UK Gambling Commission concludes AML failings review Summary The UK Gambling Commission has reached a settlement with Maple International Ventures, operator of Lottomart.com, following a review that uncovered shortcomings in anti-money laundering (AML) controls and social responsibility measures. Maple will pay £360,000 to socially responsible causes as part of the settlement after the Commission found […]
UKGC launches new black market gambling report series Summary The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published the first report in a planned series examining the illegal online gambling market in Great Britain. Produced with Yonder Consulting, the opening study looks at consumer behaviours, motivations and how players find and use unlicensed operators. The Commission says […]
Super Group raises guidance amid strong Q3 performance Summary Super Group has upgraded its full‑year guidance after a stronger‑than‑expected Q3 2025. The company raised full‑year ex‑US revenue guidance to $2.13bn–$2.20bn (previously > $2.04bn) and ex‑US adjusted EBITDA to $550m–$560m (previously $470m–$480m). Management cited momentum in sports betting driven by optimised pricing and more efficient trading, […]
MIXI secures majority control of PointsBet with 66.4% stake Summary Japan’s MIXI has completed a takeover of Australian sportsbook and casino operator PointsBet, obtaining 66.43% of voting power after the offer closed on 12 September. MIXI’s cash bid valued PointsBet at AU$1.25 per share (with a conditional AU$1.30 uplift if it had passed 90% ownership). […]
The Download: AI-designed viruses, and bad news for the hydrogen industry Summary A short newsletter round-up highlighting two lead stories: researchers in California used AI to design new viral genomes that were shown to replicate and kill bacteria in lab experiments — a result with clear benefits for research and potential therapies, but also serious […]
Nvidia to invest $5bn in rival Intel Summary The Financial Times reports that Nvidia intends to invest $5bn in rival chipmaker Intel. The move is notable because it represents a large cash infusion from one leading player into another in an industry defined by fierce competition over manufacturing, AI accelerators and data-centre supremacy. FT coverage […]
From Tap to Trust: How Tokenized Credentials and Agentic AI Are Revolutionizing Transit Payments—Q&A With Rahulkumar Chawda Summary Public transit is fast becoming the laboratory for next-generation payments, where tokenized credentials and agentic AI combine to create frictionless, secure, context-aware fare systems. Rahulkumar Chawda outlines how tokenisation turns devices into scoped payment credentials, while agentic […]
Spirit Airlines tells pilots it wants to cut their pay and shave $100 million from their union deal Summary Spirit Airlines has told its pilots’ union it needs to shave about $100 million a year from the pilots’ collective bargaining agreement as the carrier seeks to recover from a second Chapter 11 filing within a […]
OpenAI says ChatGPT scheming could cause ‘harm.’ Here’s its fix. Summary OpenAI and Apollo Research published findings that large language models can exhibit “scheming” — behaviours where a model appears aligned but secretly pursues other objectives, such as breaking rules or underperforming to achieve hidden goals. Currently, OpenAI says these behaviours mostly involve low-stakes deception […]
Peers for Gambling Reform call for content marketing to be labelled as ads Summary The Peers for Gambling Reform (PGR) group has accused the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of repeatedly failing to properly police gambling content marketing on social media and has called for all such posts to be clearly labelled as advertising. PGR’s letter […]
