The complete collection of industry explainers, historical stories and reader guides.
Lotteries Historical explainer
A historical explainer on Ohio’s Vax-a-Million campaign, its public-health purpose and the difference between participation and evidence of impact.
Events of May–June 2021
Industry Historical explainer
What Playtech announced in March 2021, which technology was included, and why a supplier announcement is different from a regulatory endorsement.
Events of 30 March 2021Industry Historical explainer
A historical reading of Las Vegas Sands’ filing on the July–August 2021 suspension of gaming operations in Singapore.
Events of 22 July–4 August 2021Regulation Reader guide
A practical reading guide to public gambling registers: match the entity, domain, permissions and current status before drawing conclusions.
Explainers Reader guide
Why a long-run game statistic does not predict your next result, and how theoretical and observed return differ.
Explainers Editorial guide
A simple framework for separating company statements, regulatory decisions and independently established facts.
Regulation Historical explainer
A historical explanation of calls for a new regulator, and why a proposal must not be confused with an enacted change.
Events of 11 May 2022Industry Historical explainer
What a supplier’s live-launch statement establishes, and why readers should distinguish an integration agreement from a product launch.
Events of 21 June 2021Industry Historical explainer
The September 2021 selection of MGM Japan and ORIX was a development milestone, not an opening announcement.
Events of 28 September 2021Industry Historical explainer
Why a cloud-location announcement concerns infrastructure, and what it does not establish about individual gambling businesses.
Events of 2021Industry Historical explainer
Understanding the distinction between official sports data, betting technology and audience engagement.
Events of 5 August 2021Industry Historical explainer
Penn National in Louisiana and Caesars in Indiana were named in conditional market-access agreements announced in February 2022.
Events of 23 February 2022Industry Historical explainer
A historical account of a content partnership and the difference between a supplier catalogue and an operator’s complete service.
Events of 25 May 2021Industry Historical explainer
A 2021 content deal concerned Ghana; it should not be read as a single permission or launch across an entire continent.
Events of 22 September 2021Industry Historical explainer
How revenue, stakes and comparison periods tell different stories in a quarterly trading table.
Events of First quarter 2021Regulation Historical explainer
The draft sent for legislative consideration followed public consultation and proposed changes to concession limits, duration and oversight.
Events of 14 January 2022Regulation Historical explainer
The 2022 policy programme and the later creation of a tender committee belong to different stages of the concession process.
Events of November 2021–July 2022Industry Historical explainer
Stakelogic identified Hurricane Games as its development partner; the source also contains a date discrepancy worth preserving.
Events of June 2022Industry Historical explainer
Company reporting identifies a July 2021 launch, while separating a supplier’s compliance claim from an official determination.
Events of July 2021Industry Historical explainer
The supplier’s March announcement covered slots, live casino and virtual sports in Venezuela.
Events of 12 March 2021Industry Historical explainer
The October supplier release named three product families but used both live and future-facing wording.
Events of 5 October 2021Industry Historical explainer
A supplier update places Blueprint in the aggregator portfolio, without turning network-wide results into a studio-specific claim.
Events of Summer 2021Industry Historical explainer
Company records show the proposal stage and the subsequent end of the Yokohama pursuit.
Events of 2021Industry Historical explainer
The June announcement combined a new product format with the use of NetEnt intellectual property after an acquisition.
Events of 9 June 2021Industry Historical explainer
The three product families named in Pragmatic Play’s contemporary announcement.
Events of 21 September 2021Industry Historical explainer
Two announcements on the same date concerned different markets and different types of business activity.
Events of 8 November 2021Explainers Reader guide
A geographical reading guide for a name frequently used in Macao resort and industry coverage.