iGaming Republic

The Dominican Republic has named the first seven operators authorised to take online bets under its new gambling law. 🇩🇴 Details: igamingrepublic.com/dominica… #DominicanRepublic #iGaming #Regulation #Licensing #Compliance

The timeline came with Q3 results. UK online revenue grew 12.2% year on year, and net gaming revenue reached an all-time high. The UK’s 40% Remote Gaming Duty is hitting harder, though. The company offset about 55% of the €34m Q3 hit, down from close to 65% in Q2. 📉

Lithuania is moving towards a tiered gambling tax, and how the bands are set will decide which operators pay for it. 🇱🇹 On 5 November, the ruling coalition agreed in principle to replace the flat 22% rate on GGR with progressive taxation. A 2025 bill from Tomas Tomilinas proposed four bands rising to 37% for the largest operators. Details ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/lithuani… #Lithuania #GamblingTax #Regulation #iGaming #Compliance

How to apply: Download Slapjack on the App Store & verify your account Apply at slapjack.app/paid-to-play Submit a short video (why you + one content idea) Finalists announced Dec 15 on Matty Betss channels (~500k followers) and Slapjack socials. If you love the game and have ideas, this is a real shot. Tag anyone who should see it. @MattyBetss @degendalt @Slap_Jack21 Play responsibly.

📈@Kalshi's app went down for thousands of users on Sunday. The day before, Kalshi had traded more than $5 billion in contracts. That makes three consumer-facing breakdowns in five months for an exchange that holds 76% of tracked prediction market volume. Each peak-day failure hands sportsbooks moving into the space a ready-made reliability argument. Read the full story ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/kalshi-a… #Kalshi #PredictionMarkets #EventContracts #SportsBetting #DraftKings

Bet25 has launched a sportsbook that drops the bookmaker margin altogether and earns its revenue from a flat 5% service fee on the stake instead. It charges the fee once per slip, however many legs the slip carries, which takes compounding margin off parlays entirely. It's a direct challenge to the margin-based pricing most sportsbooks use. Bet25 says the fee model is permanent, not a launch promotion, and Vegangster provides the technology behind it. 🛠️ Read the press release ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/bet25-co… #Sportsbook #SportsBetting #Bet25 #Vegangster #iGaming

Black Cube will ask a New Jersey judge on 16 November to throw out the defamation suit Evolution filed against it in 2021. 🗓️ 👉 Read the full story: igamingrepublic.com/black-cu… #Evolution #Playtech #BlackCube #AntiSLAPP #Litigation

💸 @DraftKings is betting big on Predictions. It just cut 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $175M–$275M (from $700M–$900M) because Predictions will drag group results by $650M–$700M this year. Core sportsbook + iGaming still guided to $875M–$925M. The company is using roughly three-quarters of that to fund the new product. 1.6M+ customers already in. 2026 cohort expected to pay back in ~20 months. Full breakdown: igamingrepublic.com/draftkin…

🚨 Turkish police AI just took down a major Telegram betting network. Istanbul’s AVCI “Hunter” flagged 306k messages across 47 groups by decoding slang, emoji codes & deleted chats. Raids in 39 provinces. 121 remanded. TRY 3.48bn traced. It retains deleted messages, links accounts & maps the full chain. Old Telegram playbook is over. Full breakdown: igamingrepublic.com/istanbul…

iGaming news roundup: Flutter reported a $1.15bn Q3 net loss after an $873m Brazil impairment from the betting/iGaming ban. Guidance was cut and buybacks paused. Lottomatica reached a record 32.4% online market share in Italy. Nine-month revenue hit €1.72bn as the Cirsa merger stays on track for Q2 2027. GRAI issued cease-and-desist notices to dozens of unlicensed operators in Ireland. Most have already stopped, including major names and prediction markets. No High Court action yet. The U.S. Ninth Circuit rejected Kalshi’s request to rehear its Nevada case. State gaming regulators can continue enforcement on sports event contracts. William Hill received approval for 3 new sportsbooks in Nevada through a Terrible’s partnership. Indiana counties rejected an inland casino plan. Massachusetts casinos are pushing back against a horse racing machine proposal. Michigan greenlit fixed-odds horse racing on online sportsbooks. Greece reaffirmed higher taxes on gambling winnings. Light & Wonder posted stronger profits despite a slight revenue dip, helped by iGaming growth.

Q3 results: @GeniusSports' $1.2bn Legend bet is starting to pay. Media revenue up 126% to $116.9m. Group revenue up 62% to $269.9m. First quarterly operating profit and $53.6m of free cash flow. Full Q3 breakdown below. 👇 igamingrepublic.com/genius-s…

For anyone building in the market, the agenda goes straight to commercial pressure points: the grey market, an advertising ban that may push players offshore, and retention without cash rebates. With newer Asian hubs competing hard for investment, the event is aimed at C-suite and heads of strategy, CRM and online gaming.

Winna Media is bringing regulators, operators, suppliers and investors together at Mandarin Oriental Makati from 10 to 12 March 2027. 📅 Founder and CEO @AsianGaming Roz Wade said the aim is to ask the questions usually saved for dinner, from a pending online gaming law to plans to separate PAGCOR's regulatory and operating roles.

Greece holds firm on its higher online casino winnings tax, now up to 30%. 🇬🇷 Online GGR is up 13.1%, and @bet365 says it covers part of the player tax. Details ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/greece-h… #Greece #OnlineCasino

The UK's higher remote gaming duty is squeezing International margins, while @FanDuel pays heavily to defend US share against prediction market newcomers.