IBIA Extends Betting Integrity Monitoring to MMA in Mexico
IBIA signed an information-sharing deal with Mexico's LUX Fight League, extending its free betting integrity monitoring network to MMA for the first time.
Grandstand's Marketing Revenue Shrinks as Data Grows
Grandstand's Q2 2026 revenue fell 5% to $37.8 million as marketing revenue dropped 10% and data revenue rose 12%, halving its adjusted EBITDA margin to 20%.
ESIC's Suspensions Give Esports Betting Integrity Real Teeth
ESIC's suspensions forced Dota 2 team PlayTime out of the $75m Esports World Cup, proof esports betting integrity enforcement now carries real consequences.
NorthStar Gaming Names Corey Goodman CEO, CFO Exits
NorthStar Gaming Holdings confirmed Corey Goodman as permanent CEO on August 17, 2026, as CFO Chin Dhushenthen resigned and Ben Powell became interim CFO.
Inspired Entertainment Brings Back Carys Damon as General Counsel
Inspired Entertainment promoted Carys Damon back to general counsel effective September 7, as Simona Camilleri departs after two years leading the legal team.
Scientific Games Names Kevin Schneider Interim CEO
Scientific Games CEO Pat McHugh will retire on September 8, 2026, after 20 years, with board member Kevin Schneider stepping in as interim chief executive.
Antoine Jouteau Named Banijay Gaming's First CEO
Banijay Gaming named Antoine Jouteau its first CEO on 4 August, effective 1 September, putting one executive in charge of Betclic, Tipico and Admiral.
Brazil Fines Blaze R$2.3 Million Over Influencer Betting Ads
Brazil fined Blaze R$2.3 million over influencer betting ads reaching minors, as new rules extend advertising liability to agencies and affiliates too.
QuinnBet Fined £609,104 by UKGC Over AML Failures
QuinnBet agreed to pay the UK Gambling Commission £609,104 for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures uncovered in a compliance review.
Denmark Blocks Polymarket and 97 Other Gambling Sites
Denmark's Spillemyndigheden ordered DNS blocks on Polymarket and 97 other unlicensed gambling sites from August 18, 2026, citing war-betting integrity complaints.
UKGC Fines Holland Park Leisure £150,000 Over Self-Exclusion
The UK Gambling Commission fined Holland Park Leisure £150,000 for skipping self-exclusion until it suspended the AGC operator's licence in October 2025.
BetMGM Brings Live Las Vegas Dealers to Alberta
BetMGM now streams live blackjack, roulette and baccarat from MGM Grand and Bellagio in Las Vegas directly into Alberta's regulated iGaming market for players.
BetRivers Poker Nears MSIGA's First Five-State Network
BetRivers Poker is one New Jersey licence away from the first five-state MSIGA poker network, as WSOP and FanDuel race for the same six liquidity states.
Bally's Quantifies the Cost of Britain's Gambling Tax Hike
Bally's Corporation said Britain's gaming tax rise to 40% cost its Intralot B2C unit $39 million in Q2 2026, clawing back 65% through growth, not cuts.
TransAct Technologies Puts Its Casino Business Under Review
TransAct Technologies has hired BofA Securities to review strategic options for its Casino and Gaming unit, a day after signing a new CFO severance deal.
Relax Gaming Adds Imagine Live to Powered By Relax
Relax Gaming added live-casino studio Imagine Live to its Powered By Relax network, giving operators its 200-plus tables without a separate integration.
Continent 8 Turns Cloud Spend Into iGaming Cybersecurity
Continent 8 Technologies launched Loyalty+ on August 13, 2026, converting operators' cloud and hosting spend into credits for iGaming cybersecurity services.
BetRivers Poker Nears MSIGA's First Five-State Network
BetRivers Poker is one New Jersey licence away from the first five-state MSIGA poker network, as WSOP and FanDuel race for the same six liquidity states.
PokerStars UK Moves Onto the Betfair Platform Aug 13
Flutter moves PokerStars UK onto the Betfair platform on 13 August 2026 as 'PokerStars on Betfair', with Paddy Power Poker and Sky Poker to follow within months.
IBIA Extends Betting Integrity Monitoring to MMA in Mexico
IBIA signed an information-sharing deal with Mexico's LUX Fight League, extending its free betting integrity monitoring network to MMA for the first time.
BETBY's Watch and Bet Puts Live Odds Into the Stream
BETBY launched Watch and Bet on 20 August 2026, merging live streams with betting slips after World Cup data showed streaming lifted GGR per player 44.79%.
ACSI Sportsbook Score Drops to 74 as DraftKings Falls Most
US sportsbook satisfaction fell to 74 out of 100 in ACSI's 2026 study, with DraftKings posting the steepest drop of any major sportsbook operator this year.
T5C's Bet Builder Engine Now Serves Betfred and Paddy Power
T5C's BRUNO bet builder engine now powers Betfred's online sportsbook and a white-labelled Paddy Power tool, the same technology sold to direct rivals.
Hard Rock Bet's Jackpot Network Pays a Record $2.9 Million
Hard Rock Bet's operator-run progressive network paid a record $2,949,857.40 jackpot to a New Jersey player, its fourth seven-figure Mega win since May 2026.
Aristocrat's Awager Puts Real Slot Machines on BetMGM
Aristocrat's Awager livestreamed 50 real slot cabinets to BetMGM and Borgata Online players in New Jersey on August 13, betting on real machines over RNG.
TransAct Technologies Puts Its Casino Business Under Review
TransAct Technologies has hired BofA Securities to review strategic options for its Casino and Gaming unit, a day after signing a new CFO severance deal.
Hollywood Casino Aurora Doubles Revenue Off the Water
Penn Entertainment's Hollywood Casino Aurora took $17.4m in July 2026, nearly double its riverboat-era total, in its first full month at a $360m land-based complex.
Grandstand's Marketing Revenue Shrinks as Data Grows
Grandstand's Q2 2026 revenue fell 5% to $37.8 million as marketing revenue dropped 10% and data revenue rose 12%, halving its adjusted EBITDA margin to 20%.
Better Collective Swaps Programmatic Ads for Sponsorship
Better Collective's Q2 2026 report shows sponsorship revenue up 39% as it deliberately trades lower-yielding programmatic ad inventory for direct deals.
Raketech Bundles Outside Affiliates Into AffiliationCloud
Raketech's Q2 2026 report shows flat-fee revenue at 33.3% of the total as AffiliationCloud bundles independent publishers alongside its own sites for operators.
Catena Media's Growth Stalls as Search Traffic Slips
Catena Media's Q2 2026 revenue fell 1% and adjusted EBITDA margin nearly halved to 13%, as weak organic search pushed the affiliate toward a marketplace pivot.
Denmark Blocks Polymarket and 97 Other Gambling Sites
Denmark's Spillemyndigheden ordered DNS blocks on Polymarket and 97 other unlicensed gambling sites from August 18, 2026, citing war-betting integrity complaints.
Colorado's Betting Law Leaves Winning Bettors Unprotected
Colorado's SB26-131 caps sportsbook deposits at six a day and bans credit cards, but a stripped clause means books can still limit winning bettors.
Congress Presses FanDuel to Scrap Its VIP Rewards Program
Lawmakers gave FanDuel CEO Christian Genetski until Aug. 24 to answer questions on its VIP program after a bettor lost $1.5M and got a Bryce Harper video.
Prediction Market Bets Skip the Safer-Gambling Warnings
Nearly half of digital sports betting ads in 2026 skipped safer-gambling messaging, as prediction markets face suits over acting like unlicensed sportsbooks.
ESIC's Suspensions Give Esports Betting Integrity Real Teeth
ESIC's suspensions forced Dota 2 team PlayTime out of the $75m Esports World Cup, proof esports betting integrity enforcement now carries real consequences.
BetRivers Poker Nears MSIGA's First Five-State Network
BetRivers Poker is one New Jersey licence away from the first five-state MSIGA poker network, as WSOP and FanDuel race for the same six liquidity states.
Polymarket and Kalshi Outbid Sportsbooks for Stadium Signage
Polymarket bought Yankee Stadium signage on 6 August as the Yankees prediction market partner, weeks after Kalshi renamed an MSG concourse for itself.
Flutter's Q2 Loss Exposes the Global Gambling Tax Squeeze
Flutter posted a $296 million Q2 net loss as UK, US and European gambling tax hikes hit earnings across the industry, forcing Evoke into a distressed sale.