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December’s licence revocation left the revenue baseline intact. The Ethiopian Lottery Service (ELS) is preparing to relaunch sports betting and digital lotteries under stricter oversight. Chief executive Beza Girma confirmed a Fana Media Corporation account of the draft audit behind that plan. The review covers July 2023, when operators first received licences, through December 2025. […]
Blask followed the same Indian internet users before and after India's August 2025 ban, with Brazil as a control market. Domestic sites lost 73% of their reach, yet 63% of their players kept betting, almost all offshore.
Stake’s Alberta launch gets a license in Alberta, beating other legal brands. On 6 October, Stake Canada Ltd. had received a licence from Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC). The company plans to go live on 12 October 2026, after it signs an operating agreement with the Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC). Stake’s Blask Index in […]
A three-month legalisation rumours are spreading across Russia. On 1 October, deputy finance minister Ivan Chebeskov spoke at the ERAI* forum “Gambling: deductions for sport”. He said the shadow online-casino sector is now comparable with the licensed bookmaker market. Players there have no protection, and the budget gets no tax and no sports deductions. *ERAI […]
Ten days into Brazil’s betting ban, the licensed market has lost its revenue and most of the search behind it. President Lula’s Provisional Measure 1,394 barred new deposits and bets on 25 September and orders licensed sites offline from 6 October. Blask has estimated what the pause has already cost Brazil’s licensed operators, and whether […]
Dhaka replaced an 1867 house-gambling ban with a statute that finally covers iGaming. On 1 July 2026 Bangladesh enacted the Gambling Prevention Act 2026, Act No. 98, and repealed the Public Gambling Act 1867. The 1867 text covered gambling houses and said nothing about a website, a mobile wallet, or a foreign-hosted sportsbook. Blask data […]
Oslo wants the state operator to take poker that now sits on unlicensed sites. On 29 September 2026 the Ministry of Culture and Equality opened a consultation on changes to the gambling regulation. The draft would give Norsk Tipping the exclusive right to offer online poker. Responses close on 29 November 2026. Norsk Tipping is […]
Online betting in Ireland is live. Casino licences and action against overseas illegal sites are delayed because the regulator is short of money. The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland told Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan it would stall remote-gaming licensing after Budget 2026 gave it €13.35M instead of the €26M it had asked for. In March […]
