Business & M&A

Gaming revenue in Macau has slowed for four consecutive months, but Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Patrick Dumont isn’t worried. Speaking recently with Bloomberg at The Venetian Macau, Dumont said the world’s largest gambling firm by market capitalization remains bullish on the Chinese gambling h…

Betfred reported turnover of £995.6m for the 52 weeks to 29 March 2026 as the business filed its last annual report before a drastic change to the UK gambling landscape. The UK gambling giant, founded by Fred Done back in 1967, saw gross profit come in at £720m but profit after tax was £39.6m, acco…

Valentina Bagniya, CMO at SOFTSWISS, discusses how artificial intelligence, taxation shifts, and compliance are reshaping the iGaming landscape and what the industry needs to continue maturing. SOFTSWISS has published the fifth edition of its iGaming Trends report. Have any of the headline findings…

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), via GiG Software Plc, has finalized the purchase of 80% of 888AFRICA, a betting and gaming company operating in Africa. The transaction closed once the preconditions stated in the share purchase deal of September 28 were fulfilled. 888AFRICA holds licenses in Angola a…

Sky Betting and Gaming’s (SBG) new Managing Director has told SBC News that he intends to “make the most” of parent company Flutter Entertainment’s global reach. Neil Banbury took on the leadership role on Thursday 29 September, and confirmed his new position to the global betting and gaming indust…

Prominent Nordic gaming PLCs see the potential launch of a pan-Scandinavian stock exchange as a huge opportunity to take their businesses and markets profile “to the next level”… leadership have exclusively told SBC News. _____________________ As of 2026, European Union member states share a common…

SiGMA World 2026 has already confirmed more than 65 regulators for this year’s edition. The event will take place at Fiera Roma from November 2 to 5. The group brings […] O post SiGMA World 2026 will bring together more than 65 regulators in Rome apareceu primeiro em iGaming Brazil.

Nevada lawmakers are once again striving to restore the full federal tax deduction for gambling losses. Still, the effort remains unresolved more than a year after Congress approved a change that could leave some gamblers paying taxes even when they break even. A Matter of Fairness Democratic Rep.…

Florida billionaire developer Jeffrey Soffer has submitted plans to replace Big Easy Casino in Hallandale Beach with a new gambling and entertainment complex. The proposal would add new gaming facilities, restaurants, bars and live entertainment to the existing property on North Federal Highway. Ha…

The next iteration of the Oscars will take place on March 14th, 2027, and anticipation is building ahead of the 99th Academy Awards. Preliminary voting is scheduled for December 7th, 2026, while the final nominations will be revealed in the New Year on January 21st. Polymarket’s Oscars’ prediction…

The National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) has filed a collective writ of mandamus against Brazil’s Provisional Measure No. 1,394/2026, which prohibited fixed-odds betting. ANJL is now studying a second, broader action to protect operations. ANJL is not asking for the authorities to all…

The Philippines is likely to reach its target of at least 6.4 milion international visitor arrivals this year, despite high fuel prices and airfares, indicated the country’s Secretary of Tourism, Dita Angara-Mathay. “I was really super anxious about the fuel prices” and “the accompanying higher air…

The Macau government collected just over MOP74.56 billion (US$9.22 billion) in fiscal revenue from gaming in the first nine months of 2026, according to the latest data released by the city’s Financial Services Bureau. The figure was up 5.9 percent from the prior-year period. The September figure f…

October could prove crucial regarding whether Macau casino gross gaming revenue (GGR) would be able to meet the government’s 2026 target figure of MOP236 billion (US$29.20 billion), said on Saturday the city’s leader, Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai (pictured). Mr Sam noted Macau’s monthly GGR had expe…

Global casino operator and plantations business Malaysia’s Genting Bhd is proposing a renounceable rights issue of new ordinary shares in the group to raise gross proceeds of approximately MYR1.25 billion (US$306.1 million), according to a Friday filing to Bursa Malaysia. The group said the issue p…

A cash injection can only go so far. Maybank has cut Genting Berhad from ‘Buy’ to ‘Sell’, warning that its proposed $306 million rights issue offers limited debt relief and could be followed by further equity fundraising or lower dividends. The post Asia Gaming eBrief: Genting rights plan raises fu…

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Prediction markets have become one of the most closely watched areas of the betting industry, with operators weighing how to add the format while keeping the user experience familiar and straightforward. During last week's SBC Summit, Yogonet spoke with Susanna Sargsyan, Senior Business Development…