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The United Kingdom has dealt another blow to the gaming sector as Chancellor John Healey decided to increase the Machine Games Duty after all. While the increase is not as dramatic as the online tax hike last year, it adds new burdens to an industry that has already been facing certain challenges.…

New York sports betting handle continues to grow despite claims from the regulated gambling industry that sports prediction markets are siphoning away business. The New York State Gaming Commission reports that sports bettors risked more than $2.4 billion in September. That marked a 5% gain on Sept…

John Healey, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, has confirmed that taxes on the most commonly used gaming machines will increase by five percentage points in the 2026 budget. Addressing the Commons, Healey revealed major changes to business rates. This falls in line with a long-held policy of Prim…

A Dallas man has left the Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant on Monday, October 26, seven-figure richer. The winner, a man from Dallas, scooped a $1.14 million jackpot while playing the Dragon Link slot game at the property. Dragon Link Game Disgorges Its First Grand Jackpot in Oklahoma Identified as…

Mega Millions just held another drawing without a jackpot winner, as the top prize creeps toward the $500 million mark. The Tuesday drawing did not award Match 5 prizes either, but a few players matched four white numbers and the Mega Ball to win prizes of up to $30,000. Six Players Matched Four Wh…

Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit against Louisiana, seeking to block the state’s enforcement of its gambling laws against what it describes as illegal gambling when it specifically concerns prediction market platforms. Kalshi is targeting House Bill 53 and House Bill 883, signed into law in May,…

The Ministry of Consumption in Spain has introduced new regulations to combat identity theft in the gambling sector. It follows a 12% rise in fraudulent identity complaints during 2025 in Spain, reaching 8,675 in total. The country’s gambling regulator, the Directorate General for Gambling Regulati…

The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) has called for Sweden’s gambling regulator to take cues from the way finance, education and local government are overseen. BOS claims that the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, could foster better long-term compliance by taking…

China’s tech stocks have been hit by a massive sell-off, according to Reuters. The STAR 50 index, which tracks companies in the artificial intelligence and semiconductor sectors, has lost about 40% of its value in less than four months, wiping about $480 billion off its market value. On 27 October,…

The New Jersey, US, man accused of texting about hijacking a United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark told police the messages were a joke shared between coworkers, according to documents obtained by KLAS-TV in Las Vegas. Just a Case of Banter D.M. of Clifton, New Jersey, said he had met the…

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is reminding all licensees of the importance of heightened vigilance and the timely reporting of…

The conference will make its debut in Norway on 21 and 22 October 2027, marking the next stage in its regional expansion following eight editions hosted in Sweden and Denmark. Eventus International, an international organiser of C-suite gaming and iGaming industry conferences, has announced that th…

Four people have been jailed and are currently pending trial in Turkey over an alleged sports betting fraud in which a data analyst delayed live match updates by seven seconds. This allowed associates to place bets after the outcome of a point was already known. Prosecutors claim that the unusual s…

India’s Supreme Court has dismissed review petitions filed by Flutter Entertainment-owned Junglee Games and other gaming operators seeking to overturn state-level restrictions on online skill-based games played for stakes in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The legal dispute dates back to 2021, when Tamil…

The Las Vegas Raiders are one of the NFL’s most interesting teams now less than two weeks from the trade deadline. They already agreed to deal their best player, one of the all-time greats in this iconic franchise, edge defender Maxx Crosby, in March. But then the Ravens reneged on their word and h…

Ahead of the Bloko Padel Tour 2026 Grand Finale in Rome, Blokotech has confirmed that the tournament series will return in 2027 in partnership with SiGMA. Next year’s edition will feature an additional stop, expanding the tour to six tournaments across Europe and Latin America while continuing to b…

Manchester United manager, Michael Carrick, is now odds on with some of the UK’s biggest bookmakers to become the first Premier League manager sacked in the 2026/27 season. Carrick has only picked up one win in the first eight games of the season with Man Utd, leading to him becoming a 4/6 favourit…

PG Soft, a world-class digital mobile games company, is to sponsor SiGMA World 2026, taking place from 2nd – 5th November at Fiera Roma in Rome, Italy. SiGMA World attracts leading operators, suppliers, affiliates and industry professionals from across the globe, and marks PG Soft’s return to Fiera…