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G2E to spotlight industry concerns over prediction markets with new panel
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How 1xBet and Conor McGregor turned Garcia-Benn fight hype into fan engagement
1xBet explores UFC engagement
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SBC Summit returns to Lisbon for a record-breaking year, headlined by historic keynotes and the biggest wave of new additions
SBC Summit, the betting and iGaming industry’s flagship conference and exhibition, is on track to welcome 40,000 delegates to Lisbon next week for its third consecutive year in the Portuguese capital, and its most ambitious edition to date. Taking place 29 September-1 October at Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL) and…
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Player props and performance markets: how bettors engaged with the World Cup
WSF Odds Sales Director Sam Hill and product owner Filippo Celleno reveal the key data-driven betting trends during sports betting’s biggest-ever event: the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Underdog Teams Up with Birches Health, Focusing on Expanding Player Protection
Underdog, the sports prediction market and fantasy sports pioneer, has signed a new partnership with Birches Health, a leading organization that specializes in gambling disorder treatment. The partnership focuses on expanding responsible play resources and consumer protection measures available on Underdog’s website a…
Read summary →Premier Padel lauds new data and betting profile with iGame Media
Premier Padel, the world’s top level of the fast growing sport, believes it can capitalise on the same appetite for betting opportunities that tennis has over the past few decades. The padel circuit has been engaging with the betting sector for the past couple of years, signing a sponsorship deal with Betsson in 2024,…
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From Flat to Jumps: Amelco on autumn volatility, managing risk and double-digit GGR on racing
With the Flat season wrapping up, Amelco’s Horse Racing Team Manager, Owen Machen, discusses managing autumn ground changes, handling ante-post liabilities on dominant yards and how proprietary automation drives festival growth. With the Flat season wrapping up, how did the trading desk fare across Ascot, Goodwood, Yo…
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DraftKings: NFL Betting on the Rise Amid Prediction Market Expansion
DraftKings is looking at a strong start to the 2026 NFL season, with sportsbook betting volume up significantly compared to last year. At the same time, the Boston-based digital sports entertainment and gambling company is recording growing interest in its prediction markets, adding another part to the company’s busin…
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FC Barcelona in European Champions League: history of greatness and new ambitions
FC Barcelona enters the new European Champions League 2026/27 season with the kind of ambition only a handful of European clubs truly understand. The Catalans boast one of the tournament’s most remarkable records: five continental crowns and a reputation built on thrilling, attacking football. The post FC Barcelona in…
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Nordic Partners Gaming Targets Esports Top 50 After CS2 Team Acquisition
Nordic Partners Gaming (NPG), the Malta-based esports and gaming company, has its sights on breaking into the Counter-Strike 2 Top 50, with... Read More...
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ACMA finds Palmerbet allowed self-excluded customers to keep betting
Palmerbet accepted 312 bets from a BetStop-registered customer, leading to an 18-month court-enforceable undertaking with the ACMA. The post ACMA finds Palmerbet allowed self-excluded customers to keep betting first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
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Prosecutors to focus on nearly two dozen pitches in Clase micro betting case
Ahead of the November trial, prosecutors have narrowed the scope of the case to 18 Clase pitches over a two-year period.
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Lula Places Betting Restrictions at Center of Campaign as Online Casinos Face Possible Ban
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been using the issue of online betting as the main topic in his campaigns for the next re-election in 2026 and has stated his approval for measures to be taken against online casinos, including the games commonly referred to as “Tigrinho.” According to Folha de São Paul…
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Robins Touts Success Across The Board For DraftKings
DraftKings is seeing substantial positives from all three of its main products, CEO Jason Robins touted Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Consumer Conference. DraftKings is competing with the likes of...
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FX1 and Twenty First Group to Bring AI-Powered Data to Combat Sports Bettors
AI and sports data company FX1 has teamed up with sports intelligence firm Twenty First Group to launch a new combat sports betting solution aimed at sportsbooks and prediction market platforms. Officials Talk About the Deal FX1 founder and CEO Damien Dau said that while combat sports have long attracted large audienc…
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ICE Barcelona reinventa sua programação de conteúdo
O lançamento da ICE Conference e do WorldGaming Council através de evento exclusivo para executivos de alto escalão será o evento de tecnologia de jogos B2B mais influente do mundo The post ICE Barcelona reinventa sua programação de conteúdo appeared first on BNLData.
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Ligas dos EUA defendem banimento de apostadores que ameaçam atletas e reacendem debate sobre integridade no Brasil
Proposta de NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL e MLS amplia discussão sobre proteção de atletas, árbitros e treinadores em mercados regulados e ganha relevância durante a consolidação das apostas esportivas no Brasil The post Ligas dos EUA defendem banimento de apostadores que ameaçam atletas e reacendem debate sobre integridade no B…
Read summary →GOP Senator Wants Probe Into Trump Jr.’s Prediction Market Ties
Sen. John Curtis wants the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate presidential family members who use their access for private financial gain, specifically mentioning Donald Trump Jr.‘s ties...
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Vyking desarrolla su propio sportsbook sobre SportOS de FIRST.bet
La compañía diseñó y desarrolló la experiencia completa del jugador, incluido el producto móvil, mientras FIRST.bet gestiona la infraestructura de pricing, trading, riesgo, aceptación y liquidación de apuestas. Vyking, plataforma de iGaming especializada en soluciones basadas en datos y agregación de contenidos, ha de…
Read summary →Altenar destacará sus soluciones flexibles de sportsbook en SBC Summit Lisbon 2026
La compañía presentará en Lisboa su tecnología orientada a mercados regulados y participará en el Super CEO Panel, donde se abordarán temas como inteligencia artificial, innovación y regulación. Altenar participará en SBC Summit 2026, que se celebrará en Lisboa, para presentar sus soluciones de sportsbook y mostrar có…
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Yahoo Finance ends Polymarket prediction market partnership
Agreement ends, advertising ties remain
Read summary →Michael Jordan, Carsten Koerl, Jason Robins, Fabrizio Romano y Charles Oliveira protagonizarán el Super Stage de la SBC Summit 2026
El ícono del baloncesto Michael Jordan, el periodista deportivo Fabrizio Romano, la estrella de la UFC Charles Oliveira, el fundador y CEO de Sportradar, Carsten Koerl, y el cofundador y […]
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Ryan Gold’s NFL Appeal: What Draft Betting Monitors Saw Is Undisclosed
The NFL suspended Cardinals scouting director Ryan Gold over an alleged draft leak and parlay bets. His appeal is set for Sept. 23, as questions remain over what integrity monitors saw when Jeremiyah Love’s odds fell from 30-1 to around 2-1. In March, BetMGM opened Jeremiyah Love at 30-1 to be the third player taken […
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The Gambling Wire: Kalshi Faces Crypto Volume Scrutiny as Prediction Markets Hit $7.64B Weekend
As prediction markets continue to report record activity, fresh questions are emerging about how headline trading volume is generated and counted. Scrutiny of Kalshi’s crypto-perpetual trading intensified after a quantitative analyst flagged $539 million in 24-hour Ethereum volume against just $3.1 million in open int…
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FX1 y Twenty First Group se unen para ampliar las apuestas en deportes de combate
FX1 se ha asociado con Twenty First Group para desarrollar nuevos productos de apuestas sobre deportes de combate destinados a sportsbooks y... Leer más... La entrada FX1 y Twenty First Group se unen para ampliar las apuestas en deportes de combate se publicó primero en iGaming Futuro.
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Gibraltar gambling chief rejects ‘terminal decline’ fears
Andrew Lyman says layoffs are forcing operators to become leaner, but a pipeline of new licences and prediction market entrants shows Gibraltar remains a major hub The post Gibraltar gambling chief rejects ‘terminal decline’ fears appeared first on NEXT.io.
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Powering growth in Peru's sports betting market: Atlantic City Casino case study
Altenar shares Peruvian case study
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Carta desde América 23
La temporada de 18 semanas de la NFL ha comenzado a toda velocidad y, mientras los mercados de predicción siguen ganando popularidad... Leer más... La entrada Carta desde América 23 se publicó primero en iGaming Futuro.
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Match-fixing In African Football, A Game Within A Game
Match-fixing is becoming harder to hide in African football, but the evidence shows that the threat remains significant as the continent’s betting... Read More...
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AUF seeks betting ad exemption for Libertadores final
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) has asked the government of President Yamandú Orsi not to fine the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) for allowing sports betting advertising during the Copa Libertadores final, scheduled for 28 November 2026 at Montevideo’s Estadio Centenário. According to Urugua…
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Piccoli takes charge of SPA sanctions
Brazil’s Finance Ministry appointed Mariana Piccoli Lins Cavalcanti as Subsecretária de Ação Sancionadora within the Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA) – the division responsible for overseeing and sanctioning sports betting platforms. The appointment, published in the Diário Oficial da União and signed by Casa Civ…
Read summary →Polymarket pushes for European acceptance of prediction markets
Polymarket is reportedly leading a “lobbying blitz” in the UK and Europe to secure the status of its products as a financial service rather than gambling. The prediction markets giant, one of the two biggest in the world alongside arch rival Kalshi, has been evicted from several European nations including Italy, the N…
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Michael Jordan, Carsten Koerl, Jason Robins, Fabrizio Romano and Charles Oliveira to headline SBC Summit 2026 Super Stage
Basketball icon Michael Jordan, football journalist Fabrizio Romano, UFC star Charles Oliveira, Sportradar Founder and CEO Carsten Koerl and DraftKings Co-Founder and CEO Jason Robins are among the headline names set to take over SBC Summit’s Super Stage in Lisbon this September. Hosted inside the MEO Arena, the Super…
Read summary →Missouri AG Orders Six Prediction Markets to Stop Offering Sports Contracts
Hanaway said companies cannot “repackage sports bets as ‘event contracts'” to get around Missouri law. She said any company that… The post Missouri AG Orders Six Prediction Markets to Stop Offering Sports Contracts appeared first on iGaming Express.
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Altenar to highlight flexible sportsbook solutions at SBC Summit Lisbon 2026
Dinos Stranomitis, COO at Altenar, will take to the SBC Summit Super Stage on Wednesday, September 30, joining the Super CEO Panel Altenar will join the global betting and gaming community at SBC Summit 2026 in Lisbon, where it will highlight its flexible sportsbook technology and solutions designed to support operato…
Read summary →Robinhood’s Tenev Says Sports Will Soon Be a Minority on Prediction Markets. Kalshi Said the Same in March
Robinhood did not publish a breakdown of event contract volume by category to back the claim. Its Q2 results show only… The post Robinhood’s Tenev Says Sports Will Soon Be a Minority on Prediction Markets. Kalshi Said the Same in March appeared first on iGaming Express.
Read summary →Letter From America #62
The NFL’s 18-week season is off to a flying start, and as prediction markets continue to surge in popularity and expand their... Read More...
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Missouri AG sends cease-and-desists to prediction markets
The letters were sent to Polymarket, Kalshi, Crypto.com, Novig, Underdog, and Robinhood, with Hanaway’s office arguing that these companies offer unlicensed sports betting by presenting traditional bets as event contracts, and that federal courts have already ruled such platforms fall under state gambling law rather t…
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Trading transformed: Inside Kambi’s first fully AI-powered World Cup
The 2026 World Cup subjected Kambi’s AI-powered trading platform to its biggest test yet. After more than 100 million bets, zero downtime and an 18% operator trading margin, Oliver Lamb, the supplier’s SVP of trading, explains what the tournament revealed about the future of sportsbook trading.
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ADM authorises Setka Cup betting, opening Italian market for BETER
The ADM’s decision to list Setka Cup as an authorised fixed-odds event marks the first time Italian-licensed operators… The post ADM authorises Setka Cup betting, opening Italian market for BETER appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.
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BETER enters Italian market with its Setka Cup content
Setka Cup is currently available on the local domain of BETER’s long-term operator partner, bet365 BETER, the award-winning provider of live streams, live data and odds for esports and sports content, has entered the Italian market after the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) authorised betting on Setka Cup tou…
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FX1 and Twenty First Group target ‘underserved’ combat sports betting
The new offering will cover boxing, including pre-fight markets and live in-play betting before eventually being expanded to MMA and other combat sports The post FX1 and Twenty First Group target ‘underserved’ combat sports betting appeared first on NEXT.io.
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Media Troopers eyes gaming and prediction markets with G2E and PREDICT Attendance
Attending the two events highlights Media Troopers’ commitment to servicing operators and affiliates in both sectors Media Troopers, the leading digital acquisition company, will attend two major industry conferences this fall as it seeks to expand its presence in both the sports betting sector and the rapidly emergin…
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Poland sees 20.6% iGaming rebound when football weekend breaks three-week payment blockade
In the seven days to 20 September, Poland’s iGaming search demand increased 20.6% WoW, according to Blask Index. The post Poland sees 20.6% iGaming rebound when football weekend breaks three-week payment blockade first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
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Media Troopers Targets Gaming and Prediction Markets With G2E and PREDICT Attendance
Media Troopers is set to attend two major industry events this fall as the digital acquisition company looks to strengthen its position across sports betting and the developing prediction markets sector. The company will first travel to Las Vegas for G2E, taking place at The Venetian Expo from September 28 to October …
Read summary →Here We Go! Superstar Transfer Journalist Fabrizio Romano to Headline SBC Summit
Fabrizio Romano, the world’s most-followed football transfer journalist, will take to the SBC Summit 2026 Super Stage for a headline session on... Read More...
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Fan experience center NBA House to return to The Venetian Macao for NBA China Games in October
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has confirmed the return of NBA House to The Venetian Macau from 7 to 11 […]
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Asia Gaming eBrief: Macau casino survey shows 45% drop in wagers
Sometimes the quietest casino floor makes the loudest statement. Citigroup’s September table survey found Macau premium-mass wagers down 45 percent year-on-year, with player numbers 20 percent lower, prompting the brokerage to trim its monthly GGR forecast to $2.25 billion. The analysts called the showing among the we…
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Buenos Aires Bars Child-Support Debtors From Online Betting Platforms
Delinquent child-support debtors in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) will no longer be able to deposit money, make withdrawals, place bets, or open and maintain internet gambling accounts on websites authorized by Lotería de la Ciudad (LOTBA). The measure comes as part of a series of restrictions on those wh…
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DraftKings Fights to Revoke Interactive Games Geolocation Patent
Gambling giant DraftKings has petitioned the US Patent and Trademark Office to challenge US Patent No. 12,406,284, held by Interactive Games LLC. This development follows a lawsuit by global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, accusing DraftKings of violating patents allegedly belonging to its now-inactive gamb…
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Prediction Markets Movers - Week 1
Week 1 [EXPERT skin="red"] authorId=942 name=Tanner Lux subtitle=Prediction Markets Expert Which prediction markets saw the biggest moves in the last week? In the first of our new weekly recaps, professional trader and organizer of Voliti...
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G2E adds main stage session on prediction markets
The Global Gaming Expo on Monday announced a bonus main stage session on the united front against prediction markets. The additional session, scheduled for 1 p.m. September 29, will provide insights from leaders with unique points of view regarding prediction markets’ effect on the gaming industry. G2E is presented by…
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Ethiopia Targets Sports Betting Reform After Br27.5bn Operator Debt Uncovered
Ethiopia has moved to overhaul its sports betting and digital lottery industry after a draft audit revealed billions in unpaid obligations from licensed operators. The investigation, reported by Fana Broadcasting Corporate, showed that between July 2022 and December 2025, when the Ethiopian Lottery Service (ELS) suspe…
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Brazil football clubs oppose possible ban on sports betting
Clubs warn ban could trigger insolvencies
Read summary →Vyking desenvolve seu próprio sportsbook com o SportOS da FIRST.bet
A provedora de plataformas de iGaming orientada por dados e agregadora de jogos Vyking desenvolveu seu próprio sportsbook com o SportOS, o sistema operacional de sportsbook sem frontend da FIRST.bet, […] O post Vyking desenvolve seu próprio sportsbook com o SportOS da FIRST.bet apareceu primeiro em iGaming Brazil.
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