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Danish payments provider Inpay A/S has been temporarily restricted from entering new business agreements with iGaming companies. The restriction follows a review conducted by Finanstilsynet, the Danish financial regulator, back in March to inspect Inpay’s internal anti-money laundering procedures.  The Finanstilsynet states that it identified “serious violations of the Money Laundering Act”. This led to

Online casino has undoubtedly occupied a significant space within the industry for quite some time, and continues to do so. However, headwinds are increasingly being encountered. From regulatory and governmental crackdowns, players demanding instant gratification, a lack of legislation hampering progress across North America and competition coming from all sides through the likes of TikTok,

SBC Summit will explore how betting and gaming brands can cut through the noise with more distinctive, data-driven and effective marketing campaigns through its dedicated ‘Marketing & CX’ conference track.  Taking place on Thursday, 1 October, 2026, at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa, the track will bring together CMOs, SEO and affiliate specialists, data experts

Analysis of three key markets shows average deposit amount grew in Colombia and Brazil in July, while Peru and Colombia exceeded their annual average The post Optimove: After several months of general decline, the casino indicator is rising again in Latam first appeared on EGR Intel.

Ireland will strengthen its scrutiny of gambling as a “sector vulnerable to money laundering and criminal exposure”, as the government launches its first National Anti-Money Laundering Strategy. The strategy was revealed last Friday by Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris. Its design establishes a full agency framework covering anti-money laundering (AML), countering the financing

The front-of-shirt ban on gambling sponsors in the Premier League is effective from 2026/27.  Planned way back in April 2023, the intention was to reduce the presence of bookmakers in the world’s most popular league, with 77% of people in a YouGov survey supporting a ban.  But even before the season has kicked off, it

In this article, brought to you by Fyntek, founder and CEO Alexander Rea looks at why the fastest-growing gaming businesses in the US do not accept wagers in the legal sense and why so much of the payment infrastructure serving them was designed for a different era The post Built for deposits, not digital goods: the payments gap beneath America’s gaming-adjacent boom first appeared on EGR Intel.

The majority of eligible shareholders in William Hill, 888 and Mr Green owner evoke have agreed to a buyout by Bally’s Intralot. Both firms confirmed to be in talks of a potential acquisition back in April, with the total bid price of £243.1m subsequently unveiled in June – alongside the terms and conditions of a

The 2026/27 Premier League season kicks off amid a charged and long-running debate around gambling’s visibility in England’s most popular sport. But this season, the goalposts have shifted. For one thing, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is actively consulting on whether to ban unlicensed companies from sponsoring not just Premier League clubs,

The lines between the financial services and betting industries continue to blur. The rise of prediction markets has shone a very bright light on this, and everyone from operators to exchanges to tech providers have got in on the rush. This includes the likes of Armenian firm SoftConstruct. The firm’s BetConstruct sportstech brand launched a

Premier League side Brentford FC will continue its affiliation with Hollywoodbets despite the South African gambling firm being unable to stay on the front of the club’s shirts. Hollywoodbets has re-signed as the Bees’ official club betting partner, continuing a relationship which is now entering its seventh year.  A change of course for Brentford and

Seven individuals have been charged before Cheltenham Magistrates’ Court over alleged fraud against bet365. According to the prosecution, the defendants – six men and one woman – abused the UK operator’s free introductory betting offer for new customers to obtain free betting credit and move illicit funds to other accounts. The Institute of Licensing reports

The federal gaming regulator of the UAE was established in 2023 and has since granted licences to both iGaming and land-based operators.

Fortuna's acquisition marks its entrance into the Lithuanian gambling market, which saw a growth of 16.8% in the first half of 2026 year-on-year.

Digital operations drove Bally’s Intralot’s H1 performance, although higher UK gaming duties weighed heavily on Q2 profitability.