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Sega Sammy reports six-month gaming sales up 91.1% to JPY16.36bn
Sega Sammy Holdings reported gaming-business sales of nearly JPY16.36bn for the six months to 30 September 2026, up 91.1% year on year. The segment recorded an operating loss of JPY3.9bn, which the company attributed in part to higher sales and a wider loss following its acquisitions of GAN and Stakelogic BV; group net profit rose 298.6% to JPY10.93bn.
Paradise Co reports July casino sales up 25.8% month on month
Paradise Co reported July casino sales of KRW77.89 billion, up 25.8% from June and 3.6% year on year, in a Korea Exchange filing. Sales across its four foreigner-only casino operations rose 4.6% year on year to KRW554.26 billion in the first seven months of 2026.
MEF reports €308m online instant-lottery sales in Italy for first nine months
Italy’s economy undersecretary Lucia Albano responded to a Democratic Party parliamentary question about six newly authorised online instant lotteries. She said the segment recorded €308m in sales in January-September 2026, 24% more than a year earlier, equal to 0.24% of public gaming sales; player spending was about €56m, or around 0.35% of total spending.
Italy's online instant lotteries recorded €308m in sales in the first nine months of 2026, up 24% on the same period a year earlier, economy undersecretary Lucia Albano told parliament. The segment accounted for 0.24% of total Italian public gaming sales, according to the response to a Democratic Party question on the authorisation of six new national instant lotteries with remote participation.
Churchill Downs plans separate sales of nine regional casinos
It was reported that Churchill Downs intends to divest nine regional properties through separate transactions or smaller packages. The company has not given prices, buyers or a timetable, and expects proceeds to support debt reduction, investment and repurchases.
Quaest poll puts bets and social media at 7% as source of hope nationwide
A Quaest poll found that 16% of respondents who were optimistic about Brazil's future cited regulation of betting and social media as a source of hope under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. That group represented 44% of respondents, making the combined issue about 7% of the full sample; the poll did not separate betting from social-media regulation. The survey interviewed 2,004 people from 30 October to 2 November.