⚡️ Week in News: Illegal Market in the EU Hits Records While Countries Continue Tightening the Rules

Hey everyone! We’ve put together a new roundup of iGaming market news. Here are the most-discussed stories of recent days — enjoy the read.

📌 The Illegal Market Keeps Growing
— According to the European Casino Association (ECA), the volume of illegal online gambling in the EU reached €91.6 billion in 2025, up 14% year-over-year.
— Due to unlicensed operators, EU member state budgets missed out on €22.9 billion in tax revenue.
— The ECA estimates that more than 6,200 illegal operators continue to serve European players, and the majority of gambling content online promotes illegal platforms.

📌 New Opportunities
— New Zealand will begin issuing online casino licenses between July 17 and August 14. Authorities plan to issue a total of 15 licenses.
— Angola has launched a transitional licensing regime that will allow operators with expired licenses to continue operating until the market reform is complete.

— Legalization without illusions: why regulatory success doesn’t always mean market success

📌 Regulation: Making the Market More Transparent
— Germany has raised the maximum bet in licensed online slots for the first time: for players over 21, the limit has been increased from €1 to €3 per spin, and up to €5 for those meeting responsible gambling criteria.

— What Brazil, Germany, and UK regulators can learn from Ontario

📌 Fighting the Illegal Market
— In Brazil, the Attorney General’s Office has demanded that Google remove YouTube channels publishing instructions on how to create illegal online casinos.
— Armenia is creating a unified online registry of unlicensed operators. Providers will be required to block sites on the blacklist, and banks will be prohibited from processing payments to them.

— Why should gambling be legalized?

📌 New Restrictions
— In Azerbaijan, repeated participation in gambling may result in administrative detention of up to 15 days or a fine of up to 5,000 manats.
— Australia is considering an amendment package that would ban betting advertising during live broadcasts and introduce restrictions on certain types of online gambling.

📌 Court Ruling
— The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled that operators who were active before the market’s legalization in 2021 are not obligated to compensate players for losses incurred during that period.

🪄

👉 Which news story surprised you most this week? Drop it in the comments

👍 Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest news.

⚡️ Top Opportunities of the Week

We've compiled the offers worth paying attention to right now: new launches, increased rates, and fresh World Cup landing pages. If you've been planning tests — now is the time.

🇰🇿 KZ Ubet — rate increased + #PLUSBALL promotion: car giveaway and 20 million free bets

🇧🇷 BR Hiperbet — rate increased, sports landing page for the World Cup is ready

🌍 Africa Betting — new offer across 14 GEOs with a World Cup landing page

🇪🇺 EU Sport — new offer across 6 GEOs, up to 300 EUR, slot traffic accepted for FB*

🇪🇺 EU iGaming — two offers have expanded GEOs: Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Payouts from 170 and from 200 USD/EUR

🇧🇷 BR iGaming — Facebook* Apps opened in two offers + "Sports" category added

🇵🇭 PH Betting — increased rate for first deposit

🌍 MOJABET — new GEO: Zambia

🇺🇸 US iGaming — World Cup Fever: $50K giveaway + tournament with a $250K prize pool

🇨🇦 Batery Canada — new landing pages and player promotions

🇷🇺 🇧🇾 Winline, BetBoom, Betera, Fonbet — World Cup landing pages and promotions

🌍 Several more offers for Asia and LatAm — fresh tournament landing pages

All details — with your manager or in the 3SNET catalog.

👇 Which of this week's updates have you already put to work?

*Recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia.

😎 Working with the Kazakhstan Market or Just Getting Started? Then This Is Definitely for You

Sálemetsiz be! We have great news — a new special section has appeared on 3S.INFO, fully dedicated to iGaming in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

We've compiled everything you need for work in one place:
📌 current market regulation and licensing
📌 catalog of verified offers
📌 fresh news and analytical reviews
📌 payment solutions and local market specifics
📌 promo codes, promotions, and useful tools for affiliates
📌 sports calendar and industry conferences
📌 market statistics and key metrics
📌 a selection of the best setups and offers working right now

The section will be regularly updated so you always have current information for launching and scaling campaigns in Kazakhstan.
👉 If you work with this GEO or are just planning to enter the market — make sure to save it.

Top articles in the section:
📌 What has changed in Kazakhstan’s iGaming in 2026?
📌 Payments in Kazakh iGaming: What Works, What Gets Blocked, and Where Crypto Matters
📌 How Regulation and Integration Are Reshaping the Balance of Power in the Legal Market
📌 Why the Kazakh Player Goes Offshore: The Economics of Bonuses, Limits, and Payments

📌 And which GEO would you like to see next in this same format?

💸 Time to Upgrade Your Anti-Detect Browser — With a Discount? Easy.

Vision is a reliable and user-friendly anti-detect browser that helps you efficiently and securely manage multiple accounts across various platforms.

What Vision offers:
🔹 real browser fingerprints collected from actual user devices
🔹 UDP + QUIC support via SOCKS5
🔹 99.997% uptime
🔹 flexible team collaboration
🔹 proxy encryption
🔹 built-in 2FA, Human Type, synchronizer, and other tools to speed up your workflow

🎁 Bonus for 3SNET partners:
Promo code 3SNET gives 20% off your first purchase of any plan.

💸 Grab the discount here.
👉 More deals — here.

🔥Kazakhstan Takes Center Stage: New 3S.INFO Digest

The latest on Kazakhstan's iGaming market, regulation, payments, affiliate opportunities, plus new interviews, jobs, and conferences — all in one digest. ⚡️

🪄iGaming Heroes
📌Evgeny Fomenko, founder of iProxy.online, RentAcc.agency, and Push.Express
📌 More reviews — on the website.

🪄Useful reads
📌Kazakhstan iGaming Market: Full Guide for Affiliates
📌How Modern iGaming Works in Kazakhstan: Survival, Regulation, New Growth Points
📌How Modern iGaming Works in Kazakhstan: Survival, Regulation, New Growth Points
📌Where to Find Traffic: Horse Racing Betting
📌Payments: The New Battleground in iGaming
📌Payment Systems in Kazakhstani iGaming: What Works, What Gets Blocked, and Why Crypto Matters
📌A Strong Semantic Core Is Almost a Ready-Made Brief for Writers and Marketing Campaigns
📌US Sweepstakes Casinos Under Pressure: Is the Market on the Brink of a Major Overhaul?
📌 What Brazil, Germany, and the UK Can Adopt from Ontario's Regulatory Model
📌 More useful articles — on the website.

🪄 Events
📌Affiliate Summit East 2026 — July 27-28, 2026, New York, USA
📌 More conferences — here.

🪄 Promo codes
📌 BitBrowser Promo Code — 10 Profiles + 15% Discount!
📌 More promo codes for operators and affiliates — in the promo codes section.

🪄Companies
📌 Talent Hub — HR and recruitment agency
📌 EvenBet Gaming — online poker and iGaming platform
📌 Offside Gaming — iGaming platform for online casinos and sportsbooks
📌 More сompanies — on the website.

🪄iGaming job
📌 Automation-first SEO Operator at 3SNET
📌Content Manager at LEGENDS Team
📌SEO Specialist at Megapari
📌 More сompanies — on the website.

Write in the comments what else you would like us to write about.
❤️‍🔥

⚡️ The Week's Highlights: What the iGaming Market Was Talking About

¡Hola, amigos! We hope the final didn't disappoint. Meanwhile, we've compiled the top iGaming news of the week. Let's go! ❤️‍🔥

📌 Numbers of the Week
— Russian bookmakers' spending on mobile app advertising grew 70% in Q1 2026.

— One in nine players in the US bet more than $1,000 over the course of a year. The study also shows that bettors face financial difficulties more often than the general population.

— Kazakhstan's gambling market volume reached 592.2 billion tenge. Growth slowed to 1.9% compared to 39% the year before.

— Greece's gambling market GGR grew to €3.07 billion (+6.7% year-over-year), with more than 60% of revenue still coming from the land-based segment.

📌 Europe Tightens Control
— The EU will for the first time establish unified financial monitoring requirements for gambling operators as part of a new anti-money laundering package.

— The combined GGR of EGBA member companies grew 34% to €18 billion, with betting volume increasing to €275.3 billion.

📌 New Market
— The Canadian province of Alberta is officially launching a regulated online gambling market. Among the first license applicants are DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, bet365, and other major brands.

📌 New Advertising Rules
— From September 14, Google is tightening gambling advertising requirements. Accounts with repeated violations will no longer be able to obtain new advertising certificates, and existing ones may be revoked.

— How Do Social Media and Search Engines Block iGaming?

— Brazil has significantly expanded its betting advertising requirements. Responsibility now extends not just to operators, but also to media outlets, influencers, social networks, app stores, and other platforms that carry gambling ads.

📌 AI Comes to Poker
— WSOP broadcasts will feature an AI-powered tool that assesses the probability of a bluff based on player behavior. The analysis will only be shown after hands are completed so as not to influence gameplay.

— GGPoker has introduced Action Voice — in-game action commentary delivered in the voices of well-known professional poker players.

📌 Fighting the Illegal Market
— Interpol has released the results of the international Operation First Light 2026: 5,811 people were detained across 97 countries, with seized assets valued at over $293 million.

— Thailand has shut down an illegal operator with an annual turnover of approximately $300 million.

— In Vietnam, police dismantled three major online betting networks with a combined turnover of around $75 million.

📌 Curaçao Updates Its Rules
— The Curaçao Gaming Authority has published an official procedure for operators exiting the market. The document outlines procedures for voluntary license surrender, revocation, renewal refusal, and individual domain closure, and establishes the obligation for operators to fully settle all player obligations before ceasing operations.

— iGaming License: How to Choose a Jurisdiction, Navigate the Process, and Avoid Losing Money on Compliance

🪄

👉 Which news story surprised you most this week? Drop it in the comments

👍 Subscribe to stay up to date with the latest news.

⚡️ Opportunities of the Week: Updates You Can't Miss

Over the past week, new offers appeared in the 3SNET catalog, rates increased, and available GEOs expanded. We've compiled all the changes in one place.

🇰🇪 Kenya — new betting & gambling offer, payment per total deposit. A live GEO with a low entry barrier.

🇱🇺 Luxembourg — new iGaming offer, attractive FTD rate for a Tier-1 audience.

🇧🇷 Brazil — new iGaming offer for the hottest LATAM market. Payment per total deposit + wager.

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan — rate increased. A strong Tier-3 GEO with low competition.

🌍 Europe, 7 GEOs — two new offers, up to 170 EUR per FTD.

🌍 Multi-GEO, 21 GEOs — the lineup is back in rotation, FTD payouts across: Europe + Gulf + USA, Canada, Australia.

🇹🇿 Tanzania — new GEO on a highly trusted brand. Africa with growing demand and available volume.

🇧🇷 Brazil, KTOcom — offers relaunched for PPC/SEO, ASO, and Facebook*. Local brand with a local license, payouts up to 170 BRL.

Several more rate and GEO updates — with your manager or in the 3SNET catalog.

👇 Which offer have you already added to your tests?

*Recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia.