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California and Texas, the two most populous states in the United States, together represent an estimated $9.7 billion in online gambling activity — all of it flowing to offshore, unlicensed operators and none of it generating state tax revenue or consumer protection.
Despite years of state-by-state legalization and record revenues from licensed operators, approximately two-thirds of American online gambling spending flowed to offshore, unlicensed platforms in 2025, according to new research from Blask that quantifies, the full scope of both the regulated and unregulated U.S. gambling market.
In every ranking that matters for online gambling, California sits at the top. By Blask Index — the measure of aggregated player demand across all operators in a market — the state outpaced every other in the country through 2025. California has no regulated online gambling market. Not a single licensed domestic operator takes a wager there.
The UK Blask Index dropped sharply between December 1, 2025 and February 1, 2026. Mean daily market interest fell from 51.48 million to 43.50 million — a 15.5% contraction in six weeks. Median interest moved from 51.64 million to 46.92 million.
The operator holds naming rights to AFCON 2025, a CAF partnership stretching back to 2019, and active registrations in 57 African markets. By actual player demand, it generates less Blask Index than a single-market operator in Mali. When Senegal lifted the AFCON trophy in Rabat in February 2026, 1xBet’s branding was everywhere — on the […]
Blask, the AI-powered ecosystem for the iGaming industry, has surpassed 5,000 tracked operators worldwide, marking a major milestone in its mission to bring transparency, comparability, and real-time performance benchmarks to the market. The expansion reflects both the rapid growth of the global iGaming ecosystem and Blask’s continued commitment to covering not only mature regulated jurisdictions […]
Blask is built to answer a simple question fast: where is iGaming demand moving next? Now we’re adding the missing layer: why it moved. Today we’re releasing Market Explanation: a new feature that turns a visible shift in Blask Index into a clear, structured narrative backed by real-world events and sources. Blask Index is a […]
Blask continues to scale its market intelligence coverage across both products and operators. Over the past month, two major updates went live across the platform. 97,000 game logos tracked by Blask Games The Blask Games database has grown significantly to 97,000 newly added game logos.These titles are now fully trackable in the Game view, allowing […]
