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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is accelerating its transformation into one of the UAE’s most active investment destinations, with real estate activity reaching record levels amid strong economic fundamentals and a wave of luxury-branded residential launches.

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.

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.

Game Lounge, a leading tier-1 affiliate company in the iGaming industry, has been nominated for two distinguished awards at the 19th International Gaming Awards (IGA), set to take place on 18 January 2026 at the InterContinental Hotel in Barcelona.

UK gambling addiction charities have warned that vulnerable people could lose access to “life-saving” treatment unless the government urgently releases interim funds, according to a report in The Guardian, which first detailed concerns about delays in the rollout of a new statutory levy.

QTech Games, a game aggregator in emerging markets has named Rocío Moitino as its new Sales Director - LatAm, as the company will be expanding its footprint across this high-growth igaming region. 

As CEO of the Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV) since its founding in 2014, Luka Andric has watched Germany’s market, laws and public debate bend and break under the weight of new technology, political impatience and an occasionally unforgiving media. Before DSWV he ran public affairs for Betfair in Germany, a post that taught him how to dialogue with both regulators and sceptics without ever sounding entirely surprised.