Author: Andrew Fletcher

The National Football League has finally replaced its sportsbook sponsorship arrangements after operating without a betting partner since March 2026. The near five-month gap marked the first time the NFL had been without a sportsbook sponsor since 2021, leaving a significant commercial void at the heart of American sport. Fanatics Sportsbook has now been named the NFL’s official sports betting partner, with Fanatics Casino simultaneously confirmed as its official online casino partner. The deal fills the space vacated by FanDuel, DraftKings and Caesars, whose contracts all expired without renewal earlier this year. Caesars had long been expected to walk away,…

Playnetic has officially gone live with Light & Wonder, extending its growing portfolio to operators across the aggregator’s established content marketplace. The agreement marks another significant step in the studio’s ongoing international expansion, building on a period of sustained commercial momentum for the B2B games developer. A range of Playnetic titles are now available through Light & Wonder following the signing, with new releases rolling out across the network immediately. Games now live through the partnership include Sun vs Moon: Hold n’ Win, Assassin of Rome, Bubble or Broom, and Farmageddon, showcasing the studio’s range. The rollout reflects the considerable…

Sweden’s AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has recorded a 4% year-on-year decline in net gaming revenue for the second quarter of 2026, driven primarily by weakness in its core horse racing segment. For the three months ending June 30, net gaming revenue (NGR) amounted to SEK1.3bn (€117.9m), falling from SEK1.36bn posted in the same period last year. Total revenue was also 3% lower at SEK1.5bn, while net profit dropped 11% year-on-year to SEK352m, marking a difficult quarter for the Swedish operator. Horse racing NGR bore the brunt of the decline, falling 7% year-on-year to SEK936m, making it the single largest…

Danish payments provider Inpay A/S has been temporarily barred from entering new business agreements with iGaming companies following a regulatory review. The restriction was triggered by an inspection conducted by Finanstilsynet, the Danish financial regulator, back in March of this year into Inpay’s internal anti-money laundering procedures. Finanstilsynet concluded that it had identified “serious violations of the Money Laundering Act” during the course of that inspection, prompting swift regulatory action against the firm. As a direct result, the financial authority moved to bar Inpay from entering any new business agreements with online gaming companies until sufficient proof of remediation is…

Finland’s Supreme Administrative Court has overturned the spin-by-spin tax treatment applied to online slot games operated outside the European Economic Area. The ruling marks a significant shift in how Finnish tax authorities must calculate taxable income from online gambling activity on non-EEA platforms. The court voted 3-2 in favour of requiring the Tax Administration to change its approach to individual spins for games based in jurisdictions such as Curaçao. Rather than taxing each spin individually, the court determined that taxable income must be calculated across each complete session of play. However, the ruling comes with an important caveat that will…

Hollard Park Leisure, an arcade gaming centre operator based in Leicester, has been handed a £150,000 fine by the Gambling Commission for serious self-exclusion failings. The East Midlands venue failed to participate in a multi-operator self-exclusion scheme, which is a mandatory requirement for all licensed gambling operators in the United Kingdom, online or offline. The Gambling Commission found that Hollard Park had been previously informed of its obligation to join a recognised multi-operator self-exclusion scheme but did not act on that guidance. The operator only began participating in the required scheme after the Commission suspended its licence in October 2025,…

Szerencsejáték Zrt, Hungary’s state-owned gambling monopoly, is set to overhaul its existing marketing structure in a significant transparency push. The state lottery firm has opened a tender for new marketing agencies, with the process designed to bring greater openness to its internal operations and public-facing activities. Agencies bidding for the contract will be assessed against pre-defined professional criteria established by Szerencsejáték Zrt ahead of the tender process. Prospective partners will also have the opportunity to ask questions related to the company’s operations and its civic mandate as Hungary’s largest donor to sporting, cultural, and civic projects. The reform effort comes…

South Korea has officially banned access to Polymarket after the country’s Broadcasting, Media and Communications Standards Commission ordered domestic internet service providers to block the platform. The commission concluded that Polymarket constitutes a “substantive illegal gambling environment” under South Korean law, bringing a definitive end to a review process that began in May 2026. The Communications Review Subcommittee voted on August 18, 2026 to issue a corrective request requiring all domestic providers to restrict user access to the crypto-native prediction market. Regulators determined that parts of the platform fall under provisions covering gambling assistance, the opening of gambling venues, and…

Montenegro-based high stakes gambling site Tether.bet has shut down completely, with visitors now met by a permanent closure notice on the website. The notice states: “This website and domain have been permanently closed and are no longer in operation.” The company’s statement goes further, confirming that the Tether.bet brand “is no longer operating” and that no further services will be conducted through the domain. Customers who still hold a balance with the platform have been directed to contact the company through a dedicated support email address to resolve their funds. The closure has drawn attention partly due to Tether.bet’s association…

Bally’s Corporation has reported a significant revenue increase for Q2 2026, with total revenue climbing 20.5% year-on-year to reach $792.23m. The figure represents a strong jump from the $657.53m recorded in the same quarter of the previous year, underlining the group’s continued commercial momentum. The results cover the quarter in which Bally’s Intralot confirmed it would proceed with a transformative takeover of evoke, the company that counts William Hill as its primary UK asset in 2026. Total Adjusted EBITDAR for the quarter came in at $187.52m, up from $173.15m in Q2 2025, reflecting solid overall performance across the group’s key…