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iGaming Weekly | Jan. 19, 2026

iGaming Weekly | Jan. 19, 2026

Smokey Lisa
January 19, 2026

Momentum builds across content, capital, and compliance as the industry sharpens its edge.

This week highlighted continued innovation across competitive formats and content, alongside deeper convergence between gaming, crypto, and traditional finance. Regulators maintained pressure on enforcement while new digital-asset frameworks and infrastructure upgrades signaled longer-term confidence in the sector. With a steady flow of new content and major industry conversations ahead, momentum remains firmly on the industry’s side.

Let’s dive into this week’s iGaming Weekly!

Industry Overview

Crypto Casino

Stake and CS2 organizer StarLadder have partnered to debut “Stake Ranked”, a new Tier-2 LAN tournament series.
TimTheTatman has joined Roobet’s talent roster.

Traditional Gaming

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon revealed during the company’s Q4 earnings call that he has recently met with the leadership of what he called “two big prediction market companies”.
Snoop Dogg enters the sweepstakes sector with Dogg House Casino.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday nominated convicted illegal bookmaker Mathew Bowyer to the state’s List of Excluded Persons.

Aggregators & Providers

Relax has expanded their Powered By Relax platform by adding Wicked Games to their programme.

Miscellaneous

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a decree authorizing crypto banks in the country, establishing a framework for companies to offer both traditional banking and digital asset services.
Interactive Brokers now supports 24/7 stablecoin deposits for eligible clients, starting with USDC but expanding to Ripple’s RLUSD and PayPal’s PYUSD next week.
Ethereum treasury company Bitmine is investing $200 million into YouTuber MrBeast's company Beast Industries, with the investment supporting Beast Industries' move into the DeFi space.