The 2026 FIFA World Cup boosted France's regulated gambling market, preventing a slowdown in H1 GGR. Total market GGR (excluding casinos) reached €5.66bn for January-June, marking a modest 0.5% year-over-year growth, a significant deceleration from the 4.1% growth seen in the same period of 2025.
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The NCAA has joined the Bad Actor Program through a new partnership with Signify Group and IC360. The initiative focuses on detecting, identifying, and reporting individuals who direct online harassment and threats toward student-athletes, coaches, and officials.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has been forced to divest his stake in prediction market platform Polymarket to comply with NFL regulations. The move comes as regulatory scrutiny on the sector intensifies, with state authorities in Utah also filing criminal charges against Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour.
Sportsbook provider Altenar has partnered with Malta-based Wildz Group to power the operator's upcoming sports betting launch in Finland's newly regulated market, scheduled for July 2027. Wildz Group is the first operator to publicly announce it has secured an online gambling licence ahead of the market's opening.
The National Basketball Association has entered into agreements naming Kalshi and Polymarket as its preferred prediction market exchanges. In parallel, the league signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to facilitate regulatory cooperation and data sharing on NBA-related contracts.
The NBA has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and established partnerships with prediction market platforms. The initiative marks the league's formal entry into the prediction market landscape at the start of the 2026-27 season.