Unibet hit with €4m fine in the Netherlands Summary The Netherlands Gaming Authority (Ksa) has fined Optdeck Service Limited, the operator of Unibet in the Dutch market, €4m after finding it failed its statutory duty of care between 14 July 2022 and 1 July 2024. A review of multiple player files showed repeated shortcomings: slow […]
D-Day veteran Charles Shay, who saved lives on Omaha Beach, dies at 101 in France Summary Charles Norman Shay, a Native American combat medic who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day as a 19-year-old, has died in France at age 101. Shay was awarded the Silver Star after repeatedly plunging into the sea to carry […]
23K FTDs and +40% ROI: profitable Mexico campaign with PIN-UP Partners Summary PIN-UP Partners shares a three-month Mexico case study (June–August 2025) from an anonymous partner team that delivered 23,774 FTDs and a +40% ROI under a CPA model. The campaign relied on Facebook traffic combined with PWAs to bypass ad restrictions, speed registration and […]
Europol action disrupts illegal gambling group in Sweden and Spain Summary A coordinated law-enforcement operation between Sweden and Spain, supported by Europol, disrupted a violent criminal network that ran extensive illegal gambling and money-laundering activities. The 28-29 November 2025 raids involved nearly 150 officers searching six locations in Stockholm and two in Murcia. Five principal […]
UKGC Tightens Control Over Adult Gaming Centers in 2025 Summary Andrew Rhodes, CEO of the UK Gambling Commission, told the Bacta Annual Convention that the regulator increased oversight of adult gaming centres (AGCs) in 2025. The UKGC wrote to all AGC licence holders reminding them of self‑exclusion obligations after media investigations highlighted failures. Seven operators […]
Betfred hit with £825k UK fine for land-based regulatory failings Summary The Gambling Commission has fined Betfred £825,000 for failures in social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) controls tied to its B3 gaming machines across around 1,300 UK betting shops. The regulator found Betfred’s AML thresholds and source-of-wealth processes inappropriate, and customer interactions following harm […]
Google bans horse racing affiliate ads across US market Article Date: 2025-12-03T11:25:32+00:00 Article URL: https://next.io/news/betting/google-bans-us-horse-racing-affiliate-ads/ Summary Google updated its Ads Gambling and Games policy effective 1 December 2025 to prohibit promotions for online horse race betting that originate from affiliates, aggregators, tipster platforms or third-party promoters targeting US users. The change blocks affiliate-style comparison and […]
Brazil backs GGR tax hike, opens public consultation on gambling Summary Brazil’s Senate Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) has approved bill PL 5,473/2025 to raise the gross gaming revenue (GGR) tax for licensed operators in a stepped approach: from the current 12% to 15% in 2026–2027, and up to 18% in 2028. The committee passed the […]
Betway’s Formula 1 Facebook ad in breach of gambling rules Summary The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a paid Facebook ad from Betway, posted in July 2025, breached gambling marketing rules by featuring imagery that made Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton clearly identifiable and therefore of strong appeal to under-18s. The video showed […]
Kalshi becomes official CNN partner as valuation hits $11bn Summary Kalshi has signed a partnership with CNN to become the network’s official prediction-market partner. The move follows a reported $1bn funding round led by Sequoia and CapitalG that values Kalshi at around $11bn. Under the deal, CNN will integrate Kalshi’s real-time prediction data across programming […]
