia’s Sports betting operations. The revenue for the first half of FY2027 from April to September 2026 stands at A$112.7 million as compared to A$134…

The Dutch regulated market recorded a sharp decline in revenue, particularly among online casino and betting operators. The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) attributed part of the downturn to stricter player protection measures introduced in late 2024. The regulator said the market’s gross gaming result (B…

A sophisticated hack targeting big-stakes online poker players may have scored between $1.5 million and $4 million in illicit winnings. The attacker allegedly accessed the players’ computers and saw their private cards in games through compromised poker software. Online Poker Malware Scheme May Hav…

Polymarket is looking into what it calls potentially suspicious trading in relation to Israel’s general election on October 27. Hundreds of newly registered accounts made successful bets on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party just before voting closed, raising renewed fears of possible…

According to NEXT.io, Malta’s Gaming Authority (MGA) altered its plans for changing the Recognition Notice (RN) framework. The decision comes after the authority being confronted by industry stakeholders regarding the imposed, unsubstantiated regulatory requirements and added administrative costs.…

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s Gambling Authority, has issued an immediate ban against Immortal Snail LLC which is the operating company behind offshore gambling platform Duel.com. The operator has attracted attention in recent years for its controversial marketing campaigns, including provocative soci…

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is preparing a public hearing on the betting ban and Justice Luiz Fux will expand the list of participants without reopening the debate on gambling-related social harm. On November 1, Fux released the updated schedule for the public hearing of ADI 8027, schedule…

Polymarket was just hit by hackers, who are said to have siphoned roughly $2.7 million from hundreds of accounts on the platform. Polymarket had to temporarily cancel trading due to the attack, although it has since resumed operation. Experts Say Hackers Stole Millions Reports say that Polymarket w…