Author: Andrew Fletcher

Affilka, the prominent iGaming affiliate software provider, has confirmed its attendance at iGB L!VE 2026, taking place at ExCeL London on July 1 and 2. The team will be stationed at Stand T54 throughout the event, ready to connect with operators, partners, and key industry figures across the two days. iGB L!VE remains one of the most significant gatherings in the global iGaming calendar, attracting thousands of professionals from across the affiliate and operator sectors. Affilka arrives at the event in strong form, currently supporting an impressive portfolio of over 460 live brands across its platform infrastructure. The system processes…

The UK Gambling Commission has launched a formal process inviting industry stakeholders to highlight rules they believe could be simplified without weakening consumer protections. Starting from 26 June 2026, the regulator is accepting evidence on which existing requirements could be streamlined or removed from its regulatory framework. The submission window runs through to 25 September, after which the Commission will consider all feedback received before issuing a formal response. Unlike standard Commission-led consultations, this process places the initiative firmly with respondents, who must suggest areas for improvement themselves. Any proposals submitted must be supported by evidence demonstrating the burden the…

Fanatics Sportsbook is set to suspend or permanently ban customers who direct abuse or threats at athletes, coaches, and officials across social media platforms. The crackdown will begin with the 2026 NFL season, marking a significant escalation in how sportsbooks respond to online harassment linked to betting. Fanatics will partner with integrity specialist IC360 and social media intelligence provider Signify Group to identify customers posting abusive or threatening content online. Individuals flagged as bad actors will be added to a shared database, allowing participating sportsbooks to suspend or restrict accounts accordingly. Fanatics Sportsbook has become the first legal sports betting…

New research funded by the statutory levy reveals that safer gambling tools are structurally ill-equipped to support those affected by someone else’s gambling behaviour. The Gambling Commission investigated the lived experiences of affected others by conducting in-depth interviews with 25 adults across Great Britain. All participants had experienced adverse effects from another person’s gambling within the previous 12 months, giving the study a grounded and immediate relevance. A central finding is that affected others tend to encounter safer gambling tools “almost exclusively at crisis point,” long after harms have already taken hold. Because safer gambling interventions require the person gambling…

The iGaming hiring landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past five years, according to Oksana Izmailova, CHRO at RedCore. Izmailova recently shared her insights following the HR MeetUp by RedCore in Limassol, Cyprus, where she addressed key shifts in talent acquisition. Just five years ago, the market firmly belonged to candidates, with companies competing aggressively through counteroffers, bonuses, and increasingly generous perks to secure talent. Izmailova noted that RedCore would routinely add around 20% on top of the market median salary just to make offers competitive during that period. “It was very much a candidate-driven market,” she explained,…

Sumsub’s third annual iGaming Fraud Report has recorded a staggering 4.5x increase in suspicious transaction volumes between Q1 2025 and Q1 2026. The average value of those suspicious transactions has also risen sharply, climbing from $3,960 to $6,500 over the same period. The research draws on more than three million fraud attempts and points firmly to artificial intelligence as a key driver of the escalating problem. AI is enabling fraudsters to scale up schemes involving bonus abuse, opposite betting, bot creation, and multi-accounting at a pace not previously seen. Kris Galloway, iGaming product evangelist at Sumsub, described the situation in…

Stake has pushed back hard against rival operator Entain after the latter questioned the crypto gambling giant’s decision to hold a Curaçao licence. Entain’s general counsel Simon Zinger used Curaçao’s surprise appearance at the 2026 World Cup to raise scrutiny over operators licensed in the Caribbean island jurisdiction. Zinger argued the island’s status as a gambling hub should prompt closer examination of companies operating under its relatively light-touch regulatory framework. He suggested the tournament had exposed deeper questions about where Stake’s allegiances truly lie, claiming the company was effectively backing Curaçao over its home country of Australia. Stake responded by…

Unregulated gambling advertisements using Jude Bellingham’s name appear to share technical infrastructure with a major Premier League football sponsor, according to a new investigation. The ads, which surfaced on Meta-owned Instagram, falsely claimed the England and Real Madrid midfielder had launched a new betting app ahead of the World Cup. The fake promotion included an AI-generated BBC article describing the fictitious platform as “Britain’s most honest betting app,” alongside a range of generous sign-up bonuses. Entain’s PR director Simon Clare first drew wider attention to the campaign by posting about it on X, calling out Meta’s continued acceptance of advertising…

New research funded by the statutory levy reveals that existing safer gambling tools are structurally ill-equipped to support people harmed by someone else’s gambling behaviour. The Gambling Commission conducted the study by gathering testimony from 25 adults across Great Britain who had all experienced adverse effects from another person’s gambling within the past 12 months. A central finding is that affected others tend to recognise the damage being done to them only at a very late stage, often once harms have already escalated significantly. Interviews found that safer gambling tools are “encountered almost exclusively at crisis point by the affected…

DATA.BET, a B2B sportsbook solution supplier that originated as an esports-first company, has unveiled its first-year performance results for its sports betting vertical. The company launched the vertical twelve months ago and has now released a detailed breakdown of metrics drawn from data provided by newly acquired clients. The headline numbers point to sustained revenue momentum, with turnover up 30.7% quarter-on-quarter delivered consistently across all core commercial benchmarks. Betting activity accelerated significantly over the period, with the number of bets and stake volume rising 83.5% and combo bets increasing by an impressive 160.5%. Player base expansion accompanied this surge in…