Who were the heaviest M&A hitters in the betting industry’s 2025?

The global betting and gaming industry is no stranger to mergers and acquisitions, and neither was 2025. With under a week left until 2026 is upon us, SBC News takes a look at the biggest M&A deals of the past year. Another big year for Flutter You can’t talk about M&A without talking about Flutter …

Poland: Big hopes meet old frustrations yet window opens for reform

Dr Justyna Grusza-Głębicka, Attorney at Law and specialist in Polish iGaming law, takes a look back at a year of legislative developments affecting Poland’s iGaming space…  Anyone working in the gambling sector in Poland rarely laughs at the circus. How can we summarise 2025 in terms of any legislative wins for Polish gambling? Great hopes …

Bulgaria forms AML taskforce to end bad rep with FATF

Bulgaria has adopted provisions to accelerate its removal from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list. Speaking to the media, Interior Minister Daniel Mitov announced that the government has approved the creation of a specialised taskforce to coordinate crime fighting efforts against money laundering. “This is one of the steps that Bulgaria is taking …

Talking betting tax with Betfred, Betsson, LiveScore and the EGBA

The topic of tax has dominated betting and gaming discourse this year, with various debates around increased duties in France, the Netherlands, Brazil and the UK. We take a look back at some of the key perspectives on this heated topic in 2025. In the UK, the government settled on an increase in online taxes …