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A mature market closed 2025 with a sigh of relief — lawmakers dropped the bonus ban at the last step. In December, lawmakers in Spain removed the iGaming provisions from the customer‑service bill at final passage after months of heated debates. The plan to re-ban welcome bonuses did not make it into law, leaving the […]
How Blask turns a trend line into a full breakdown of what’s driving the market. Market Explanation is Blask’s AI-powered feature that answers the “why” behind market movements. This article is for teams who want to understand how it works under the hood: what data we collect, how we process it, and how explanations are […]
Blask data show which countries and brands dominated in 2025, and how the leaderboards shifted compared to 2024. A year comes to an end, and it’s time to look at the global iGaming picture through Blask data. As of December, 18 we are tracking 117 countries, giving a broader view of where demand concentrated and […]
One of the world’s largest regulated markets closed 2025 with half the brands gone. Italy is the largest iGaming market in continental Europe and it keeps expanding year after year. The pace is steady rather than explosive, but concentration is rising. Blask data shows that four operator groups account for about 72% of total digital […]
Payment service providers use Blask to standardize two core screening workflows: evaluating new markets and assessing potential operator clients. PSPs (Payment Service Providers) that want to scale in iGaming often face the same bottleneck: deciding which countries to prioritise and which operators justify integration effort, with limited time and imperfect information. Both workflows can be […]
February’s calendar disadvantage is obvious, but the weakness goes beyond the missing days. In more than half of 126 markets Blask currently tracks, February ranks among the bottom three for player activity. The weakness is not regional, and it is not simply about brevity. The 2024 leap year produced the worst Blask Index performance of […]
Event gravity dominated the tape, with upside concentrated in football-driven Africa and the first clear Olympics-linked lift in Europe.
Where games sit vs what players search: a deep dive into Spain’s casino lobbies. Spain today is one of Western Europe’s most mature and tightly regulated online-casino markets. Roughly 9,300 games are shown across approximately 75 licensed operators. Yet sheer breadth does not translate into even attention. The “front screen” — the first grid of […]
Market leaders in iGaming rarely lose their positions. When they do, regulators are often involved. Leaders in iGaming typically hold their ground. Smaller operators struggle to break through, and top rankings remain stable year after year. Blask data shows that several markets bucked this pattern in 2025. The biggest of such countries are the Philippines, […]
Week 5 of 2026 split cleanly between headline-driven repricing and calendar-led flow.
Spain's iGaming market follows a clear seasonal rhythm — here's what Blask Index data reveals about its peaks, troughs, and timing.
