Brazilian Online Gaming and Betting Market Is Thriving, More Than US$11 Billion Gambled in 2023

The popularity of online gaming and betting in Brazil is increasing, and the country benefits from it. From the beginning of 2023 to November the players in Brazil spent about 54 billion reais (US$11.1 billion) on various online gaming and betting products. 

Thriving market:

As the renowned Brazilian news portal Folha de S. Paulo reports, the data has come from the country’s Central Bank, and the number is known because of the revenue that foreign companies earned in Brazil during 11 months of 2023.

The Secretariat of Foreign Trade revealed interesting news: last year, the amount o…

iGO Releases Q1 FY23-24 Market Performance Report; iGaming Dominates Handily in Ontario

In its most recent quarterly revenue report, iGaming Ontario (iGO), a subsidiary of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), brakes down the figures by sector for the very first time. According to the report, which was published on July 19, total wagers made over the first quarter (Q1) of the 2023-24 fiscal year (FY) (April 1st – June 30th) in Ontario came to CAD$14 billion (USD$10.6 billion). These figures from iGO represent a staggering 243 percent swell from the $4.076 billion reported across Q1 FY22-23. The previous quarterly record, $10.5 billion, was set in Q4.

Also provided by the agency were full fiscal year 2022-23 figures spanning from the April 4, 2022, launch of online wagering, through March 31, 2023. That period’s total handle was reported at CAD$…

WandaVision Episode 9 Reaction Roundup- What Did Everyone Think Of The Final Episode-

The very first Disney+ MCU series has wrapped up. The only season of WandaVision has come to a close, and the series took fans on quite the journey. But what did those fans think of the finale and how it all wrapped up?

We’ve combed through Twitter to check out some fan and critic reactions to the final episode. Take note, if you haven’t seen the episode yet–or maybe even if you have–there are two sequences during the credits to stick around for. And you do not want to miss them.

Fortnite And Dead Space Crossover Is Rumored For January

It appears Motive Studio will be working with Epic Games for a Fortnite / Dead Space collaboration. Thanks to an Inside Gaming report, we know this collaboration is supposed to happen sometime in January, before the Dead Space remake launch on January 27. If the reports are true, this may be Fortnite’s first major collaboration of 2023–though certainly not its last. The reporter, Tom Henderson, has a good track record when reporting Fortnite rumors.

Fortnite is no stranger when it comes to bringing other IPs into its game. Recently, characters such as Doom Slayer from the Doom series and Geralt from The Witcher franchise have made their way into the latest battle pass for Chapter 4, Season 1.

Netherlands regulator warns against auto-play video slot functionalities

The gaming regulator for the Netherlands has detailed that it recently ordered a locally-licensed online casino to remove auto-play functionalities from its selection of video slots owing to the fact that all forms of involuntary play are forbidden under the tenets of the small nation’s Remote Gambling Act.

The Kansspelautoriteit watchdog used an official press release to detail that the unnamed operator was investigated following complaints that its portfolio featured at least three video slots where aficionados were allowed to purchase multiple spins that were systematically expended automatically once play kicked off. The regulator pronounced that this state of affairs permitted customers to initiate games ‘again and again’ so long as they contin…

Netherlands iGaming market to launch in October with around 35 licensed operators

In the Netherlands and the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) regulator has reportedly announced that it expects to have licensed approximately 35 operators by the time the nation’s iGaming market goes live from the first day of October.

According to a report from the online news domain at iGamingBusiness.com, the state-run watchdog revealed that it is to begin accessing license applications from next month after the county’s Remote Gambling Act comes into force. The source explained that this piece of legislation was ratified in February of 2019 and is to permit approved operators to offer a range of iGaming entertainment to the around 17 million people in the Netherlands for the first time.

Confirmed commitment:

The KSA’s forecast was purportedl…