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Top iGaming stories / Oct 26

Highlights of the day
  • MagBet’s daily roundup brings together the key industry developments from regulatory shifts and business decisions to partnerships, technology updates, and market expansion.
  • Macau’s six casino operators committed MOP9 billion to a government-backed economic diversification fund, with contributions counting toward their existing non-gaming concession obligations.
  • Alberta’s first market report recorded CA$122.1 million in revenue from regulated iGaming between July 13 and September 30, as operator participation expanded.
  • Illinois proposed extending self-exclusion to video gaming terminals through identity verification, alongside optional digital gaming accounts and changes to how customers fund play.
  • Ohio ordered licensees and applicants to stop supporting sports prediction markets operating without state authorization and confirm their compliance by October 30.
  • Peru proposed lower online gambling fines, reducing the maximum penalty from 200 to 70 UIT while revising advertising requirements and regulatory supervision.
  • The Philippine DOJ warned that illegal POGOs and related scam operations remain active despite the ban, with recent raids uncovering smaller premises.
  • BetMGM renewed its Canadian NFL partnership for another year, extending branding and marketing rights across Ontario and Alberta through digital and retail channels.
  • Michigan operators reported $355.7 million in September online gambling gross receipts, up 5.4% from August, with iGaming contributing $300.2 million to the total.
  • Cambodian courts froze nearly $1 billion in Prince Group-linked assets, including casino premises, amid investigations into alleged organized fraud and money laundering.
  • SkyCity is establishing a structured acquisition proposal process while separately pursuing an Adelaide casino sale and preparing applications for two New Zealand online casino licenses.

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