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Armenia targets gambling payments as offshore demand triples

Armenia is moving to block offshore gambling payments, but the market has already run ahead of regulation: Blask Index for offshore brands tripled in two years. Armenia’s parliament passed a package of amendments to the gambling law in the first reading. The official goal is to cut off revenue for unlicensed operators and leave payment […]

Cirsa posts record Q1 and signals its next major deal

Cirsa reported its best Q1 on record in 2026, with net profit up 85% and EBITDA tracking ahead of full-year guidance. The Spanish operator is now actively hunting its next major acquisition, with Western Europe and Latin America in its sights. We mapped its brand portfolio against Blask data to show where its digital operation actually stands.

UAE iGaming attracts institutional capital — regulation is the reason

Within 60 days, two separate $250 million commitments landed in UAE iGaming. Blackstone backed a payments platform. Yolo Investments opened a fund. The timing is not a coincidence — it tracks directly with the UAE's regulatory build-out under the GCGRA. Blask data puts the market opportunity at a $1.9B CEB baseline, with the regulated segment still in its opening weeks.

Ontario’s offshore gap: 9% by AGCO, 20% by Blask

The new AGCO study shows that around 9% of Ontario players bet exclusively on unlicensed platforms. Blask data shows a figure almost twice as high. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario published a new channelization study on May 22. The key figure: only 8.9% of users play exclusively on unregulated websites, down from 16.3% […]

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