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Brazil bans betting: The immediate aftermath

The sector is reeling from the abrupt banning of online betting on Brazil last Friday, but there is hope that legal proceedings could overturn the decision. Mitigation efforts are already in motion and FY26 forecasts for Entain and Allwyn have been readjusted accordingly.

By Nicole Macedo

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People

Ex-Entain chief Gavin Isaacs joins GLI board in advisory role

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Marketing & affiliates

VNLOK summons Meta to court in latest action against illegal gambling ads in Netherlands

5 hours ago – News

Offshore gaming

Nearly 300 illegal betting sites created in Brazil one day after Lula bans gambling

7 hours ago – News

Tech & innovation

Fast Track launches native Fast Track AI app, bringing CRM wherever work happens

3 days ago

Gaming

BGC highlights human cost of betting shop closures and tax rise with new campaign

10 hours ago – News

Uncategorized

Eyes down: UK bingo’s licensing identity crisis

12 hours ago – In-depth

Regulation

President Lula bans betting companies from operating in Brazil from 6 October

3 days ago – News

Payments

Why winning Latin America’s underbanked matters

4 days ago

Sports betting

Prediction market roundup: CFTC issues advisory on mention markets

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Casino

New report suggests MGM could bid for People Inc instead, after Diller rescinds offer

25 Sep 2026 – News

The Star Sydney license suspension extension

Legal & compliance

Star Entertainment’s Sydney casino licence suspension extended until 2027

25 Sep 2026 – News

Debate: (How) should AI engage high-value players?

24 Sep 2026

Legal & compliance

IBIA’s Khalid Ali on Africa: Increased alerts show integrity systems are becoming more effective

25 Sep 2026 – In-depth

Legal & compliance

Tabcorp fined $350,000 by Victoria regulator

25 Sep 2026 – News

Casino

Diller’s People Inc rescinds MGM takeover bid as operator commits to standalone strategy

24 Sep 2026 – News

ContentOS

Sports betting

The summer of soccer in numbers: The data behind football’s biggest betting event

The 2026 World Cup final generated a betting margin roughly six times higher than the tournament’s group stage, despite accounting for less than 4% of total turnover. iGB’s latest report breaks down the numbers behind football’s biggest betting event.

By James Swann-Phillips

18 Aug 2026

Casino & games

Building a brand in Nigeria: Partnership, community and influencers

05 Aug 2026

Retail sports betting

‘Dodgy business’: UK market tenses as industry loses favour

28 Aug 2026

Regulation

On-demand webinar: How regulation reshapes player acquisition

07 Aug 2026

In-depth

Uncategorized

Eyes down: UK bingo’s licensing identity crisis

Gaming machines now generate almost twice as much revenue as bingo in the UK. But with some high-street venues deriving virtually nothing from bingo itself, the government faces a difficult question – when is a bingo hall really an adult gaming centre?

28 Sep 2026 – In-depth

Product & technology

Trading transformed: Inside Kambi’s first fully AI-powered World Cup

28 Sep 2026 – Interviews

Artificial intelligence

Resolution revolution: Why customer service must move beyond containment

25 Sep 2026 – Interviews

Legal & compliance

IBIA’s Khalid Ali on Africa: Increased alerts show integrity systems are becoming more effective

25 Sep 2026 – In-depth

Artificial intelligence

How operators can leverage agentic AI in sports betting

24 Sep 2026 – In-depth

Responsible gambling

Funding: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

5 days ago – In-depth

Sportsbook

Player props and performance markets: how bettors engaged with the World Cup

5 days ago – Interviews

iGB@ICE Studio Highlights 2026

Integrity concerns amid point shaving scandal

Sustainable Gambling

College basketball betting scandal drives talk of reforms for gambling industry

Recently revealed indictments in a US college basketball point shaving scandal prompted discussion at ICE Barcelona

By Matt Rybaltowski

29 Jan 2026 – Analysis

Travis Geiger joins fellow founders Jonathan Gruber, Desiree Dickerson and Josh Swerdlow for a Reverse Pitch session at ICE Barcelona 2026 to discuss The Starties

Tech & innovation

iGB@ICE 2026: Are startup founders building their own spotlight?

23 Jan 2026 – iGB@ICE

Ana Paula Castello Branco joins Alex Tomic to discuss why Brazil has become one of the most challenging markets she has worked in at ICE Barcelona 2026

Marketing & affiliates

iGB@ICE 2026: How BetMGM Brasil is balancing brand, CPA and growth

23 Jan 2026 – iGB@ICE

Aviv Sher, Cecilia Valdes and Pedro Extremera, debated Latin America’s next wave of growth at ICE Barcelona 2026

Legal & compliance

iGB@ICE 2026: Do LatAm’s next bets hinge on regulatory clarity

23 Jan 2026 – iGB@ICE

Industry voices

iGaming

How Fantasma is building its North American presence

Rani Axon, senior account and strategy manager for North America at Fantasma, describes to iGamingBusiness the expansion strategy at EveryMatrix’s in-house game studio and the significant opportunity in North America.

By Rory Squires

23 Sep 2026

Marketing & affiliates

How BGaming made celebrity endorsement count at the World Cup

22 Sep 2026

Strategy

The market you launched in is not the market you’re operating in

21 Sep 2026

UX & design

Hot take: not every game design needs to be groundbreaking

11 Sep 2026

Webinars

The key data questions every sportsbook operator should be asking

In this webinar our panel unpacks the data problems sportsbooks won’t admit to publicly — from hidden latency to black-box scoring models — and what operators should actually be asking their data providers.

15 Sep 2026

Strategy

Why Africa is different: What sets iGaming’s new growth region apart?

18 Jun 2026

Compliance

From harm risk to churn risk: How to save a player

12 Mar 2026

Finance

Legal & compliance

Brazil bans betting: The immediate aftermath

28 Sep 2026 – News

Tax

Betting revenue in Brazil reaches BRL9.91 billion across first eight months of 2026

5 days ago – News

Finance

Rank to bear brunt of potential UK MGD increase, Deutsche Bank says

5 days ago – News

Finance

Wiesbaden’s higher slot machine tax upheld despite alleged ‘strangling’ effect

21 Sep 2026 – News

Finance

Betfred founder warns MGD hike could put retail betting out of business by 2030

21 Sep 2026 – News

US

Sports betting

Prediction market roundup: CFTC issues advisory on mention markets

25 Sep 2026 – News

Casino

New report suggests MGM could bid for People Inc instead, after Diller rescinds offer

3 days ago – News

Casino

Diller’s People Inc rescinds MGM takeover bid as operator commits to standalone strategy

4 days ago – News

Sports betting

Swaibu eyes transformative move to US after launch of GameChanger360

4 days ago – News

Casino

Caesars shareholders approve Fertitta merger while FTC review continues

5 days ago – News

Directory organisations

Playtech

Playtech is the gambling industry’s leading software and services supplier and partners with many of the world’s leading regulated online, retail and mobile operators.

EveryMatrix

Award-winning B2B software solutions for the iGaming industry With EveryMatrix everything is possible

Broadway Platform

Powered by SPRIBE, Broadway Platform enables operators to launch and scale sportsbook and casino brands with 100,000+ events, 16,000+ games, advanced back-office tools, gamification, CRM, and multi-currency support.

Greentube

As the interactive division of NOVOMATIC, Greentube is truly the Home of Games. Greentube has been delivering safe and secure casino entertainment to players around the world for over 12 years.

SOFTSWISS

SOFTSWISS is a global tech expert with over 15 years of experience in providing innovative iGaming solutions. The company offers comprehensive software for online casinos, sports betting, and affiliate management.

Flows

Flows is an agnostic, plug-in no-code platform that supports businesses in accelerating development, fast-tracking integrations, and orchestrating multiple data points in a single interface and workflow automation tool. Flows work with affiliate networks, operators, and suppliers to supercharge delivery and increase innovation while reducing operational and development costs.

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