Entering the UAE gaming market under the GCGRA regime
An operator's board has approved a move into the United Arab Emirates on the back of the General Commercial Gaming…
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Sweepstakes casinos are replaying gambling’s grey market history
Fifteen years running ICE gave me a good instinct for the moment a grey market stops being a curiosity and…
Integrating two operators after acquisition: a playbook
The deal closing is the easiest part of a gambling acquisition, and the two years that follow are where most…
The hire I almost turned down for not having gambling on their CV
I nearly passed on a candidate a few years ago because their CV had nothing gambling shaped on it at…
Before you sign: the questions a board needs answered on gambling M&A
Gambling M&A carries a specific kind of risk that a generalist due diligence process is not built to catch, because…
Self-exclusion registers: why the UK stayed split when Europe unified
A self-exclusion register lets a player lock themselves out of gambling for a fixed period, and the design question every…
Prediction markets are winning some states and losing others.
To: Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations Leads, US Licensed Sportsbook Operators
UKGC sets financial risk assessment threshold at £5,000
The government has opened a consultation to ban unlicensed gambling sponsorship across every sector, not just sport, but the ban…
Responding to a customer data breach: a playbook for operators
Five major Nevada gaming operators have been hit by serious cyberattacks since September 2023: MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Boyd Gaming,…
The World Cup numbers that changed my mind on prediction markets
For most of the last two years I treated prediction markets as a regulatory curiosity rather than a commercial threat,…