William Hill Could Put the Lock on 200 Shops in the UK Summary William Hill is preparing to close up to 200 UK betting shops as parent company Evoke wrestles with heavy debt and the prospect of higher gambling taxes in the forthcoming Budget. The closures could affect roughly one in ten of William Hill’s […]
Austria Parting with Gambling Monopoly, with New Framework Looming Summary Austria is moving towards liberalising its online casino market as the state monopoly held by Casinos Austria is expected to end at the close of 2025. While no final law has been passed, major political parties (ÖVP, SPÖ and Neos) are debating a new regulated […]
Prediction markets weren’t at G2E. Here’s why they dominated gaming industry discussions Summary The 2025 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) was dominated not by new slot machines but by debate over prediction markets — chiefly Kalshi — and their challenge to state and tribal-regulated sports betting. Industry leaders, regulators and lawmakers voiced concern that federally regulated […]
American Gaming Association and Indian Gaming Association honour the legacy of Ernie Stevens Jr. Summary The American Gaming Association and the Indian Gaming Association held a remembrance at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas to honour the late Chairman Ernest L. “Ernie” Stevens, Jr., who died on 26 September 2025. The tribute, titled “Remembering […]
PM Gati Shakti Marks Four Years: Driving India’s Integrated and Sustainable Infrastructure Growth Summary The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) marked four years of PM Gati Shakti at an event in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. What began in 2021 as a National Master Plan for Multimodal Connectivity and a digital planning […]
California Bans Sweepstakes Casinos Starting 2026 Summary Assembly Bill 831 passed the California legislature unanimously and was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. From 1 January 2026, sweepstakes casinos — platforms that typically use virtual coins and have operated in a legal grey area — will be banned across the state. The California Nations Indian Gaming […]
Advancing Systematic Literature Reviews With Artificial Intelligence: A TCCM‐Based Synthesis of Over 50 Years of Double Jeopardy Research Summary This review demonstrates a practical, reproducible method for improving framework-based systematic literature reviews (SLRs) by combining artificial intelligence (AI) with a human-in-the-loop (HITL) workflow. Using the Theory–Context–Characteristics–Methodology (TCCM) framework to classify and validate knowledge, the authors benchmark […]
World Mental Health Day: Mental Health Crisis Costs UK 16.4 Million Working Days as Younger Workers Disproportionately Impacted – HR News Summary Stribe analysed 2025 health and workplace data ahead of World Mental Health Day and highlights the scale and cost of mental ill health in UK workplaces. Mental health problems (stress, depression, anxiety) are […]
SOFTSWISS opens waitlist for iGaming Trends 2026, the industry’s defining playbook for the year ahead Summary SOFTSWISS has opened a waitlist for iGaming Trends 2026, the fourth edition of its flagship industry report produced with NEXT.io. The report — due for release on 3 November — builds on last year’s success (iGaming Trends 2025 had […]
How to drive culture change when your boss doesn’t want to Summary Not every senior leader is prepared to prioritise culture, even though most executives link it directly to business results. Ella Overshott explains the three common reasons bosses resist culture work — it feels intangible, they don’t know how to change it, or they […]
