iGaming is heating up on all fronts. Crypto casinos rolled out major community features, jackpots, and expansion plans, while traditional gaming faced tighter ad scrutiny and financial dips. Providers focused on high profile partnerships and brand building, as blockchain developments brought fresh momentum and a few regulatory hiccups. Let’s dive into this week’s iGaming Weekly!

Industry Overview

Crypto Casino

• On July 4th, Shuffle announced their plans to launch a US site!

• Goated dropped a new feature that allows players to take loans out using their future rewards as collateral.

• Sportsbet’s Discord server is now live, providing players with a spot to chat with others, score exclusive perks, and additional VIP rewards.

• Stake has launched a $1 million jackpot for bad beats on their Poker, with a hand of AAAJJ getting beat triggering the payout.

Traditional Gaming

• Macau officials have put a proposal forward to ban all type of gambling advertisement in an aim to reduce social harms linked to promos.

• FanDuel announced it is donating $100,000 to Next 18, a nonprofit organization founded to support mental health and well-being among military personnel.

• The first fiscal year loss in the Las Vegas Strip after COVID is set to happen this year (running FY total is at -3.3% currently).

Aggregators & Providers

• Evolution has signed a multi-year dear with games and toy company Hasbro to be their exclusive licensing partner for all online casino and slot ventures.

• SOFTSWISS hosted an exclusive premiere screening of “F1 The Movie” for its partners and clients in São Paulo, Brazil, and Valletta, Malta this past week.

Miscellaneous

• Grayscale’s multi-crypto ETF was paused by the SEC just one day after its approval was granted.

• The $SOL Staking ETF provided by REX-Osprey debuted with $33 million first-day volume.

New Releases

• Pragmatic: Waves of Poseidon

• Hacksaw: Invictus

• BGaming: Penalty Duel 

• Stake: Cult of Cash

• Whale: Whale Dice

Upcoming Releases

• Pragmatic: Club Tropicana – Happy Hour, Fortune of Aztec

• Hacksaw: Eye of Medusa, The Luxe

• NoLimit: Brute Force: Alien Onslaught, Tsar Wars, Seamen

• Push: Fish 'n' Nudge Big Catch, Power Paws

• BGaming: Lady Lucky Gun, Tramp Day Trueways, Infinity Pull

Upcoming Events

• July 10th - July 13th: Mallorca Blockchain Days 2025, Mallorca, Spain

• July 21st - July 22nd: Malaysia Blockchain Week 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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