Category Archives: Betting

In a historic first for Colombia, the Constitutional Court has vetoed an emergency economic decree, affecting gambling tax as well. In September, President Gustavo Petro and his cabinet tabled a proposal aiming to raise around COP 26trn ($6.5bn) extra to patch up deficits in the 2026 budget. Criticised for being overtly revenue-oriented and unjust given […]

Fred and Paul Done, founders of UK betting giant Betfred, have topped The Sunday Times tax list for 2025 for the first time, alongside another familiar name. The brothers paid £400m in tax last year, nearly £70m more than the second highest taxpayer, Moscow-born trader and founder of XTX Markets, Alex Gerko. As well as […]

Romania’s regulator, ONJN, has asked the Ministry of Finance to take emergency measures and revamp the country’s self-exclusion framework. ONJN’s President, Vlad-Cristian Soare, announced that they’ve put forward a proposal for an emergency ordinance (OUG) to iron all current existing gaps in Romania’s gambling legislature regarding player safety. An OUG is usually reserved for extraordinary […]

Meridianbet has acquired “100% control” of Fairbet Ltd to become Malta’s biggest sportsbook operator. The deal was announced at the close of Friday 30 January by Golden Matrix Group Inc., the Nasdaq-listed parent firm of Meridianbet. Fairbet has agreed to sell its nine Malta-and-Gozo retail betting points to Meridianbet, expanding the group’s Maltese sportsbook network […]

A 40% year-over-year uptick in young people self-excluding from online gambling has been recorded by Gamstop. The increase relates to individuals aged 16-24 and covers the six-month period ending 31 December 2025. This age group, according to the self-exclusion scheme, represents 29% of all total new registrations. More details revealed that 38% of under-25s prefer […]

FDJ United has officially bid au revoir to the Ontario lottery market, with Kambi taking point as a replacement. The French gambling giant is faced with significant tax hikes back home, especially around online gambling, in a market that has become notorious for some of the highest tax rates across European member states. As part […]

Concerns around match-fixing continue to plague Finnish football in the aftermath of substantial investigations throughout 2024 and 2025, according to local media. Swedish-language newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet (HBL) published the first part of an investigative series today, taking a look at allegations of match-fixing in Finnish football. These reports come ahead of the launch of the country’s […]

UK Gambling Minister Baroness Twycross has formed a specialised Illegal Gambling Taskforce to fend off the black market. The formulation of the task force comes after years of warning by the regulated industry that black market operators are becoming increasingly prevalent in the UK. This was raised multiple times during the debate around industry taxes […]