Category Archives: Betting

Google’s rules and requirements around gambling advertising will become stricter later this year, amid widespread political and public concern about the extent of industry marketing. The Google Ads team from Google Ireland Ltd, the American multinational tech giant’s European branch, confirmed that advertising policies will tighten up from 23 March 2026 onwards. The Dublin-based division […]

DAZN is further expanding its reach into prediction markets, though the firm probably wouldn’t call its new platform ‘betting’ or ‘wagering’ to be exact – and its contemporaries in its new realm of predictions certainly don’t like their products being referred to as this. The OTT sports streaming platform announced the launch of a predictions […]

A new Interim Chair has been appointed for the Industry Forum of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The regulator has named Kirsty Caldwell as its choice for a temporary hire while the recruitment drive is underway for a permanent replacement of Nick Rust, who ended his term in November 2025. Caldwell is currently running Betsmart […]

Polymarket has been kicked out of yet another European market, as Portuguese media report that the predictions platform has been issued a cease and desist notice. Renascença and the SAPO online portal’s news service have both reported that the Gaming Regulation and Inspection Service (SRIJ) issued a cease and desist order last week. However, the […]

Gambling stakeholders in South Africa have been given one more month to respond to proposed tax hike amendments. In November last year, a proposal was tabled to update the African nation’s tax regime by implementing a unified online gambling tax. The initial deadline for consultations was 30 January, but it has now been pushed back […]

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) will aid the market growth of Chile, some 7,200 miles away. This has become possible due to the BGC’s newest partnership with Agrupación de Plataformas de Apuesta en Línea (aPAL) – the trade body representing international online gambling operators active in the Latin American nation. Grainne Hurst, CEO of […]

Social liberals in Bosnia and Herzegovina have moved to abolish gambling’s VAT exemption in 2026. Representatives of the Our Party political power have put forward a proposal for a “fair and responsible” taxation of the gambling sector that puts money back into the social structures of the Balkan nation. The proposal was tabled by Mia […]

The Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has made further commitments to increasing player safety in 2026. Following a turbulent year for the Dutch gambling sector and politics overall, the gambling authority is ending January on a high note with its supervisory agenda for the next 12 months. A total of five main pressing issues were […]

Kenny Alexander, the former CEO of GVC Holdings (now Entain Plc), has lost his civil case against the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). Alexander, together with his former colleague Lee Feldman who previously served as Entain’s Chair, launched a civil case against the regulator in 2025, accusing it of mishandling private information and breaching privacy clauses […]