Security scares, regulatory shockwaves, and a flood of fresh content made this one of the most eventful weeks in recent memory.

From a major crypto casino bouncing back after a forced outage to sweeping regulatory moves across multiple jurisdictions, including outright bans, high-profile lawsuits, and landmark stablecoin developments, the industry is navigating turbulence on several fronts, all while providers continue to push out an impressive wave of new and upcoming game releases.

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

Industry Overview

Crypto Casino

• Duelbits suffered a security incident that forced the platform offline for approximately three days before relaunching on September 27 with around $8M across hot and cold wallets, confirming player funds were safe.

• Shuffle enabled USD cash deposits and withdrawals via the Solana network on its platform.

• Rollbit added the Optimism network to its cashier deposit and withdrawal options, expanding support for USDC, WETH, and native ETH on the Layer 2 chain.

Traditional Gaming

• Brazillian President Lula has banned betting companies from operating in the country effective 6 October, less than two years after Brazil regulated online betting, with the industry trade body ANJL warning that the illegal market share could rise to 82%.

• New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James have filed a lawsuit against Polymarket, accusing the prediction markets operator of running an illegal, unlicensed gambling business in the state.

• Caesars Entertainment Shareholders have approved the $17.6 billion buyout by Tilman Fertitta, moving the deal to the regulatory review stage.

• Bulgaria Prime Minister Rumen Radev has introduced a bill to impose a near-total ban on outdoor gambling advertising and raise online betting licence fees.

Aggregators & Providers

• BGaming Partnered with win2day, Austria's only licensed operator since 2002, marking BGaming's entrance into the Austrian market with popular titles including Wild West TRUEWAYS, Lady Wolf Moon, and Bonanza Billion.

• Relax Gaming Launched Dream Drop jackpot product in the regulated Danish market through FDJ UNITED brands, with players at Unibet and Maria Casino now benefiting from the high-frequency jackpot product.

• Pragmatic Play Unveiled a star-studded Q4 2026 content lineup, rolling out an ambitious slate of new releases and formats across its multi-product portfolio.

Miscellaneous

• The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Ohio and Tennessee can apply their state gambling laws to Kalshi's sports-event contracts, dealing prediction markets a second federal appeals court loss that reinforces the classification of certain event contracts as gambling.

• The Federal Reserve proposed reserve and capital rules for stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act, with Governor Barr backing the move while seeking clearer redemption safeguards during periods of market stress.

• SoFi began settling debit and credit card transactions using its SoFiUSD stablecoin on Mastercard's network, migrating its entire card program (expected to exceed $25B in annualized volume) to stablecoin-based settlement rails.

New Releases

• Pragmatic Play: Freya 1000, Big Bass Vegas 1000

• Hacksaw Gaming: Moneyplane Bail2Win, 3 Magic Piggy Banks Hold & Win

• Nolimit City: Ding Dong Death

• Relax Gaming: Money Train 5

• BGaming: Bonanza Billion Merge Up, Classic Baccarat

Upcoming Releases

• Hacksaw Gaming: Le Vampire, Le Clubber, Dr Zappo, Demonic Dolls, Wicked Grin, The Jade Path Hold & Win, Jade Warrior Riches Hold & Win

• Pragmatic Play: Gates of Olympus 2500, Forever Split Megaways, Deep Sea Frenzy, Pelican Payday, Cheetah Wild, Big Bass Halloween Splash 1000, Wonders of Aztec

• BGaming: 3 Lucky Monkeys Hold & Win, Cats Love Yummy, Divine Queen: Power of Sun, Witchcraft Riches, Red and Hot Chilli

• Nolimit City: Gator Hunters 2

• Relax Gaming: Cloudforge

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