Burghclere, owner of EGR Global, has acquired H2 Gambling Capital, according to the announcement. The deal brings the two businesses into the same portfolio; H2 analyses more than 150 national and state gambling markets and tracks over 100 listed operators and suppliers.
Investors and industry participants gain a combined portfolio pairing H2’s gambling-market analysis with EGR Global.
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Reportedly, H2GC forecasts lower NFL betting handle this season amid competition from prediction markets. Its modelling projects a 2% year-on-year decline in gross win to $3.5bn, using average sportsbook hold assumptions.
DOCV director Julia Lensing disputed the GGL’s estimate that illegal online gambling accounted for 22.97% of Germany’s market in 2024. Lensing cited an unpublished research update that she said put illegal operators’ share of online playing time at 57% in 2025; the findings could not be independently checked. She also called for changes to gambling rules and more market data from the GGL.
The GGL estimated the share of the illegal online gambling market in Germany for 2024 at 22.97%. Lensing, director of DOCV, said that this percentage does not give a good picture of the size of the illegal market. She referred to several studies in an interview.
Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden is seeking greater cooperation with technology platforms and payment providers to address illegal gambling, its head Anders Dorph said. Estimates of licensed-market channelisation range from 78% to 82%, while a regulator survey found that 6–7% of Danish gamblers use illegal sites; the regulator has met Meta and held talks with Google.
Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden is seeking cooperation with technology platforms and payment providers to tackle illegal gambling, its head Anders Dorph said. Dorph said the regulator met Meta in May and is seeking another meeting, and has held talks with Google.
H2 Gambling Capital analyst Hayden Bee assessed Nova Scotia’s plans to explore a commercialised gaming market and its potential effect on Atlantic Canada. The report headline characterises regulation as likely to take several years; the available text contains no further details of Bee’s analysis.
An H2GC headline says Nova Scotia regulation is “likely to take several years”. Nova Scotia's government has revealed it is looking into a commercialised gaming market. Hayden Bee, a North America data analyst at H2 Gambling Capital, looks at the numbers and the wider implications for Atlantic Canada.
A report citing an industry estimate says Brazil’s 25 September 2026 ban on fixed-odds betting could move about R$25bn of betting volume to unlicensed operators. The estimate puts the illegal market at R$42bn, up from R$17bn, while the article says more than 25 million people had used regulated platforms by September.
Brazil's federal government banned the operation, offer, intermediation and advertising of fixed-odds betting across the country on 25 September 2026, according to an opinion article. The article says the measure was Provisional Measure No 1.394.