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SBC Summit’s Web3 & Crypto Academy to Explore Payments, Blockchain and the Future of Gambling

SBC Summit will explore practical applications of Web3 and crypto across payments, transparency, security and player trust.

3 min read • Sep 11 • By Marieta Lezaic

ESMA warns prediction markets face heightened insider trading risk

The EU financial regulator says crypto use, institutional expansion and event-specific information create growing surveillance and manipulation challenges for prediction markets.

2 min read • Sep 11 • By Jack Found

Responsible Gambling Legal & Regulatory + 4 more

Gambling and welfare: Where should regulators draw the line?

As regulators face growing questions over how to protect financially vulnerable players, welfare recipient-based gambling restrictions emerge in Europe.

4 min read • Sep 10 • By Marieta Lezaic

Legal & Regulatory iGaming + 1 more

Spribe secures EU-wide provisional trademark injunction

The injunction covers Aviator-related marks, including the logo, plane graphic and audiovisual elements of the game.

1 min read • Sep 9 • By Marieta Lezaic

Conferences & Exhibitions Casino + 3 more

Evenbeter moves from product sales to tailored operator growth paths, launching at SBC Summit Lisbon

Approach combines strategic guidance with a comprehensive portfolio of poker and casino software products

2 min read • Sep 9 • By Marieta Lezaic

Financial Casino + 2 more

Lottomatica targets up to €300m in additional online EBITDA from Cirsa deal

Cirsa currently generates around 13% of its EBITDA online, compared with more than 65% at Lottomatica, leaving the Italian operator targeting digital expansion across Spain and other markets.

2 min read • Sep 8 • By Shaan Khan

Legal & Regulatory Financial + 2 more

Portuguese association flags 500 illegal betting promotion cases during World Cup

Portugal's APAJO identified 500 validated cases of unlicensed betting operators being promoted online during the 2026 World Cup, most through social media.

1 min read • Sep 8 • By Layla Victoria

Legal & Regulatory Sports Betting

Portimonense suspends 26 players amid betting investigation

The Portuguese football club has imposed preventive suspensions after the FPF opened disciplinary proceedings concerning alleged betting on domestic matches.

2 min read • Sep 7 • By Jack Found

Company Focus

Built to Evolve: The iGaming Platform Behind Operator Growth

Operator growth in 2026 is shaped by shifting regulations, rising taxes, and the emergence of new verticals such as slots streaming, prediction markets, and hybrid sports casino products all while managing the operational weight of running multi market businesses. For established operators, the challenge is no longer adopting more technology, it is ensuring that technology strengthens the organisation rather than complicating it.

4 min read • Sep 7 • By Tom Powling

Company Focus

Built by Operators, for Operators

Why Sweepstakes Technology Needs to Start With the P&L

6 min read • Sep 7 • By Tim Poole