SBC Eurasia Editorial Team is happy to present a quick recap of the gambling industry events, news, regulations, and partnerships that happened last week.
In the eighth episode of iGaming Accent, host Vakho Mdivani sits down with Nick Laconico, CEO of Megabet Plus, to discuss a career that has spanned continents and eras of gaming — from the digital revolution in Las Vegas to the unique betting culture of Cyprus.
SBC has assembled a crack team to deliver the industry’s most ambitious trade show entertainment for SBC Summit 2025 in Lisbon. The evening event aims to raise over a million euros for charity. Additionally, the Summit will shine a light on the industry’s most pressing responsibility of safeguarding players, with a dedicated Player Protection stage running throughout the event.
With the end of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Simon Noy, SVP Trading, Kambi, looks back at the tournament and tells how it impacted on the sports betting landscape.
A new era of gambling framework has begun in Armenia, as the country’s government officially imposed a 10% turnover tax taking effect on 1 July 2025. While the Ukrainian government will make a number of changes to the gambling industry control system, focusing on transparency and fighting corruption.
A panel of community stakeholders declared full support for Croatia’s plans to overhaul its gambling laws and create a new regulatory regime to govern and tax gambling. While ÚRHH, the Gambling Authority of the Republic of Slovakia, has announced that 20,500 citizens have used its RVO system to self-exclude themselves from gambling activities.
DGOJ, Spain’s Directorate General of Gambling maintains its principal objective to significantly tighten the surveillance of gambling activities and the monitoring of operator licences. While Italy’s Minister for Sport, Andrea Abodi, has formally presented the new Sports Decree, a policy package designed to modernise Italian sport, unlock stalled infrastructure, and revive lost commercial opportunities, including the potential return of gambling sponsorships.
The Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP) will establish a task force “to combat the scourge” of illegal gambling networks. While the Netherlands Institute of Psychologists (NIP) has issued a warning to the Dutch Parliament: to effectively combat addiction and psychological disorders related to gambling, it is necessary to create a guaranteed funding model for research as part of the reform of the gambling regulation framework.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has reported record-high levels of player awareness and usage of safer gambling tools in the past year, as outlined in its latest Sustainability Report.
An out of court settlement has been reached by 12 operators in Curacao over player protection shortcomings. While the Government of Gibraltar has celebrated the territory’s removal from the EU’s financial crime grey list following a successful vote in the European Parliament earlier this week.
The environment for gambling in the Philippines could be about to become more hostile as the Central Bank is eyeing tighter restrictions for players in the country.
The Online Casino Bill, aimed at legalizing and regulating online gaming, has passed its first reading in the New Zealand Parliament. While concerns on the gambling sector influencing Australian politics have been raised by The Greens, who called out the Labor government and Liberal opposition for accepting donations.
Flutter will become the sole owner of FanDuel following a deal to acquire a 5% stake in the US brand from Boyd. Moreover, Flutter has reaffirmed its ambition to become the leader in Italy’s newly restructured online gambling market by announcing the relaunch of Sisal’s online bingo.
Svenska Spel maintains a positive financial outlook despite completing a mandatory transformation of its business, no longer operating Casino Cosmopol properties in Sweden.
France’s gambling authority, the ANJ, has issued a €75,000 fine to a licensed online operator after repeated breaches of data archiving obligations.
It has been officially announced that bet365 Scores – a service providing football fans with real-time results and statistics – has entered into a partnership with the Italian champions, SSC Napoli. While ToonieBet, Soft2Bet’s premier sportsbook and online casino brand tailored for Canadian players, has been named both an Official Sports Betting Partner and an Official Online Casino Partner of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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