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Esports April 15, 2025

Roblox’s Safeguards, Not Enough to Keep Children Safe In 2023, displeased parents complained about Roblox’s in-game currency, Robux, being available for use on certain third-party casino platforms, exposing young players to gambling content. The company, which was also charging a 30% fee for converting funds into dollars on gambling sites, was accused of making a profit from child gambling. At the end of […]

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Esports April 8, 2025

Armalytix and Midnite Expand Partnership to Simplify Customer EDD Checks Armalytix, a leading fintech company that helps partners assess their clients’ financial position and financial risk, has revealed the expansion of its open banking partnership with Midnite. Armalytix and Midnite Reveal Deal Midnite, the rapidly growing e-sports and casino operator, has integrated Armalytix’s new instant bank statement scanning solution into their compliance checks, allowing it […]

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Esports February 24, 2025

New Jersey May Allow Pro Esports Players to Bet on Themselves Although betting on esports contests is perfectly legal in the state of New Jersey, a new change is now in the air. A new bill sponsored by Assemblyman William F. Moen Jr. Is looking to allow players who compete in video games, or esports professionals, to wager on their performance. Esports Athletes May Soon Be […]

Esports April 2, 2025

xQc Pulls Super Rare CS2 Skeleton Knife Despite Improbable Odds xQc, a popular streamer of video gaming and casino content, real name of Félix Lengyel, had another thing to be particularly pleased about on Monday when, during a live stream, he opened a loot box containing the Counter-Strike 2 item, the Skeleton Knife. Rare Chance Item Won on Stream by xQc xQc made sure to […]

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Esports February 13, 2025

Overwatch 2 to Reintroduce Loot Boxes Due to Popular Demand Overwatch is once again getting loot boxes, Blizzard Entertainment announced. Answering a popular demand, the company decided to reimplement the controversial mechanic, which had so far been missing from the franchise’s second entry, Overwatch 2. Paid Loot Boxes Have Been Compared to Gambling Loot boxes are a controversial video game mechanic where players can open […]

Esports March 24, 2025

Study Finds In-Game Spending on Roblox Has Negative Impact on Children A study by the University of Sydney highlights how children struggle with misleading in-game spending features in Roblox and urges for more regulation. Study Examines the Effects of Roblox In-Game Purchases on Children Roblox is one of the largest gaming platforms globally, attracting more monthly users than both the Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation combined. […]

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Esports February 10, 2025

League of Legends Developer Sued in Belgium over Loot Boxes A couple in Belgium has filed a complaint against Riot Games, the company behind the famous competitive game League of Legends (LoL). The plaintiffs accused Riot Games of offering paid loot boxes despite Belgium’s strict regulations on such products. Loot Boxes Are a Controversial Gaming Mechanic Loot boxes are a controversial gaming mechanic where players […]

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Can the Gambling Industry Be Sustainable? The gambling industry, like any other, has the potential to be sustainable, if it is managed and regulated properly. But what does ‘sustainability’ actually mean? Let’s first try to agree on its meaning before finding out whether it can indeed be sustainable. Sustainability is not the same as corporate social responsibility or ESG (environmental social […]

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The Power of Influencers and How They Are Transforming the iGaming Industry It’s no secret that influencers are becoming increasingly important for brands in any industry, the iGaming industry included. Whether you think this is true or not, there is something special about influencers. Jimmy Donaldson, perhaps more known as Mr Beast, is one of the most known influencers today. Surpassing over 120 million subscribers on YouTube, […]

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iGaming’s Regulated Future with Johan Törnqvist As the company behind blockbuster slot games including Book of Dead, Play’n GO titles are enjoyed by online casino players in more than 25 regulated markets around the world, including the UK. Chief executive and co-founder Johan Törnqvist explains why sensible regulation is the only way to ensure a sustainable and safe future. Q: Why […]

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Responsible Gambling: Where Business Meets Ethics I founded the harm minimisation gambling charity, BetBlocker. The investment to develop the software came straight out of the small business I owned at the time. It later was broken off as a charity because the service became very popular, and the business could not sustain the continued growth of a free service. We did […]

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Stronger Together: Raising Awareness of Safer Gambling The theme of this year’s ICE London event is Stronger Together, which could not be more apt when referring to the ongoing challenge we face in raising awareness of safer gambling and reducing gambling harms. Gordon Moody is a charity founded over 50 years ago by the Reverend Gordon Moody himself. Mr Moody had already […]

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GamCare and Consumer Protection Q: Are gambling companies overall getting better at protecting consumers? What we have seen over the past few years is more investment and resources being applied to player protection. Yet we know there is still a long way to go. In 2021, we conducted a survey with YouGov, and it was clear that the public […]

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Striking the Balance between Player Freedom and Consumer Protection Getting the right balance between player freedom and consumer protection arguably remains the holy grail of the gambling industry. I’ve always felt that having what I call a ‘healthy tension’ between regulators and industry is needed to ensure industry continues to raise standards in responsible and safer gambling whilst allowing industry freedoms to innovate and […]

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Esports Roundtable: Sergey Tsukanov and Dinos Stranomitis Talk Esports, Data, and the Future Today we sit down to talk with Dinos Stranomitis, COO and Co-Founder of Altenar, and Sergey Tsukanov, Head of Sportsbook at BETBY to discuss the ever-more important phenomenon of esports and how it ties traditional sports betting experience. Data plays an important part in monetizing and tapping into the esports vertical and both executives agree. […]

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GamblingNews Talks Regulation with GeoComply SVP Operations, Gaming Chad Kornett (Podcast #19) GamblingNews and GeoComply’s Senior Vice President Operations, Gaming Chad Kornett, explore how the company is making sure gaming operators function within the limits established by regulators. Compliance with regulations ranks at the top of the list of priorities for gaming regulators. This is true in any jurisdiction, particularly in the US. The structure of the […]

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GamblingNews and Steven Salz of Rivalry Discuss the Future of Gaming (Podcast #12) GamblingNews and Steven Salz, the co-founder and CEO of sports betting and sports media company Rivalry, had a chance to come together on a recent podcast. The Canada-based company is making serious inroads in the industry, bringing new levels of innovation to the gaming experience as the online segment continues to grow. Having recently launched […]

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GamblingNews Talks the Future of Esports with Oliver Niner of PandaScore (Podcast #8) GamblingNews recently sat down for a podcast with Oliver Niner, PandaScore’s head of sales and an expert in commercial strategy. Niner has a strong background in the gaming industry, with a great deal of experience in business development. His skills have become highly beneficial to PandaScore’s growth and he continues to help shape the company’s […]

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GamblingNews Discusses iGaming Cybersecurity with Hedgehog Security (Podcast #5) The GamblingNews podcasts are delivering a wealth of knowledge on various aspects of the gambling industry and one aspect that can never be overlooked is security. We invited Peter Bassill, the founder and CEO of Hedgehog Security, to sit down with us to discuss how the company is helping gaming operators around the world ensure […]