Business & M&A

SBC Summit 2026 gets underway today, Tuesday 29 September, in Lisbon, bringing more than 40,000 betting and iGaming professionals to the Portuguese capital for what organizers are billing as the event’s biggest edition yet. Taking place through October 1 at Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL) and M…

The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2026 officially opens its exhibition floor Tuesday in Las Vegas, bringing together more than 25,000 gaming professionals and more than 400 exhibitors from across the global regulated gaming industry. The event, presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and orga…

The operator of WanLi Jeju Casino – a foreigner-only gaming venue on the South Korean holiday island of Jeju – is yet to decide on its “grand opening” date, following a soft launch this month. The full opening is subject to the associated and freshly-launched Sheraton Jeju Hotel running “more smoot…

Demand for online gaming in Brazil fell by 20.1 percent week-on-week following the government’s decision to prohibit fixed-odds sports betting and online games nationwide, according to data from artificial intelligence (AI)-driven market analytics platform Blask. The decline in the firm’s Blask Ind…

Bet365 illustrates a rare and clear disconnect: brand search interest declined 28% between January and August 2026, while it generated an estimated $5.23B across the eight months, peaking at $684M in June before easing to $607M in August. The post Bet365’s search volume plunges while 2026 revenue r…

CreditSights expects China’s tighter capital controls to affect Macau high-roller sentiment rather than directly hit GGR. The post China’s tighter capital controls unlikely to directly hit Macau GGR: CreditSights first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Private investment firm the Visualize Group, which in March clinched the acquisition of BMM Testlabs, a specialist in product compliance testing for the gaming sector, said in a Monday update it had completed its previously-announced deal for eCOGRA. The latter is a United Kingdom-based provider of…

Japan Cash Machine Co Ltd, also known as JCM Global, says its new iVIZION 2 bill validator has been designed to work with the latest forms of banknote security technology. The product is already being shipped to customers, with markets including Australia, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia earm…

South Korean casino operator Kangwon Land Inc brought together about 150 teachers, police officers and counsellors for a youth gambling-prevention event in Gangwon province, the company said. Held in mid-September, the event was jointly organised by the Kangwon Land Addiction Care Center (KLACC), a…

Genius Sports Limited, a global leader in real-time sports data and technology, acknowledges the Brazilian government’s Provisional Measure, introduced on September 25, 2026, which bans fixed-odds betting and online gaming in the country. The post Genius Sports reaffirms 2026 guidance amid Brazil b…

On the eve of a new National Hockey League (NHL) season, DraftKings Inc. announced a new partnership with NHL on Prime, becoming the exclusive sportsbook and online casino integration sponsor of Wednesday Night Hockey. The deal covers the 2026-27 regular season games and select Stanley Cup playoff…

Macau received 512,041 visitors during a four-day period marking the Mid-Autumn Festival, a Chinese-mainland festive period in late September. The average daily stood at just above 128,000, per an update given by Macau’s Public Security Police, the agency responsible for monitoring the city’s immig…

Gavin Isaacs, a 25-year veteran of C-level leadership roles in the gaming industry, has joined the board of technology testing and cybersecurity consultancy Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) as an adviser. The news was given in a Monday statement from GLI. His official appointment is subject…

Gaming technology business IGT unveiled its new brand identity, including a new logo (pictured), on Monday. “The new brand signals the organisation’s transformation, and commitment to operators and players”, it said in a press release. The presentation of the new brand identity coincided with the 2…

The Visualize Group has completed its previously announced acquisition of eCOGRA, a leading provider of testing, inspection, certification and compliance (TICC) services to the regulated gaming industry. The post Visualize unites BMM Testlabs and eCOGRA to create global gaming TICC leader first app…

Australian casino giant Crown Resorts is suing an insurer it claims should help cover an A$72.5 million shareholder class-action settlement linked to its money laundering and governance scandals. Crown filed the lawsuit against RiverStone International in the Supreme Court of Victoria, accusing the…

Philippines-listed online gaming operator DigiPlus Interactive Corp says Brazil’s newly-announced ban on online gaming and sports betting is unlikely to have a material impact on the group, less than three months after it relaunched operations in the Latin American country. In a statement sent to G…

Aristocrat Gaming received three honors at the 2026 Global Gaming Awards Americas, including Class 2 Land-Based Supplier of the Year, Class 3 Land-Based Supplier of the Year and Slot of the Year for MONOPOLY Big Board Bucks™. The post Aristocrat Gaming secures Class 2, Class 3 and Slot of the Year…