6 December 2025
Canada’s iGaming market is entering a new phase as Ontario sets the pace, Alberta prepares its launch and competition intensifies across a rapidly growing sector.
Europe’s gambling boom has stalled, not because demand weakened, but because regulation tightened across Sweden, the UK and the Netherlands. Higher taxes, strict advertising limits and heavier compliance obligations have pushed all three markets into the same slowdown pattern. Growth has been replaced by stability, and offshore operators are filling the gaps left behind.
Governments worldwide are tightening gambling advertising rules as youth exposure data, influencer driven content and algorithmic targeting outpace older regulations. The Netherlands sparked the shift with its sweeping visibility ban, and now multiple countries are preparing similar restrictions as political pressure and digital platform risks converge in 2025.
Missouri is preparing to launch legal sports betting in December, while Minnesota is intensifying action against offshore gambling sites. The two states now illustrate sharply different paths in the national betting debate, with one expanding regulated markets and the other relying on enforcement as lawmakers struggle to agree on a legal framework.
A confidential dossier accusing Evolution of operating in unregulated markets has sparked one of the most contentious feuds in gambling tech. The allegations, which Playtech denies any link to, have raised questions about reputation, regulatory trust and market influence as two of the industry’s biggest suppliers navigate mounting scrutiny.
