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Cheltenham Festival drives Ireland +78.9%, UK +29.0%. India drops post-T20 World Cup. Croatia under new gambling law pressure. Weekly Blask Index.

A Balkan spring and a Canadian province dominated the upside, while Asian and Latin American markets continued to bleed.

Lottery moments, an esports tournament headline, a clean market-entry signal, and a continental football catalyst shaped this week.

Event hangover defined Feb 16–22 as the T20 World Cup's group-to-Super Eights transition drained two of the week’s largest movers.

Cricket tournament gravity set the tone. The live ICC Men’s T20 World Cup created a clean upside axis, with Sri Lanka (+73.0%) and India (+42.5%) leading the board as match-driven national attention concentrated during the week’s fixtures.

Event gravity dominated the tape, with upside concentrated in football-driven Africa and the first clear Olympics-linked lift in Europe.

Singapore’s earnings news cycle pulled casual attention into casino-adjacent searches, Panama’s lottery moment lifted broad gambling curiosity, and Turkey’s enforcement headlines drove substitution browsing around access and funding routes.

Austria (+17.7%) led Europe on Kitzbühel’s Hahnenkamm weekend, while Sweden (+9.9%) and Norway (+8.5%) moved as a Nordic pair on EHF EURO main-round matchday density.