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Where player demand grew the fastest in 2025 — and what the data says about why. The global gambling industry generated $643.74 billion in revenue in 2025, continuing a five-year growth streak. But that growth was far from evenly distributed. While mature markets in Western Europe and North America moved incrementally, four markets — the […]
Spain's iGaming market follows a clear seasonal rhythm — here's what Blask Index data reveals about its peaks, troughs, and timing.
How player acquisition interest shifted across global betting markets, measured by Blask Index week-over-week (WoW) momentum. Week’s headline Event-driven demand dominated the tape, with upside concentrated in European calendar effects and downside shaped by suppression and post-event decay. Austria (+17.7%) led Europe on Kitzbühel’s Hahnenkamm weekend, while Sweden (+9.9%) and Norway (+8.5%) moved as a […]
Online gambling’s center of gravity is shifting. The headline figures still belong to Europe and North America, but the velocity — the places where something genuinely new is happening — is elsewhere. The global online gambling industry crossed €90.5 billion in revenue in 2025, with a projected compound annual growth rate of 10.5% through 2030. […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Nigeria grew player acquisition by 44% in 2025. Mexico matched it at 42%, Brazil’s first licensed year produced $7 billion in GGR, and Greece outpaced every European market in the second half of the year. Together, those shifts offer one of the clearest snapshots of iGaming industry trends 2026 and where demand is moving fastest, […]
