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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, […]

iGaming market weekly report | Jan 12–18, 2026

How acquisition intent rebalanced across global betting markets this week, tracked via Blask Index week-over-week (WoW) movement. Week’s headline This week’s iGaming momentum split cleanly between structural policy re-pricing and headline-driven sports cycles. Colombia led the upside as the VAT base shift reset first-time economics and pulled users into operator comparisons, while Venezuela showed how […]

How do iGaming SEO specialists use Blask

Blask brings brand-level market intelligence into SEO planning: where to focus, when to move, and which games and providers are getting storefront attention. Blask addresses two practical limits for iGaming SEO: brands often span multiple domains and mirrors, plus market demand shifts faster than quarterly reporting cycles. It adds a market layer on top of […]

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. […]

iGaming market weekly report | Dec 29, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026

Weekly shifts in player attention across global iGaming markets, tracked through week-over-week (WoW) changes in Blask Index. Week’s headline Al-Ahli’s upset of Al-Nassr drove Saudi Arabia +39%, while Singapore’s $6.2M TOTO jackpot kept APAC lottery-led. In Africa, AFCON knockout rounds sustained regional momentum. Note: WoW changes reflect Blask Index data; catalysts cited only when publicly […]

iGaming market weekly report | Dec 22–28, 2025

Our weekly digest monitors where iGaming player interest is heating up or pulling back, based on week-over-week (WoW) movements in Blask Index. Week’s headline AFCON and the Christmas lottery lift two regions. The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations kicked off Dec 21 in Morocco, driving continent-wide betting engagement. In Europe, Sweden surged +35.9% after a […]

India’s iGaming ban: what changed — and what didn’t

Blask data show that despite increased pressure from Indian authorities, iGaming demand in 2025 followed 2024’s pattern, with operators adapting rather than the market breaking.  India started 2025 without a nationwide licensing framework for iGaming, so the policy shift was never a clean “licensed market closes” moment. Parliament passed a ban on online money games […]

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