iGaming Post (UK)

Share This Stake has received its gaming license in Alberta and is preparing to enter the province’s regulated iGaming market with a planned launch on October 12, positioning the crypto-friendly operator as one of the later entrants to Canada’s newest online gambling jurisdiction. Stake Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Stake Gaming and Easygo Group, secured its operator registration from the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) on September 24.

Share This Informa, the London-listed events and publishing group, has announced the acquisition of B2B events organiser Clarion Events for £2.24 billion, alongside plans to launch a formal review into separating its academic publishing business, Taylor & Francis. The dual announcement marks a significant strategic step in Informa’s efforts to concentrate its portfolio around its core business-to-business live events operations.

Share This DraftKings and FanDuel have each contributed an additional $3.5 million to the campaign to legalize online sports betting in Nebraska, bringing total fundraising for the effort to approximately $14.65 million. The contributions arrive weeks before Nebraska voters weigh two statewide measures on the November 3 ballot that would authorize and regulate mobile sports wagering in the state. Two separate initiatives will appear before voters.

Share This Bally’s Corporation has completed a previously announced $400 million financing agreement to support the development of Bally’s Bronx, its $4 billion casino resort planned for Ferry Point Park. The closing of the facility, confirmed by the company in early October 2026, provides the Rhode Island-based gaming operator with capital earmarked for the project as it transitions from land acquisition and licensing into construction.

Share This Wynn Al Marjan Island has revealed details of Wynn Marina, a 98-berth superyacht marina that will serve as a waterfront gateway to the $5.7 billion integrated resort in Ras Al Khaimah, scheduled to open in September 2027. The facility is designed to accommodate super and megayachts of up to 85 metres, and, according to the developer, will offer capacity for more yachts and larger vessels than any hotel-attached marina in the United Arab Emirates.

Share This Kalshi posted all-time daily notional volume highs on consecutive days over the first weekend of October, capping a stretch in which combined prediction-market trading surpassed $9 billion. The performance underscores the platform’s expanding dominance in a sector increasingly driven by sports contracts during the football season.

Share This Brazil’s presidential election will proceed to a second round after more business friendly to gambling, right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro exceeded pre-election polling to finish ahead of incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first-round vote held on October 4. With more than 99 percent of ballots counted, Bolsonaro received approximately 47 percent of the vote to Lula’s 45 percent, according to results reported by the electoral court.

Share This Kirkland-based casino operator Maverick Gaming has signaled that as many as eight of its Washington properties could shut down, with approximately 850 jobs at stake, according to the most recent development in the company’s ongoing Chapter 11 restructuring. The warning, disclosed through state filings, extends a wave of contractions that has already eliminated several locations across the Puget Sound region over the past year.

Share This Conditions in the United Arab Emirates, where Wynn Resorts is preparing to open the region’s first commercial casino resort, appear considerably more stable than media coverage implies, according to a recent assessment by JP Morgan. The investment bank’s note suggests that hospitality indicators in the Emirates have largely normalized, providing a constructive backdrop for Wynn Al Marjan Island ahead of its planned September 2027 opening.

Share This Turkish businessman Sudi Özkan, founder and chairman of the Princess International Group has died at the age of 87. According to multiple reports from Turkey, Özkan passed away on 2 October 2026 in Istanbul. His exact cause of death has not been officially announced, however he had been receiving medial treatment for sometime in Istanbul.