Paysafe joined the Social Gaming Leadership Alliance, becoming its second payments-provider member. The alliance said Paysafe’s experience in payments would support its advocacy on regulatory frameworks for social and sweepstakes gaming.
The membership adds a payments provider to an alliance advocating on regulation affecting social and sweepstakes gaming.
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It was reported that Flutter is making PokerStars the main poker product across its UK brands. The rollout starts with Betfair, followed by planned integration with Sky Bet and Paddy Power later in the year.
Lex Veldhuis announced that his poker streams would return on 3 January, broadcasting from the Netherlands on Twitch, YouTube and Kick. The report infers that his relationship with PokerStars, which began in January 2009, has ended; Veldhuis did not explicitly confirm the split in the quoted announcement.
Amusnet Italia managing director Polina Nedyalkova said the company recorded its strongest month to date for gross gaming revenue and betting volume in Italy in October 2026. She said agreements with PokerStars, 888 and bet365 had strengthened its local presence.
Flutter said it will gradually close Betfair Exchange, Sportsbook and Casino in Italy, citing upcoming regulatory changes that have made the exchange commercially unsustainable. It has not given a date for ending player services; the affiliate programme will end on 31 October 2026, and affiliates must remove Italian promotional material by 29 October.
Flutter expects to gain UK market share as higher gaming tax pressures smaller operators. Richard Clarke, managing director at Paddy Power and Betfair, said Flutter expects a £500m impact from next year. He warned that faster growth in unlicensed gambling would undermine gains for regulated operators.
Flutter expects to gain UK market share as the remote gaming tax pressures smaller operators, Richard Clarke, managing director at Flutter-owned brands Paddy Power and Betfair, said at the SBC Summit in Lisbon. Clarke said Flutter expects a £500m impact from next year, adding that the effect has already begun to appear this year and is being managed. He declined to set out the company's response in detail, saying plans would not be shared and that four areas for optimisation would be allowed to play out over the coming months.