



On Thursday this week, both houses of the Indiana legislature passed the conference committee report for HB 1052, officially sending the ban to Governor Mike Braun for signature. If signed into law, Indiana will become the first state in the entire US by 2026, and the seventh overall, to ban lottery

Flutter Entertainment released its fiscal 2025 results, with group revenue reaching $16.38 billion, a 17% increase year-over-year. However, due to the shutdown of operations in India following the ban on real-money online gambling and a $556 million non-cash impairment, the group recorded a net loss

Tim Miller, the Executive Director of the UK Gambling Commission, recently stated that the regulatory body will begin to explore the possibility of allowing the use of cryptocurrencies as a payment method in licensed gambling. This topic will be initially discussed in the commission's industry forum

The Criminal Court of Appeal in Thailand recently issued a final judgment on the case of overpriced lottery sales by Hongtong Lottery Online Co., Ltd. and its executive Grakanok, upholding the original sentence: a fine of 10,000 Thai Baht for the company and one year imprisonment for the director,

Cambodia's Commercial Gambling Commission technical advisor Qing Zhan Ta recently revealed that by 2025, the national gambling duty revenue will reach approximately $72 million, a 14% increase from $60 million in 2024, showing that the industry maintains a recovery trend amidst ongoing rectification

Philippine digital entertainment and online gambling giant DigiPlus Interactive's chairman Eusebio Tanco recently completed a significant additional purchase, buying 63.1 million shares at a price of 16.4 pesos per share, representing approximately 1.4% of the company's issued share capital, with a

Codere Online announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2025, with a record Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of 224.1 million euros, up 6% year-over-year. The Mexican market continued to be the main engine of growth, with annual NGR soaring 12% and the average monthly active players increasing 38%

This week's forecast market sector is constantly in the news. Kalshi has filed a lawsuit in Utah, asking a federal judge to prevent the state from shutting down its platform—this is the first state without legal sports betting to be sued by Kalshi. Meanwhile, Trump's 1 hour and 47 minutes State of t

Las Vegas casinos once again become the target of cybercrime. Wynn Resorts recently confirmed a "cybersecurity incident," with approximately 800,000 records containing sensitive employee information stolen by the hacker group ShinyHunters, and a ransom of $1.5 million demanded. Although the hackers

The Mississippi House of Representatives passed HB 4074 this week with an overwhelming majority of 100 votes in favor and 11 against, aiming to expand sports betting from brick-and-mortar casinos to online platforms. Unlike previous years, this proposal includes a key concession—reducing the casino

South Dakota aimed to include online sports betting in the November referendum through the SJR 504 bill, which was rejected this week by the House State Affairs Committee with 7 votes against and 6 in favor. The committee then decided to postpone the legislation until after the session with a 11-2 d

Malaysia's esports industry is growing at an astonishing rate, with the current market value reaching 1.6 billion Ringgit (approximately 340 million USD), a year-on-year increase of 20%, and is expected to soar to 20.9 billion Ringgit by 2030. Over 5.2 million people regularly participate in esports

Cirsa announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2025, with total group revenue reaching 2.34 billion euros, an increase of 8.8% year-over-year. The online gambling sector was particularly impressive, generating revenue of 528.9 million euros, a significant surge of 25.8%, increasing its sh

Africa continues to be a fertile ground for growth for Super Group. In the recently released financial results for FY 2025, the region saw a revenue increase of 27%, leading the group's overall growth of 22%. Botswana has performed exceptionally well since its launch in February 2025, described by t

PointsBet Holdings announced the financial results for the first half of the fiscal year 2026, with total revenue (net winnings) reaching 139.9 million Australian dollars for the six months ending December 31, 2025, a year-on-year increase of 4%. Despite a slight decline in revenue from sports betti

Macau Tourism Bureau's latest data shows that during the nine-day Spring Festival Golden Week (February 15 to 23), a total of 1.554 million visitors were received, exceeding the expected 1.5 million. The average daily visitor volume was 173,000, up 5.5% year-on-year, with an average hotel occupancy