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The World Cup Verdict: Where demand really peaked
An exclusive Blask report for Focus Gaming News reveals global World Cup interest peaked on July 4, exceeding the July 19 final by 30 per cent across 43 markets. Special report.- Spain were crowned world champions on July 19, beating Argentina, the defending champions, 1-0 in the final, to bring the FIFA World Cup 202…
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Bodog returns as media brand after closing casino and sportsbook
Bodog has relaunched as an independent media platform, marking a sharp departure from the gambling operations that built its name. The company stopped operating as a casino and sportsbook this past February. Its new website instead focuses on editorial content, research and commentary across several consumer sectors. …
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Tickets to NBA China Games 2026 at The Venetian Macao to go on sale this Wednesday
Macau concessionaire Sands China Ltd and the National Basketball Association (NBA) will have announced the launch of ticket sales to […]
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Sands China opens NBA China Games ticket sales on August 12th
Tickets for the Mavericks–Rockets preseason games in Macau will go on sale August 12th, starting at MOP588. The post Sands China opens NBA China Games ticket sales on August 12th first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
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New York Sportsbooks Bounce Back In July As Hold Returns To Normal
New York’s mobile sportsbooks recovered from a weak June in just one month, with hold margins snapping back to pre-World Cup levels in July 2026. The state’s education fund nearly doubled its take from mobile betting as sportsbook margins improved, even though total handle fell below $2 billion for the first time in 1…
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Betting Exchange Software: How Operators Evaluate Liquidity, Matching and Control
Define the exchange model before comparing platforms A betting exchange is not simply a sportsbook with a back-and-lay interface. In Great Britain, the… The post Betting Exchange Software: How Operators Evaluate Liquidity, Matching and Control appeared first on iGaming Express.
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UFC Fight Night Full Fight Card
UFC Fight Night Full Fight Card UFC Fight Night features a total of 12 scheduled fights. The main card includes five… The post UFC Fight Night Full Fight Card appeared first on iGaming Express.
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Premier League Futures & Predictions: Arsenal is the Betting Favorite to Repeat as Champions
The 2026-27 Premier League season starts this month, and Arsenal is the +163 betting favorite to win the championship for a second consecutive year. This marks the first season without gambling companies appearing on the front of shirts. Premier League Championship Odds at Kalshi Check out 2026-27 Premier League champ…
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UK Sportsbooks to Repay Victims of Alleged $17M Spanish Ponzi Scheme
Around 200 victims of an alleged EUR 15 million ($17 million) investment fraud in Spain are expected to recover more than one-third, or about EUR 6 million ($6.91 million) of that sum, using funds surrendered by UK gambling operators. How Did the Scheme Work? Iban Juvanteny Gómez is the alleged mastermind behind the P…
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How To Make Better Decisions About Gambling Through Microbreaks, Explains Dr. Mary Donohue
“My brother made a very bad parlay bet that was incredibly stressful and for an incredibly large amount of money. After he had made that bet, he had a physiological response. My husband thought he was having a stroke. He hadn’t told us he had bet,” Dr. Mary Donohue tells me over a video call […] The post How To Make B…
Read summary →FeedConstruct fecha parceria com a Malta Premier League para direitos globais de transmissão
A FeedConstruct firmou oficialmente uma parceria com a Malta Premier League a fim de garantir os direitos globais de apostas da competição. Sob o acordo, a empresa adquire os direitos […] O post FeedConstruct fecha parceria com a Malta Premier League para direitos globais de transmissão apareceu primeiro em iGaming Br…
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FIFA World Cup sell-off: Infantino battles to restore confidence
Live blog – last updated 7 August 2026. Newest entries first. FIFA President Gianni Infantino withdrew a plan to sell minority stakes in a commercial subsidiary controlling the men’s and women’s World Cups on 1 August 2026, seven days after it emerged. FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) drew opposition from three confedera…
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LeoVegas Rolls Out New Tiger Sportsbook in the UK
LeoVegas has launched its proprietary sportsbook Tiger for UK customers, making it available across BetMGM, LeoVegas and BetUK. The product is built on the Tipico US platform acquired in 2024 and follows earlier launches in Denmark, Brazil and Sweden, as the group moves its sports offering onto in-house technology. Ti…
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LeoVegas Launches Tiger Sportsbook In UK
Tiger Arrives In The UK LeoVegas has launched its Tiger sportsbook in the UK, extending a rollout that began in Brazil… The post LeoVegas Launches Tiger Sportsbook In UK appeared first on iGaming Express.
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Jason Robins plays down prediction market cannibalisation fears
DraftKings CEO Jason Robins has dismissed concerns that the company’s prediction market expansion is eating into its sportsbook business, insisting the new offering is generating incremental growth rather than cannibalising existing betting revenue. Speaking during the operator’s Q2 earnings call, Robins said there wa…
Read summary →DraftKings reporta ingresos de 1.440 millones en el segundo trimestre
DraftKings, la empresa estadounidense de juego online y apuestas deportivas, presentó sus resultados financieros correspondientes al segundo trimestre de 2026, en los que se destaca un volumen de consumo deportivo […]
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FeedConstruct partners with Malta Premier League for Global Data and Streaming Rights
FeedConstruct has officially partnered with the Malta Premier League to secure the competition’s global betting rights. Under the agreement, FeedConstruct acquires exclusive worldwide video streaming rights for every match in the league, alongside non-exclusive official data coverage that transitions to full dataexclu…
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Player props growth drives Bet Builder usage to new levels, Kambi’s World Cup report shows
Kambi’s World Cup 2026 Report reveals 65 per cent of Bet Builders include at least one player prop Kambi, the home of premium sports betting solutions, has launched its World Cup Report 2026, unlocking data-driven insights into the defining event in the global sports betting calendar. Kambi processed more than 100 mil…
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Hard Rock Bet rolls out 10¢ MLB lines throughout August
Hard Rock Bet is offering 10¢ MLB betting lines throughout August, reducing the margin on selected pregame baseball markets from 1 August to 31 August. The promotion applies automatically with no promo code or opt-in required and covers three of the sportsbook’s most popular MLB markets: Winner (Moneyline), Run Line (…
Read summary →Sportsbook Risk Management: How Operators Govern Exposure and Exceptions
Translate risk appetite into exposure limits A risk appetite statement becomes useful only when it changes a live decision. The operator should… The post Sportsbook Risk Management: How Operators Govern Exposure and Exceptions appeared first on iGaming Express.
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US horse racing handle falls 2.54% in Q2 2026
Wagering on US horse races continues to decline. US.- Horse racing in the US generated $3.2bn in bets through the second quarter of 2026, down 2.54 per cent year-on-year. The June numbers reinforced a four-year trend: monthly wagering fell 4.70 per cent to $911.9m. The results come after several racing circuits reduce…
Read summary →LeoVegas sharpens betting claws with Tiger sportsbook UK launch
LeoVegas has launched its Tiger sportsbook in the UK, marking another major milestone for the Swedish iGaming company’s ambitions in sports betting. The MGM Resorts International-owned firm has been in the process of expanding its sports betting proposition for some time, while also gradually taking technology in-hous…
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What does PK mean in betting? pick’em and penalty kick explained
PK is a common abbreviation found throughout online sports. For the novice bettor, the meanings that PK can have can get very confusing, especially when it comes to the sports themselves. The term PK has two meanings in online sports, the first being the term pick’em, which is used by most of the online sportsbooks...
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NIGC: Tribal gaming growth driven by investment, prediction markets pose new challenge
Record FY2025 GGR
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DATA.BET in 2026: Sharp esports GGR rise, prediction markets product rollout
Q1 delivered a sharp rise in GGR and turnover for DATA.BET’s esports product, the company told iGB in an interview at iGB L!VE last month. It builds on the company’s momentum in the quick-growing vertical. “Esports is our heritgate,” head of sales Otto Bonning said. Esports might be a core competency, but the sportsbo…
Read summary →Keane and Richards Star in New Sky Bet Ad as Betting Rules Shift
Football Betting Brands Shift Attention To Screen-Led Marketing Sky Bet has launched a new football campaign ahead of the 2026/27 Premier… The post Keane and Richards Star in New Sky Bet Ad as Betting Rules Shift appeared first on iGaming Express.
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LeoVegas launches in-house sportsbook Tiger in UK
In July last year, Denmark was the first market to roll out its new Tipico US-powered sportsbook platform. Since then the product has also been gone live in Brazil and Sweden.
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FeedConstruct wins streaming rights for Malta Premier League
FeedConstruct has continued its global footballing expansion, this time securing a partnership with the Malta Premier League for the division’s global betting rights. The Armenia-based sports data provider has acquired exclusive worldwide video streaming rights for every match in the league, as well as non-exclusive o…
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Kalshi accuses Netflix of misleading viewers over prediction market documentary
Prediction market platform Kalshi has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix demanding the removal of the trailer for its new documentary Instadocs: The Prediction Games, claiming the streaming giant has published “false and misleading” material that could damage the company’s reputation and undermine its ongoing l…
Read summary →South Arica’s Hollywoodbets lauds esports betting debut as key milestone
DATA.BET has expanded its reach in the international betting sector even further, penning a new deal with Hollywoodbets targeting South Africa. Hollywoodbets is one of the biggest sports betting operators in the country, which is itself one of the biggest African betting markets. The scope of the deal centres around e…
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DATA.Bet Brings Esports Offer to Africa with Hollywoodbets
DATA.Bet has expanded its esports betting reach by teaming up with Hollywoodbets, a leading company in the African iGaming market, and will now provide it with advanced sportsbook features designed to support real-time esports betting. The partnership is an important step forward for the sportsbook solution supplier a…
Read summary →BETBY Adds ePadel Tennis And eSumo
BETBY Expands Betby Games Portfolio BETBY has expanded its Betby Games portfolio with the launch of ePadel Tennis and eSumo,… The post BETBY Adds ePadel Tennis And eSumo appeared first on iGaming Express.
Read summary →Flutter and DraftKings Agree on What Prediction Markets Are but Disagree on What to Do About It
The Shared Diagnosis On Flutter’s call on Wednesday, Jackson said that where exchanges coexist with sportsbooks, in the UK, Italy… The post Flutter and DraftKings Agree on What Prediction Markets Are but Disagree on What to Do About It appeared first on iGaming Express.
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BOYLE Sports to sponsor Man Utd vs Leeds in first Croke Park football fixture since 2009
BOYLE Sports will be the title sponsor for the unique, televised pre-season friendly match between Manchester United and Leeds United at Croke Park in Dublin. The match between two of English football’s bitter rivals will be televised on ITV in the UK and on Premier Sports in Ireland. It marks the first football fixtu…
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Fairplay signs trainer Warren Greatrex as racing ambassador for 2026/27 season
The partnership marks Fairplay’s most prominent investment in horse racing content since the sportsbook added racing markets in… The post Fairplay signs trainer Warren Greatrex as racing ambassador for 2026/27 season appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.
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Brazil’s football clubs to be graded on ESG – including betting deals
A new benchmark, the Índice Brasileiro de Sustentabilidade no Futebol (IBSF), is being developed to assess how Série A and Série B clubs in Brazil’s national championship handle environmental, social and governance practices – with their commercial relationships with sports betting operators built directly into the ev…
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Warren Greatrex Signs as Fairplay Ambassador for the 2026/27 Jumps Season
Friday, 7 August 2026 – Fairplay has announced Warren Greatrex as its ambassador for the 2026/27 Jumps season, strengthening the company’s presence in British horse racing through a new content partnership. The multiple Grade 1-winning trainer, whose stable has produced top performers including Cole Harden and La Bagu…
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UK iGaming brand rankings 2026: Bet365 leads as Flutter and Entain split the field
Bet365 leads UK iGaming brand demand in H1 2026, while Flutter and Entain dominate at portfolio level. Blask data reveals how the 40% Remote Gaming Duty reshaped demand inside a stable top 10. Сообщение UK iGaming brand rankings 2026: Bet365 leads as Flutter and Entain split the field появились сначала на Blask.
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DATA.BET brings Esports betting to Hollywoodbets
Deal brings ready-to-launch eSports offering spanning odds feed, streaming, and risk management to South Africa DATA.BET, a leading sportsbook solution supplier, has signed a new partnership with Hollywoodbets, South Africa’s most prominent sports and entertainment betting operator. The operator was looking for a prov…
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Q2 2026: DraftKings swings to net loss despite World Cup boost
DraftKings reported a $67.6m net loss during the second quarter as customer-friendly sports results and higher promotional spending offset strong World Cup-driven customer growth, with group revenue also down year-on-year. For the three months to the end of June, revenue amounted to $1.44bn, a drop of 5%. This was acc…
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betPawa Strengthens Responsible Gaming Commitment with Pan-African Training Across 15 Markets Ahead of New Football Season
betPawa has successfully concluded its annual Responsible Gaming training programme for customer support teams across all 15 African markets, reinforcing the company’s commitment to ensuring customers can enjoy betting in a safe, informed and responsible environment. Delivered over a four-week period and completed ahe…
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DraftKings Stumbles In Q2 But Throws Hail Mary, Maintains FY26 Outlook
Looking to a winning NFL season, top U.S. sportsbook DraftKings has reported a five percent, year-on-year, decline in Q2 revenue to US$1.44... Read More...
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DraftKings tropieza en el segundo trimestre, pero lanza un “Hail Mary” y mantiene sus previsiones para 2026
De cara a una temporada ganadora en la NFL, DraftKings registra una caída del 5% en sus ingresos del segundo trimestre De... Leer más... La entrada DraftKings tropieza en el segundo trimestre, pero lanza un “Hail Mary” y mantiene sus previsiones para 2026 se publicó primero en iGaming Futuro.
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Yevhenii Ilchenko, DATA.BET: “The trend toward fast betting will continue to grow. The data shows players don’t want to wait”
In an exclusive interview with Focus Gaming News, DATA.BET’s Yevhenii Ilchenko discusses player behaviour, the 2026 World Cup’s impact, and industry growth. Exclusive interview.- Yevhenii Ilchenko, head of sports at DATA.BET, talks through what the tournament showed about player behaviour, why statistical markets are …
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Kambi World Cup 2026 Report: Player props feature in 65% of Bet Builders as usage doubles
Kambi’s World Cup 2026 Report reveals 65% of Bet Builders include at least one player prop, up from 25% during the 2022 tournament. The post Kambi World Cup 2026 Report: Player props feature in 65% of Bet Builders as usage doubles first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
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SBC unveils Global Prediction Markets Forum to drive industry dialogue in Lisbon
SBC has announced the launch of the Global Prediction Markets Forum, a new dedicated event focused on one of the most dynamic and closely watched emerging sectors at the intersection of betting, finance, and regulation. The post SBC unveils Global Prediction Markets Forum to drive industry dialogue in Lisbon first app…
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With Jackson set to leave Flutter, will FanDuel Predicts catch up with rivals?
Analysts, hedge fund managers and other financial experts blame the latest swoon on prediction markets with DraftKings on deck.
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Sky Bet’s new football campaign hits the screen as Premier League approaches
With just two weeks to go before the Premier League season starts again, the marketing rush has well and truly begun. Sky Bet is the latest to get campaigns underway. The Flutter Entertainment brand took its latest football campaign, ‘Games Gone’, live today, with familiar name ambassadors Roy Keane and Micah Richards…
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New York State Bar Association to host webinar on sports betting and prediction markets
The free online session will examine the differences between mobile sports betting and prediction markets while raising awareness about problem gambling and available support resources. US.- The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) will host a free webinar on Aug. 17 exploring the rise of mobile sports betting and p…
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Two gambling operators rapped over World Cup betting ads in the Netherlands
The adverts were found to have created a clear association with professional footballers. The Netherlands.- The Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has had words with Betcity and TOTO Winkel over breaches of the Netherlands’ ban on the use of role models in gambling advertising. The regulator says it det…
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Alt points meaning: what are alternate total points in sports betting?
Alternate total points in sports betting markets are often asked about by the inexperienced bettor when it comes to risk management in sports betting. As alternate points meaning: alternate total points in sports betting, Alternate total points in sports betting markets for team and game betting are used by bettors to…
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2026 PGA Tour FedEx Cup Championship Odds, Picks & Predictions
The top-70 players in the PGA Tour point standings will begin their quest to become the 2026 FedEx Cup championship winner next week in Memphis. The three-tournament playoff format sees the field trimmed from 70 to 50 to 30 for the final event in Atlanta. Unlike past years, players won’t enter the playoffs with differ…
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Argentina: Online betting tax revenue reaches 77% of 2025 total in just six months
World Cup drives momentum
Read summary →Analysts Cut FanDuel Parent Targets On Higher Promotional Spending
Analysts remain bullish on Flutter but cut their targets as the company lowered guidance for FanDuel with more promotional investment coming. Flutter said its mishandling of promotions to FanDuel... The post Analysts Cut FanDuel Parent Targets On Higher Promotional Spending appeared first on Legal Sports Report.
Read summary →FeedConstruct obtiene los derechos exclusivos de streaming y datos de las principales ligas de fútbol de Gales
La alianza con la Football Association of Wales permitirá distribuir a nivel global el streaming para apuestas y los datos oficiales de las principales competiciones del fútbol galés. FeedConstruct anunció una alianza estratégica con la Football Association of Wales (FAW) para adquirir los derechos exclusivos mundiale…
Read summary →DATA.BET impulsa las apuestas en esports de Hollywoodbets con una solución tecnológica integral
La alianza permitirá al operador sudafricano ofrecer una experiencia completa de apuestas en esports mediante la plataforma, el feed de cuotas, streaming y gestión de riesgos de DATA.BET. DATA.BET anunció una nueva alianza estratégica con Hollywoodbets, uno de los principales operadores de apuestas deportivas y entret…
Read summary →DATA.BET e Hollywoodbets fecham parceria para expandir apostas em eSports
A DATA.BET, fornecedora líder de soluções de apostas esportivas, assinou uma nova parceria com a Hollywoodbets, operadora de apostas de esportes e entretenimento da África do Sul. A operadora estava […] O post DATA.BET e Hollywoodbets fecham parceria para expandir apostas em eSports apareceu primeiro em iGaming Brazil.
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