H2 Gambling Capital estimates that offshore operators’ UK online gambling turnover could rise to £36bn by 2031, from £16.6bn in 2025. The study attributes the projected growth partly to higher duties, including a 40% Remote Gaming Duty from 1 April 2026 and a planned Remote Betting Duty increase to 25% in 2027.
The projections indicate that higher duties could shift more UK gambling activity to unlicensed offshore operators.
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The Betting and Gaming Council has issued an open letter calling on major UK technology platforms to tackle illegal gambling advertising. The letter, signed by chief executive Grainne Hurst, asks platforms to identify and remove adverts, increase enforcement resources and work with regulators and law enforcement; it cites estimates that illegal operators account for nearly half of UK gambling advertising spend.
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 Lensing cited an unpublished research update that she said put illegal operators’ share of online playing time at 57% in 2025; the findings could not be independently checked.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.