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UAE racing company
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Arena Racing Company secures UAE gaming-related vendor licence

Arena Racing Company (ARC), the United Kingdom’s largest racing operator, has been awarded a Gaming-Related Vendor licence by the United Arab Emirates’ General Commercial Gaming Authority (GCGRA), an independent regulatory body responsible for overseeing commercial gaming activities in the country.
December 23, 2025 | 3 min read
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Red Rake
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Red Rake Gaming expands global presence

Red Rake Gaming has announced a partnership with QTech Games, a leading aggregator and platform renowned for its strong presence in emerging markets on a global level. This collaboration brings Red Rake’s diverse and visually engaging portfolio of slots to QTech Games’ extensive aggregation platform, giving players across multiple continents access to high-quality, entertainment-focused casino content.
December 22, 2025 | 3 min read
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Brazil iGaming strategy
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Why ARPU will impact Brazil’s iGaming strategy

Brazil, although a new market, is one of the giants of global iGaming. With a population of 220 million, near-universal smartphone use, and a passion for sport woven into everyday life, the metric is animating industry balance sheets. It is ARPU, average revenue per user, that is quietly reshaping how Brazil’s gambling experiment is understood.
December 19, 2025 | 4 min read
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UK tax increase gambling
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UK Gambling industry reels as Reeves unveils multi-billion pound tax hike

UK-listed gambling companies are bracing for a substantial financial blow after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced sweeping tax increases on online casinos and betting to help repair the nation’s public finances. The Treasury is targeting £30 billion in additional revenue, with gambling duties expected to contribute about £1.5 billion of that total.
December 18, 2025 | 3 min read
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Swedish Authority appointment
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Swedish gambling official elected chair of international match-fixing network

Samuel Wahlberg, the coordinator against match-fixing at Sweden’s Gambling Authority (Spelinspektionen), was elected on Monday as the new chairman of the Group of Copenhagen, a key international network of national anti-match-fixing platforms that supports implementation of the Council of Europe’s Macolin Convention. 
December 17, 2025 | 3 min read
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Vlad Jankovic joins Game Lounge
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Game Lounge appoints Vlad Jankovic as Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer to drive tech-led evolution

Game Lounge, a Tier 1 performance marketing and digital media group, today announced the appointment of Vlad Jankovic as its Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer (CSTO). In this newly created executive role, Jankovic will lead the Group’s pivot from a volume-based publisher to a technology-led data and media platform, reporting directly to CEO Richard Dennys.
December 16, 2025 | 2 min read
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Q3 gambling
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Gambling.com Q3 signals caution on outlook

Gambling.com Group reported a mixed set of Q3 results that highlighted both the strength of its expanding sports data operations and the persistent headwinds facing its traditional marketing activities. Despite delivering a sizeable earnings beat, the market responded sharply, sending the Nasdaq listed shares more than 20 per cent lower in pre market trading.
December 15, 2025 | 4 min read
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Game Lounge appoints Keith Cassar as Chief Product & Technology Officer to drive data-led growth and AI innovation

Game Lounge has promoted Keith Cassar to Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO), reinforcing the company’s commitment to data products, responsible marketing and AI-driven decision-making. Keith joined in 2020 to build the data function and has since taken on a broader remit across technology, product management, user experience, cybersecurity and AI innovation.
December 12, 2025 | 2 min read
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Estonia reduces gambling taxes
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Estonia reduces online gambling tax to 4%, triggering oversight debate

Estonia’s parliament has approved a phased reduction of the online gambling tax from 6 per cent to 4 per cent over two years, a move supporters say will attract international operators and channel fresh revenue, notably into cultural and sports funding, but critics warn could starve culture and strain regulatory oversight.
December 12, 2025 | 4 min read
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