Happy Monday! While you were looking for the strength to get out of bed, the EU's illegal gambling market found €13B. Let's see how everyone's week is going 👇

⚡️ $36B in losses, €13B in illegal market profits, and record taxes: how much iGaming earns — and loses

Fresh numbers on gambling money, regulatory shifts, and figures that show the true scale of both legal and illegal markets.

📌 Follow the money

— Singapore's gambling tax revenue reached $2.84B for the fiscal year — up 11.9% year-on-year

— Australian players spent a record $36B on gambling in the 2025–2026 fiscal year — $1.2B more than the year before

— In France, the total tax burden on online betting reaches 59.3% of GGR: 33.7% fiscal levy, 15% social, 10.6% sports. The highest rate in Europe

— In Brazil, operators have received $3.5M in fines since 2025, with 66,000+ domains blocked

— Also in Brazil: 14 licensed betting sites suspended over SPA compliance violations

— Gen Z and millennials made up 88% of all online bettors in the US in July 2026. On average, players lose 25 cents of every dollar sent to a bookmaker

— The EU's illegal gambling sector may hit €13B in net profit in 2026. Already 35% of payments on illegal sites are made in crypto — the share could reach 70% by 2030

— Crypto payment risks for iGaming operators in 2026 — full breakdown on 3S.INFO

📌 GEO news

— Armenia will start blocking illegal gambling sites via internet providers from February 2027

— In Russia, 717 self-exclusion applications were filed via MFC service centers in the first week of September alone — not counting those filed through Gosuslugi

— From October 2026, Cambodia will temporarily suspend live games across all its venues

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