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News January 6, 2026
By Daniel Craymer

New Zealand to Legalise Online Casinos in 2026

The iGaming scene in New Zealand is set to undergo complete reform by mid 2026, as the country moves to legitimize online casinos. In June 2025,...

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News December 23, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

What Ontario’s New Centralized Self-Exclusion Means for Online Gamblers

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario announced it will be changing the Registrar's Standards for Internet Gaming as it aims to launch a province-wide self...

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News December 22, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

New Jersey Weighs New Casinos as NY Casino Boom Reshapes the East Coast

New York's casino race may be done and dusted, but it is not the end of matters there for casino gamers on the East Coast. While...

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News December 22, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

IRS Raises Jackpot Threshold, But Players Still Face Higher Taxes in 2026

The IRS has raised the slot jackpot reporting threshold from $1,200 up to $2,000. From January 1, this new limit will be introduced, changing the longstanding...

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News December 21, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

DraftKings Launches Predictions as Courts and Lawmakers Move In On Kalshi

On 19 December, DraftKings launched its prediction market, DraftKings Predictions, in its latest expansion. Considering it only acquired Railbird Technologies Inc, and its subsidiary exchange market,...

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News December 18, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

Finland’s New Gambling Act Set to Open Market in 2027

Finland's Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of introducing the online gambling bill in 2026, with a vote of 156 to 9. The push to dismantle...

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News December 17, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

$17.5 Billion NY Casino Race Comes To A Close

Finally, the New York Casino race has concluded, and all three parties have been awarded licenses to open their landbased casino resorts in The Big Apple....

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News December 16, 2025
By Cynthia Wambui

The Outer Worlds vs The Outer Worlds 2

The Outer Worlds showed up with sharp humor and a universe that was weird in all the best ways. First, you hopped between strange planets, then...

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News December 16, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

France Ponders Legalizing Online Casinos Amid Black Market Surge

One of the only countries in Europe where online casinos are technically illegal, the French gaming authorities are worried about a 35% rise in illegal gambling...

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News December 14, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

Dutch iGaming Refund Debate Exposes Europe’s Gray Market Problem

For years, there have been cases in the Netherlands of players demanding refunds for losses they had at unregulated gambling sites. Before the Dutch authorities opened...

News December 14, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

New York Bans Sweepstakes Casinos and 3 More States Could Follow

Prediction markets are not the only alternative form of gambling that have come under fire in recent weeks in the US. Last week, New York issued...

News December 12, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

Evoke May Sell William Hill After UK Budget Tax Surge

The UK Autumn Budget set a steep tax increase on gambling operators in the UK, and while the higher duties will only come into effect from...

News December 12, 2025
By Amar Roy

LIVE: The Game Awards 2025 — All Announcements, Awards & World Premieres

The Game Awards 2025 is LIVE with Geoff Keighley and a host of beloved industry veterans for yet another annual celebration of this year's most influential...

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News December 10, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

Veikkaus-Run Fennica Gaming Seizes Loto-Québec Deal To Enter Canada

Fennica Gaming announced its entry into Québec via a partnership with the local gambling distributor on December 10. This is, however, no ordinary game software vendor...

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News December 9, 2025
By Daniel Craymer

UK WhatsApp Bookies Exposed: Illegal Gambling Syndicates Using Messaging Apps

The UKGC closed an illegal WhatsApp gambling den on December 9, with the bookie running up a debt of nearly £270,000. Haydon Simock, who ran the...