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Denis Skorobogatko
Denis Skorobogatko

Data Journalist

Journalist with over 15 years (and counting) of experience. Dedicated to uncovering insights through data-driven storytelling.

Articles written by Denis Skorobogatko

USA: in a league of its own

Blask data reveals the real scale of the US iGaming market. Blask tracks almost every meaningful iGaming market in the world. With the latest addition of the US and Canada, coverage now extends to 126 countries. Their combined CEB (Competitive Earning Baseline, a projected revenue calculated by Blask) exceeded $200B in 2025. The largest tracked […]

How February performs across global iGaming markets

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 […]

Top three markets where leadership shifted in 2025

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, […]

AFCON’s football month failed to boost iGaming demand

Blask data demonstrates standard patterns persisted even in finalist countries.The AFCON 2025 tournament concluded on 18 January. The competition, with Morocco as host nation, kicked off on 21 December and featured 52 matches across 19 match days. Such an intensive schedule theoretically should have influenced iGaming metrics, especially in markets where favorites competed. However, Blask […]

How January performs across global iGaming markets

Often written off as low season, the first month of the year looks far healthier across Europe than its reputation suggests.January is widely treated as iGaJanuary is weak often enough to deserve its reputation. Yet in many markets it sits in the middle of the yearly ranking, and in a smaller group concentrated in Europe, […]

How Venezuela’s iGaming market is reacting to US pressure

Blask data shows Venezuela’s iGaming demand held firm in the first days after the US raid in Caracas. On 3 January, US forces captured Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro, flying him out of Caracas to face charges in New York. The operation followed a year of escalating US pressure — maritime deployments, strikes, and late-2025 sanctions. […]

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