On September 25, 2026, Brazilian President Lula signed Medida Provisória 1.394/2026, and the licensed fixed-odds betting market, which had opened in January 2025, was given 30 days to shut down. The websites went offline on October 6; banks returned the remaining balances in players’ accounts between October 9 and 14; and on October 25 — the day of the second round of the election — the operators’ licenses expired.…
On September 25, 2026, Brazilian President Lula signed Provisional Measure (Medida Provisória) No. 1.394/2026. It banned fixed-odds betting in the country — including its…
Publicly traded affiliates reported their Q2 2026 results, revealing a strange picture: more new depositors, but revenue growing more slowly or falling. At the…
A bookmaker doesn’t make money off players’ losses. It makes money off the overround built into the odds and from a mix of bet…
Where the state takes a share of revenue, the regulatory fee is usually the smallest line item in the budget (Brazil, where the outorga…
68% of U.S. Google searches from January through April 2026 ended without a click. Google never mentions gambling in its AI Overviews guidance document,…
aff.studio’s tools started inside founder Roman Doroshenko’s own affiliate operation, built to fix problems his team ran into every month. Once a business works…
In 2025, iGaming salaries increased by an average of 4.09% – the biggest jump in three years – and C-suite pay by 8.71%. While…
Legal U.S. sportsbooks are entering the first NFL season with a forecast of almost no growth in betting volume, and their margins fluctuate between…
In October 2026, 1xBet made the news again – and not because of sports: at least 12 pages featuring the brand’s promo codes and…
Starting November 1, 2026, dual-currency casinos in Oklahoma will be considered illegal gambling, per SB 1589. Operators won’t be the only ones affected; the…
When negotiating an iGaming deal, it’s important to use the right language, or a small slip-up can change the payout by as much as…
There are 12 events left on the industry calendar through the end of 2026 that are worth allocating budget to. The most important of…
An operator’s affiliate program, at its core, is a price list, but the price can typically be found in the program’s legal documentation rather…
For years, India and Indonesia have been blocking websites of offshore casinos and sportsbooks, only to find that mirror sites pop up faster than…
Uzbekistan legalized online betting back in January 2025, but did not issue the first licenses until late July 2026, and so far only two…
Three payout structures converge on one number: $600 in 12-month NGR per FTD. At that point, a flat CPA of $180, a 30% RevShare,…
For Network Tier-1 CPAs, the maximum payout reaches $300 for each first-time deposit. Direct agreements in the same category wrap up at $750. That…
In five years, Stake has gone from being a Curaçao-licensed crypto casino to a title sponsor of a Formula 1 team, a UFC partner,…
Researchers at Swansea University examined all online casino and sportsbook websites licensed by the Gambling Commission (624 in total). On two-thirds of these sites,…
