SBC Eurasia Editorial Team is happy to present a quick recap of the gambling industry events, news, regulations, and partnerships that happened last week.
SBC Summit Americas will place leadership, regulation, and market expansion at the heart of its conference agenda, offering delegates the strategies and guidance required to thrive in North and South America and taking place from June 9–11, 2026. While SBC Summit Malta 2026 will redefine the conference experience through a blend of strategy and practice, with the closing day devoted exclusively to workshops.
Betting brands have been an integral part of Brazilian football for decades. However, the new regulatory framework and introduction of the SPA licensing regime marked the beginning of a new era in sponsorship.
Internal documents uncovered by Reuters have shown that Meta planned to generate around $16bn, or 10% of its 2024 revenues, from advertising online scams, banned goods and illegal online gambling and estimated that its platforms publishes 15 billion “higher risk” adverts for scams every day while charging the advertisers a premium for running the ads.
Kyrgyzstan has begun consolidating all private lottery operators into a single, state-controlled system. While starting in January next year, Bulgaria will introduce a higher tax rate on the gross gaming revenue (GGR) of the gambling sector.
The President of Slovakia has rejected amendments to the country’s Gambling Act designed to significantly strengthen state power in relation to the sector. While Croatia has begun the first stage of implementing the gambling reforms promised by the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) government and Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.
Chairman and General Manager of Milli Piyango İdaresi (MPİ) – Turkey’s National Lottery Office, Ekrem Candan, has presented a dossier containing “420,000 criminal complaints filed against websites promoting illegal gambling activities”.
The UAE’s General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA) has announced the resignation of its CEO, Kevin Mullally. The Authority’s current Chairman, Jim Murren, has been appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer.
1xBet participated in a Player Protection Day webinar, co-hosted with SBC Media, to continue the industry dialogue initiated by the Player Protection Index – Western Europe. While a lack of readiness among licensed operators to adopt cryptocurrency is significantly contributing to the growth of the black market, warned Andy Danson of the law firm Bird & Bird during the SBC Player Protection Digital Day conference.
Gambling regulators are, by the very definition of their jobs, meant to be impartial when it comes to political debates around the industry, but the impartiality of regulators involved in Britain’s betting industry is being tested. Andrew Lyman, Gambling Commissioner with the Gibraltar government and a Non-Executive Director of the Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS), took to LinkedIn to share his opinion.
Moreover, Norway’s monopoly regime is once again under fire from the state regulator, raising more questions about the future of the market.
Authorities across Southeast Asia have intensified their efforts to combat illegal gambling networks that remain highly active throughout the region. While Paraguay continues to reform its gambling laws and contracts in line with the directives of President Santiago Peña.
Entain Plc has unveiled plans to launch a bond offering that will place an equivalent of €800m of corporate notes for the purpose of refinancing existing euro-denominated debt facilities. While the Federal Court of Australia has scheduled a hearing for 30 November 2026 regarding AUSTRAC’s lawsuit against Entain.
Tensions between the Australian government, gambling law reform campaigners, bookmakers and media outlets are mounting amid a package of reforms remaining delayed. While Global supplier Light & Wonder has announced that it plans to transfer its $1.5 billion share buyback program from NASDAQ to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Flutter has reported significant financial losses following India’s decision to ban real-money games (RMG), a law that was enacted back in August. While Flashscore has proclaimed itself as the undisputed champion of live score audiences, reaching a new milestone in global user engagement.
888’s return to the online gambling market in the Netherlands has started on a rocky note: the evoke brand has already received its first warning from the Dutch gambling regulator.
Sportsbook solutions firm Betby has signed yet another deal with a fellow B2B company, partnering with Abelson Sports.
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