SBC Eurasia Editorial Team is happy to present a quick recap of the gambling industry events, news, regulations, and partnerships that happened last week.
On June 7, 2026, critical parliamentary elections concluded in Armenia. According to official data from the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling Civil Contract party secured victory. This victory would reinforce the government’s trajectory toward stricter gambling regulation.
Azerbaijan’s newly established National Cybersecurity Agency (NCA), created by a decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev, will tackle illegal betting and gambling activities. While the government of Kazakhstan may have identified an effective tool in countering illegal gambling operators.
The National Police Board of Finland has reported strong interest in the country’s upcoming commercial iGaming market as it prepares to move away from its monopoly-based system. While Giovanni Malagò and Giancarlo Abete, the two candidates seeking the presidency of Italian football, have outlined rival plans to modernise the governance and structure of the national game.
Octoplay is now live with Crystalbet, one of Georgia’s leading online operators and part of the Entain group. While as part of the commitment to supporting the country’s sporting landscape, betlive has signed a cooperation memorandum with the Georgian Tennis Association.
Sportradar has signed a multi-year extension to its data and audiovisual betting rights agreement with the All England Club for Wimbledon.
The summer football fever is upon us, with the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Gambling regulators across Europe are asking bettors not to let excitement cloud their rational judgment. Additionally, betting advertising polemics have hit the France national team’s camp. Players including superstar Kylian Mbappé and Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki are reported to be unhappy with their images being used by Betclic.
Residents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now place bets on the FIFA World Cup thanks to the launch of the Play971 sports betting platform — the only licensed platform of its kind in the region. While former Crown Resorts CEO Ciarán Carruthers has been announced as the new CEO of the UAE’s gambling regulator, the General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA).
BetConstruct AI has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, Lena Yasir, to take the helm of its AI technology leveraging and implementation over the coming years.
The newly founded predictions platform ADI Predictstreet has begun trading, with its launch this Monday, 8 June, coming just three days before the FIFA World Cup kicks off. While Gibraltar is setting itself up as a European for the burgeoning predictions market sector, granting approval in principle to WagerWire.
Thailand’s Consumer Council (TCC) has become the latest organisation to increase pressure on Meta over the spread of scam advertisements on its platforms.
evoke has agreed to a $309m takeover deal from Bally’s Intralot, a transaction that could significantly reshape the structure of the UK gambling market. While Pragmatic Play is going to wind down its sports betting, virtual sports, and bingo operations, as the gaming tech firm focuses solely on iGaming and slots.
BETBY has entered a partnership with gaming platform BC.GAME that will see the former adopting the latter’s rewards model powered by the $BC token.
On June 25, 2026, Tbilisi will host FUTURUM PAYMENTS GEORGIA 2026 – an industry event for representatives of the payments sector, fintech, banking, crypto, investors, and regulators.
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