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In just two years, two platforms have captured nearly 80% of U.S. demand — turning a fast-growing experiment in wagering into something closer to a financial market structure. Prediction markets were barely visible in the American gambling economy a few years ago. By the end of 2025, they had become one of its fastest-growing segments […]
A boom that many expected to collapse after the 2024 presidential vote instead evolved into one of the fastest-growing segments of the online gambling economy.
America’s two largest licensed operators added billions in 2025. But the unregulated sector remained larger and, in some ways, harder to dislodge than ever. FanDuel and DraftKings, the two dominant licensed online gambling operators in the United States, both posted strong growth in 2025. FanDuel’s estimated Competitive Earning Baseline rose 16.9%. DraftKings grew 16.1%. Under […]
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 […]
