Cleared 4 November 2026 - France's Autorité de la concurrence unconditionally clears Banijay Gaming's plan to acquire exclusive control of the JOA group, which operates 33 land-based casinos across France, having been notified of the transaction on 7 October 2026. The authority, which had previously reviewed both land-based casino and online gambling deals separately, says this is the first transaction it has assessed that creates an operator active in both channels in France, Banijay's Betclic sitting alongside Tipico in the group.
Amended 28 October 2026 - MGM Resorts signs an amended voting agreement with People Incorporated, formerly IAC, after People withdrew its roughly $18bn proposal to buy the shares it did not already own. The covered entities, People, Barry Diller and certain associated persons holding 66.8 million shares or about 27% of MGM, agree not to buy more stock beyond a 29.9% cap and to vote their shares with the board's recommendation in any change of control, while MGM undertakes not to adopt defensive measures designed to be adverse to them. The agreement does not oblige either side to pursue a transaction and MGM says none is contemplated.
Disclosed 28 October 2026 - Pennsylvania's Office of Enforcement Counsel formally objects to the licensing workaround Bally's Intralot and evoke proposed for the £243.1m takeover, under which evoke's 888 Atlantic subsidiary would surrender its Pennsylvania interactive gaming manufacturer licence and wind down the technology and player-account services it provides to Caesars' online WSOP offering. State rules restrict the acquisition of an interactive gaming manufacturer by a group that also holds interactive gaming certificates, and Bally's Corporation owns Bally's Pennsylvania, which holds two, so the companies sought a conditional change of control while the licence is surrendered. The Gaming Control Board makes the final call, and a standard review running nine months or more would sit badly against a close targeted for late Q4 2026 or early Q1 2027.
Confirmed 27 October 2026 - Flutter tells SBC News that recent regulatory changes in Italy have made the Betfair Exchange no longer commercially sustainable, and that Betfair Sportsbook and Casino will also be discontinued in the market shortly. The Italian affiliate programme ends on 31 October 2026, and Flutter has given no customer-facing closure date while saying the three Betfair products are a very small part of its Italian revenue and that no local staff or other brands are affected. Sisal, Snai and PokerStars continue under the five licences Flutter took at €7m per brand before Italy's new concession framework took effect in November 2025.
Confirmed 13 October 2026 - New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs closes its ascending-clock auction for online casino licences, with 32 bidders competing over 10 rounds for 15 rights to apply at a final price of NZ$15m (US$8.4m) each. Eleven participants secured rights, among them Entain through Playvia Gaming (NZ) for two and the TAB New Zealand joint venture for one, and Easygo's Stake New Zealand for one; each winner must now clear a full application and regulatory assessment before a licence is granted, and operators that have not applied by December must exit the market on 1 December.
Announced 7 October 2026 - Sportradar enters a definitive agreement to sell Atrium Sports, the baseball and basketball coaching and scouting business of Synergy Sports, to Teamworks Innovations for $170m in cash, an accretive double-digit EBITDA multiple against Sportradar's own market valuation. Sportradar retains the automated video production cameras, graphics, computer vision and competition management products already woven into its betting, gaming and media offerings. Completion is expected in Q4 2026 subject to customary closing conditions.
Licensed 6 October 2026 - Easygo's Stake receives a gaming licence from Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis and confirms it will leave the province's grey market, with stake.com due to go live on 12 October under an operating agreement with the Alberta iGaming Corporation. Alberta opened its regulated online casino market on 13 July and requires every licensed operator to be out of the unregulated market by 13 October, with more than 50 platforms approved and around 30 already trading.
Soft-launched 30 September 2026 - Entain's new BlackRush Casino brand goes live for New Zealand players a day after the Department of Internal Affairs opened the auction for the country's 15 online casino licences, running on Entain's ElectraWorks Gibraltar licence and requiring a New Zealand VPN. The brand sits alongside New Zealand-facing FoxySpins and Entain's TAB NZ and betcha sportsbooks, with each licence covering a single brand and a maximum of three per operator. The regulated online casino market is expected to launch during 2027, with chief executive Stella David putting the annual opportunity at roughly £600m.
Withdrawn 23 September 2026 - Barry Diller's People Incorporated abandons its proposal to buy all the MGM Resorts shares it does not already own after concluding the mix was not coming together, and MGM's board restates its commitment to running the company as a standalone business. People keeps its 66.8 million shares, roughly 27% of MGM, and says it remains open to a future strategic transaction.
Voted 22 September 2026 - Caesars shareholders pass Fertitta Entertainment's ~$17.6bn all-cash take-private at $31 a share at a special meeting in Reno, with 133,313,001 votes for, 4,276,986 against and 5,687,952 abstentions, equal to about 65.4% of shares outstanding, and the result is confirmed in an 8-K filed on 23 September. Closing still turns on the FTC's 14 September Second Request, gaming approvals in every state where Caesars operates, and financing of the $6.6bn debt package, with a ticking fee of $0.00715 a share a day if the deal has not completed by 26 June 2027.
Voted 18 September 2026 - Bally's Intralot shareholders pass the resolutions needed for the recommended all-share takeover of evoke, with 99.585% backing the capital increase at a meeting representing 72.89% of the share capital. evoke investors cleared the scheme in August, leaving antitrust clearances, including a Jersey competition review opened on 14 September, and UK court sanction outstanding for a deal valuing the William Hill and 888 owner at about £243.1m, or 52p a share.
Disclosed 17 September 2026 - Caesars says the FTC issued a Second Request to Caesars and Fertitta Entertainment on 14 September, extending the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period until 30 days after both sides substantially comply and pushing any close further out. The ~$17.6bn all-cash take-private at $31 a share still faces a shareholder vote on 22 September, which does not resolve the antitrust review.
Final outcome 16 September 2026 - Kenneth Dart's Candle Lake declares its SEK 695 per share mandatory cash offer for Evolution unconditional and closed, with only 111,716 shares, about 0.06%, tendered by the 15 September deadline. Candle Lake holds roughly 31.6% of the live-casino supplier, or 33.8% including total return swaps, with settlement due on or around 23 September after the board urged shareholders to reject the offer.
Announced 15 September 2026 - OB Global's OpenBet agrees to acquire Hungarian sportsbook technology provider OmniLogic, adding lottery-facing sportsbook capability and a team based principally in Győr. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to complete later in 2026.
Easygo spins off the studios behind Stake's exclusive games as Juice, a Melbourne-based supplier led by former Easygo chief strategy officer Brais Pena. More than 100 games from Twist Gaming, Massive Studios, Knucklehead Syndicate, Monstrums and The Originals open to other operators for the first time, with Roobet the first to carry the full catalogue.
Launched 8 September 2026 - bet365's online sportsbook goes live in Washington, D.C. with more than 100 sports for pre-match and in-play betting, arriving alongside a multi-year partnership with Monumental Sports & Entertainment covering the Capitals, Wizards and Mystics. The launch takes bet365 to 18 US states plus the District of Columbia, following its West Virginia debut in August.
Launched 27 August 2026 - bet365's sportsbook and online casino go live in West Virginia, its 18th US sports betting state, ahead of the college football and NFL seasons.
Definitive proxy filed 26 August 2026 - Caesars schedules a special meeting for 22 September 2026 at which shareholders vote on Fertitta Entertainment's ~$17.6bn all-cash acquisition at $31 a share, taking the company private; closing is still not expected until 2027.
Statement 24 August 2026 - Evolution's board recommends shareholders reject Candle Lake's mandatory SEK 695 per share cash offer, arguing it does not reflect the company's fair market value given the discount to the prevailing share price; the acceptance period runs until on or around 15 September 2026.
Disclosed 18 August 2026 - Caesars' proxy filing reveals Carl Icahn's $34-a-share bid, $3 above Fertitta Entertainment's $31, failed to displace the agreement during two extended go-shop windows that closed on 10 August, with Caesars citing an incomplete and unsigned debt commitment letter for Icahn's offer. The board keeps its recommendation of the ~$17.6bn Fertitta deal ahead of a shareholder vote, with the Nevada Gaming Commission having already amended Caesars' permits and a ticking fee due if closing slips past June 2027.
Announced 17 August 2026 - evoke shareholders clear a key condition of Bally's Intralot's recommended all-share takeover, with 99.91% of scheme shares backing the deal at the court meeting and 99.63% of votes cast supporting the special resolution at the general meeting. Bally's Intralot holds its own shareholder vote on 18 September, and court sanction and completion are still expected in Q4 2026 or Q1 2027; evoke investors receive 0.537 new Intralot shares (or cash, capped at £117.1m) per share, valuing the William Hill and 888 owner at about £243.1m.
Announced 13 August 2026 - Kenneth Dart's Cayman vehicle Candle Lake makes a mandatory cash offer of SEK 695 per share after crossing the 30% threshold, valuing the live casino market leader at about SEK 131.7 billion. Candle Lake calls the bid a financial investment rather than a move for control; if its stake passes 90% it intends to start compulsory redemption and promote a delisting from Nasdaq Stockholm. Acceptance period runs 17 August to 15 September 2026.
Announced 13 August 2026 with H1 results - Entain sells a 20% stake in Entain CEE, the STS (Poland) and SuperSport (Croatia) joint venture, back to partner EMMA Capital for €425m, cutting its own holding from 67.5% to 47.5% and implying a €2.1bn enterprise value. Completion expected early Q4 2026, with proceeds earmarked to bring group leverage below 3x.
Announced 10 August 2026 at A$0.17 per share, a 41% premium to the prior close, reversing the collapse of earlier takeover talks; expected to complete Q1 2027 subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.
Completed 3 August 2026 - first announced in March, the deal brings the Casino Days brand alongside Betsafe in Ontario and opens the door to Alberta's newly launched iGaming market, plus B2B technology assets.
Agreed 30 July 2026 - the London-listed trading platform buys the US daily fantasy and prediction markets operator for roughly $1.1bn upfront plus a $200m earnout, led by former Paddy Power Betfair CEO Breon Corcoran.
Announced 27 July 2026 - Fanatics buys Water Street Labs, a CFTC-registered designated contract market, and CX Clearinghouse, its derivatives clearing organisation, from BGC, bringing in-house the regulated infrastructure behind Fanatics Markets ahead of a planned push into financial event contracts.
Announced 22 July 2026; shares trade as GRSD from 23 July 2026. The rebrand draws a clear line between Grandstand the company and Gambling.com the consumer brand.
Terminated 21 July 2026 - Evolution walks away from the two-year-old $85m takeover of the US table games supplier after the 17 July outside date passes with two regulatory approvals still outstanding, paying a $5.2m termination fee; the existing commercial licensing relationship continues.
Announced 28 May 2026 - Tilman Fertitta's holding company pays $31 a share in cash, a 49% premium, to take Caesars private and delist it from Nasdaq; CEO Tom Reeg stays on and a go-shop period runs until 11 July, with closing not expected until 2027.
After a 14-month Hellenic Competition Commission review found Novibet was the only operator capable of challenging OPAP's dominance, both sides jointly abandon the deal.
Tabcorp CEO Gillon McLachlan and BetMakers chair Matt Davey held informal talks since 2025; no formal offer emerged and discussions ceased in February.
Unified fan hub replacing the individual NetEnt, Red Tiger, Big Time Gaming, Nolimit City and Sneaky Slots sites - games, leaderboards, tournaments and streamer content under one roof.
Easygo's remote gaming server moves to engine.io and trades simply as Engine, dropping the Stake name as it prepares multi-casino support so operators beyond Stake can carry its games. Its developer licence still ties releases to Stake's Curaçao operator, Medium Rare N.V.
Banijay Group combines Tipico with its existing Betclic business to create a new sports-betting group across six European markets, valuing Tipico at roughly $5.4bn.
Announced 21 October 2025 - the CFTC-licensed event contracts exchange gives DraftKings the federal licence and technology behind the DraftKings Predictions app launched two months later in 38 states.
OPAP stops operating as an independent listed company and folds into Allwyn; OPAP's commercial identity is set to be replaced by the Allwyn brand from Q1 2026.
Announced 26 September 2025 - a new in-house slot studio debuting with Nip Tuck, built from scratch in the Evolution RNG portfolio and using Nolimit City's xMechanics.
Announced 22 September 2025: Allwyn pays $1.6bn cash for a 62.3% stake in the largest US daily fantasy sports operator, implying an upfront valuation of around $2.6bn.
Completed 1 April 2024 - Freebets.com, WhichBingo.co.uk, Nettiskasinot.com, Vedonlyonti.com and related affiliate assets; Sportradar took XLMedia's North American sites the same year.
A data supplier becomes a media owner — Sportradar had already been feeding these sites live sports data since 2022. XLMedia sold its Europe/Canada assets to Gambling.com Group earlier the same year and became a cash shell after this deal.
Betting on the standalone unikrn.com sportsbook ends on 20 October; Entain repositions Unikrn's esports technology and brand inside its own platform instead of selling it.
Completed 22 June 2022 - the slots studio behind the xNudge, xWays and xSplit mechanics, founded in 2014 by Jonas Tegman and Örpen Kisacikoglu, joins the Evolution content family alongside NetEnt and Big Time Gaming.
Sells its lottery business to Brookfield Business Partners, which keeps the Scientific Games name; the remaining games business rebrands as Light & Wonder.
OPAP sells its 36.75% stake in Kaizen Gaming's international Betano business to its own parent Allwyn, keeping full control of the domestic Stoiximan brand.
Closed February 2018 - Bookies.com, Bookmakers.co.uk, FootballScores.com and 76 sports betting and casino domains; relaunched as the lead US sportsbook portal.