SBC Eurasia Editorial Team is happy to present a quick recap of the gambling industry events, news, regulations, and partnerships that happened last week.
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The Ukrainian nonprofit Responsible Gambling Center (RGC) continues its professional knowledge exchange and its study of responsible gambling mechanisms abroad. The Association of Ukrainian Gambling Operators supports the initiative.
Kyrgyzstan’s Financial Supervision Agency has emphasised that strict control of the internet could be coming in response to the surge of illegal online gambling operators in the country. While Turkish authorities have taken legal action against 15,710 suspects as part of a nationwide campaign targeting illegal betting networks and the financial schemes supporting their operations.
Romania’s gambling authority, the ONJN, has begun reviewing and revising national gambling legislation. While András Kármán, Hungary’s Finance Minister, has appointed Zoltán Sólyom as the new Chief Executive of state-owned gambling group Szerencsejáték Zrt.
Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greece’s Finance Minister, has stood by the decision to increase taxes on online casino game winnings to “grow revenues for public services”.
The mandatory monthly deposit limits introduced in the Netherlands in 2024 have led to a contraction in the online gambling market, the regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has reported. Additionally, KSA has launched two new campaigns seeking to address the impact of gambling advertising and gambling harm on young people.
Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy, has signed off the country’s Budget Law, setting her Brothers of Italy government’s fiscal objectives ahead of the 2027 general election.
The responsibility of major technology platforms for monitoring advertising content has become the subject of a dedicated study commissioned by the European Commission (EC). While global social media giant TikTok has reaffirmed that promotion of gambling products in the TikTok Shop is strictly prohibited.
Prediction markets are gaining more global acceptance, but not in Australia, where the country’s securities regulator has drawn explicit parallels between the products and betting. While Polymarket temporarily halted trading on its international platform on October 29 after a security incident compromised a third-party provider, the company said.
Investors in Grupo Codere are exploring various scenarios for the sale of the Spanish gambling group. While Lottomatica’s position as the leader of Italy’s gambling market has been reaffirmed in the group’s latest financial report.
Coolbet has identified 131 positions at risk of redundancy at its Tallinn headquarters as its Estonian group company begins a collective consultation process. While Veikkaus has strengthened its product offering through a new partnership with Wazdan.
Sportradar reported 24% year-on-year revenue growth in Q3 2026, with revenue reaching €363m (Q3 2025: €296m).
The Authority’s approval will enable Betclic’s parent company, Banijay Gaming, to close its acquisition of JOA Group.
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