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GCI report puts 72% of EU online GGR outside local licences

The report finds an unlicensed majority in EU online GGR, while the same licence test on search and CEB stays with licensed brands.  On 23 September the Campaign for Fairer Gambling released Online Gambling 2024–2025: EU 27 Europe. The report states that unregulated operators generated an estimated €91.6B GGR from EU-27 consumers in 2025 — […]

Betfred founder says UK betting shops could disappear by 2030

Fred Done’s warning comes as licensed online brand records are already moving off-market every year. Betfred founder Fred Done warned on 19 September that Britain could have no betting shops left by 2030 if gambling taxes keep rising. He said doubling Machine Games Duty from 20% to 40% would force Betfred to close 495 shops, […]

Bobatoto takes 29% of Indonesia gambling search

The brand that used to run Indonesian gambling search now sits clearly second. NanasToto led every month of 2024. Bobatoto overtook it in October 2025 and still held first place in August 2026. Indonesia has no licensed online casino or sportsbook. A 2023 Kominfo instruction frames online gambling as a target for eradication, and enforcement […]

Argentina clustered around Betano at 36% of demand

Argentina’s betting search has stopped splitting among licensed brands and gathered on one. In August 2026, Blask data put Betano at 35.9% of Argentina iGaming demand — more than double the next brand. The 2025 leader had already lost the position by January; the summer print stretched the gap. Betsson ran the country for most […]

Myanmar’s iGaming demand fell 60.7% YoY

Conflict and digital controls first — then Blask shows the slow bleed in offshore attention. Myanmar’s demand sits inside a conflict economy. Township internet blackouts ran through 2024, and on 1 January 2025 the junta enacted a Cybersecurity Law aimed at unauthorized VPNs, online fraud, and illegal gambling infrastructure. Contested banking and FX rails raise […]

Georgia’s iGaming demand cools 15.9% after a political year

Through a political year in Georgia Blask Index steps down on an onshore shelf. Georgia’s political cycle ran from the foreign-influence fight into 2025. The October 2024 election, the November pause of EU accession talks through 2028, and months of street pressure kept protests in the headlines. In March–April 2025, a new foreign-agents push added […]

Stake confirms Ireland licence bid after GRAI GEO-block

Stake will seek an Irish GRAI licence after a GEO-block — Blask ranks it #16 in Ireland according to BAP. Stake has GEO-blocked Irish customers after engagement with the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI). This news lifted Blask Index, which was flagged in Blask’s weekly digest for 14–20 September 2026. A Stake spokesperson said […]

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