Brazil delays vote once more on betting tax increase

Brazil’s Economic Affairs Commission (CAE) has cancelled today’s scheduled vote on the bill that would raise taxes on fixed betting licences and fintech services.  Scheduled on 18 November the voting session was pulled by committee president Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL), with his office confirming the decision to SBC Notícias Brasil with the statement that “no …

Impact of an increase in Machine Games Duty (MGD), on the land-based casino sector, investment, and economic growth

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Reading Time: 4 minutes This summer the DCMS brought forward into legislation a much needed modernisation and deregulation package. The reforms comprising more proportionate gaming machine allocations and the ability to offer sports betting promised to support the UK land-based casino sector, enabling (£) tens of millions of investment, and contributing to the Government’s growth […]

Nolimit City breaks into the lab of a mad scientist in its latest release, Bizarre

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you ever seen a banana and an ostrich fused together to form the ultimate creature? In Nolimit City’s latest release, Bizarre, peek into the window of Dr. Bizarre’s wild experiments. This slot falls under the eccentric category of Nolimit City slots such as Munchies, Outsourced and Ugliest Catch. Reel Area […]

India: expect the unexpected after games ban

The ban on real-money games (RMG) in India earlier this year shook all global stakeholders as a gut punch dished by the Lok Sabha to operators eyeing up prospects in the world’s most populous country. Home to 1.4 billion people, the world’s fifth largest economy, a vibrant and developing technology sector and strong appetite for …

 EPIC marks 2025 expansions as 2026 sees R&D come into play 

EPIC Global Solutionsproclaims 2025 as its most expansive year achieving milestone of its harm prevention programme, beyond what its founders envisioned in 2013. Expanding its harm prevention practice beyond UK-shores, EPIC Global is now active in 30 jurisdictions, helping the safer gambling policy stakeholders in mature and emerging markets. Its international expansion phase is underscored …

Italy renews long-running lottery contract in new look gaming market

The Italy Lotto has renewed its contract with the LottoItalia consortium, a group of four companies including both international and domestic players. Brightstar Lottery leads the consortium, which also counts Swiss-based international lottery group Allwyn and local firms Arianna 2001 and Novomatic Italia as members. The new contract will last for nine years, running until …

DATA.BET sees surge in esports betting activity in Q3

Sportsbook solutions firm DATA.BET has released new data hammering home the significance of esports betting, showing a huge increase in volume. Looking at esports betting turnover during Q3 2025, DATA.BET has highlighted a 60% increase in stake volume, 79% increase in total profit, and a 12% increase in margin efficiency. The total number of bets …