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Weekly column: Brazil's refund rules, what's due 16–20 Nov
This week Brazil extended its betting ban and wrote the rules for repaying players, the Dutch regulator kept a €750,000 fine, and two Swedish brands raised their bonus age to 20. Next week the EU's top court rules on Malta's Bill 55. Our forecast is below.
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Weekly column: prediction markets in court, and what's due 9–13 Nov
Last week was about who gets to regulate prediction markets. Kalshi lost twice in court, Arkansas sued VGW and Kalshi, and the CFTC pushed the other way. This week brings court deadlines, a regulators' awareness week and two operator exits. Our forecast is below each item.
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UK casino bonuses after 40% duty: more offers, less value
Since Remote Gaming Duty rose from 21% to 40% on 1 April 2026, UK casino sites have run more offers for existing customers, but each one has been worth less, according to promotions-tracking data from Jurnii. The welcome free-spins offers live in March were still live later, according to Jurnii. Here is what the data shows, how far it reaches, and what it means when you compare offers.
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The week regulators went after the money, not the ads
Brazil, the Netherlands, Norway and Curaçao all acted this week, and none of it was about advertising. Refund data, deposits, payments and the licence check players rely on: our column on why the money side is where player protection now happens.
Analysis · Relax Gaming ·
Money Train 5: Max Win, Ultra Mode and How the Bonus Works
Money Train 5 launched on 24 Sep 2026. Standard caps at 50,000× and Ultra at 100,000×, both below Money Train 4's 150,000×.
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Duck Hunters 2: exclusive window live, release 10 Sep
Playin exclusive sat 3 September. The studio stamps 10 September as the release. Bubba, grab that shotgun. The review URL still prints HOLD on the sheet.
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Ding Dong Death: Playin exclusive 15 Sep, release 22 Sep
Nolimit parks the graveyard avalanche for 22 September. Playin exclusive sits 15 September. The sheet is already public. The lobby stamp is not.
Analysis · Pragmatic Play ·
Gates of Olympus 2500: why this ceiling matters
From installer casinos to Olympus on a phone while the car drives itself. Better work finally sits on top — and 2500 pays respect to the name that helped put Pragmatic there.
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The 1000 is a path. Not a payout.
Play’n GO shipped Viking Runecraft 1000 on 25 August and Unigoat two days later. One restamps a 2017 world onto a scatter-pay grid. The other is a new cartoon IP. The number on the Viking box is the multiplier ceiling.
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The cashier clock is the score. A 0–24h card is not a payout.
AskGamblers spent 27 and 28 August on stalled withdrawals. A three-case sample averaged 31.3 days. A $190k ETH wire moved after a complaint. Our cards already print the window. The open question is whether it paid.
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Why book slots still rule the jungle
Explorer titles — the book, the tomb, the expanding symbol — keep paying the bills. Here is why the genre will not die, and how we score the bonuses attached to it.
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Wagering is the headline. Percentage is costume.
A 200% match at 35x on bonus plus deposit is a longer walk than a 100% at 20x. We keep publishing the arithmetic because the industry will not.