Newsazenplay.comVisa and ISG introduced Visa Payment Passkey at GFF 2026 to support passwordless digital payments. The announcement focuses on security and user authentication in online payment flows.
ZEN.COM said its Pay by Bank service, supported by Mastercard Open Finance, is available across nine European countries. The service supports merchant payments and wallet top-ups through one integration, excluding the UK.
Alberta launched a regulated iGaming market with 22 operators. The province said the system aims to move most online gambling activity away from unlicensed sites and into a licensed framework.
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court scheduled a November 3 public hearing on challenges to Provisional Measure 1.394/2026 and its ban on fixed-odds betting. The hearing will address the measure's legal and regulatory implications for online gambling.[8]
BurraPay deployed its cryptocurrency payment platform at the Sahara resort on the Las Vegas Strip, allowing customers to exchange cryptocurrency for casino chips or gaming tickets. The platform can integrate with casino management and player-account systems and includes blockchain monitoring tools…
The UK Gambling Commission analysed anonymised open-banking transactions to examine how consumers in Great Britain interact with unlicensed operators. The study found that illegal gambling activity frequently coexisted with use of licensed gambling services.
A panel discussion considered how regulated gambling markets can accommodate blockchain-based products while maintaining player-protection and financial-crime controls. Malta’s framework was cited as allowing licensed operators to seek approval to accept certain cryptoassets and use…
PureWager Group and PLLAY announced a partnership combining PureWager’s player-account, loyalty and operator-management platform with PLLAY Vision AI. The AI system is designed to verify and settle skill-game and prediction outcomes using gameplay footage and evidence records.
Slotegrator said AI can help online casino operators organize KYC, player activity and on-site behavior data into usable player segments. The company identified player analytics and differentiated promotions as key applications for the technology.
The UK Government plans to give local councils greater discretion to reject applications for betting shops and adult gaming centres by removing the statutory ‘aim to permit’ principle. The proposal is subject to consultation and will accompany gambling impact assessments that consider factors…
Stakelogic agreed to provide its slot portfolio to Marathonbet in Spain. The arrangement expands the studio’s distribution through an established operator in the Spanish regulated market.
ThrillTech agreed to integrate its ThrillPots jackpot product across Honoré Gaming’s operator network. The integration covers operators in Africa and Latin America.
Altenar agreed to provide sportsbook technology for Wildz Group’s planned entry into Finland’s regulated online gambling market. Finland’s licensing market is scheduled to open on July 1, 2027.
Play’n GO is making its online casino games available in physical casinos through cabinet deployments. Chief executive Johan Törnqvist said the move will bring the company’s online content and features to casino floors, with cabinets already installed with a major casino chain.
Recent cases covered include an alleged $150,000 theft from a Missouri casino and separate schemes involving casino cash and stolen payment cards. The report also described allegations of employee theft and unauthorized gambling transactions.
Curaçao licensees must report transactions that match specified indicators, including the applicable NAf 5,000 threshold, rather than waiting for an independent suspicion assessment. The reporting framework relies on Curaçao’s customer-identification, unusual-transaction, sanctions and related AML…
Bragg Gaming Group announced a strategic partnership with Golden Whale Productions, an iGaming data-science company. The announcement was reported as part of Bragg’s move toward an AI-focused technology strategy, although the available report did not provide further operational details.
Groupe Partouche is rolling out cryptocurrency payments for casino chips at its French venues. The initiative uses payment infrastructure developed over four years and is being discussed in the context of France’s regulatory framework and the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regime.
Games Valley agreed to integrate Wicked Games’ casino catalogue into its aggregator platform. The deal adds titles including Transformers and Jack and Fawkes to the content available to operators.
Curaçao licensees must report certain transactions when defined indicators are met, including transactions of NAf 5,000 or more under the applicable AML framework. The reporting distinction separates objective unusual-transaction indicators from a separate suspicion assessment.
British licensed operators are subject to a 10-times wagering cap on bonus funds and restrictions on combining gambling products in promotions. From September 30, operators must offer gross deposit limits and label them as deposit limits under updated UKGC requirements.
Amusnet has partnered with live-video technology provider Vindral as it increases investment in its live casino operations. The partnership is focused on expanding production capabilities for live casino content.
Crypto gambling platform Duelbits reportedly took its website offline while investigating a security breach involving approximately $7 million withdrawn from its hot wallets. The incident affected an online casino and sportsbook operator and prompted a service suspension.
An analysis of anonymised bank-account data found 157.2 million transactions, including 4.8 million involving licensed non-lottery gambling operators. The findings show how open banking data can help regulators examine payment flows across licensed and unlicensed gambling markets.
A UK Gambling Commission analysis of Open Banking data found that 91% of people with repeated payments to detected illegal operators also used licensed operators. The finding indicates that illegal gambling commonly occurs alongside, rather than instead of, regulated play.