Evolution wants its defamation lawsuit against Black Cube to survive a New Jersey hearing on 16–18 November. It may get exactly that, yet face a much longer and considerably more intrusive legal battle over its own business practices. The Spectrum report has already shown why further disclosure could become a problem, and Playtech's lawyers may eventually add a second formidable litigation team to the fight....
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Investigations & Analysis
October 30, 2026
Bet3000 franchise doubts grow amid German betting shop uncertainty
Would I invest my own money in a Bet3000 franchise today? Not a chance, at least not until somebody at Bet3000 explains what has happened to its once substantial German...
Investigations & Analysis
October 27, 2026
Germany betting shop market shrinks as online betting takes control
Germany once looked like a gold rush for betting shop operators. Thousands of locations, billions in wagers and franchise networks promising attractive business opportunities. Ten years later, the market is...
Investigations & Analysis
October 16, 2026
Lilith Wittmann thinks my Video is a Criminal Threat!
Well, apparently I have now become a potential criminal because Lilith Wittmann doesn't like what I said about her in a video. On Thursday evening, she sent Malta Media an...
Investigations & Analysis
October 13, 2026
Casino Secrets: Bitcoin payment demand raises data privacy concerns
Well, this is getting rather ugly now. I have been warning for two weeks about the consequences of Lilith Wittmann publishing sensitive personal information obtained from the hacked Curaçao Gaming...
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October 11, 2026
Ms Wittmann celebrates Berlin ruling despite MGA hacking findings
Lilith Wittmann has been celebrating what she describes as a victory against the Malta Gaming Authority. Unfortunately, the full Berlin court judgment tells a rather less flattering story. While the...
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October 7, 2026
Casino Secrets methods raise serious hacking and privacy concerns
I have followed Ms Wittmann's work for quite some time and I have used parts of it myself. Her earlier gambling research was useful when Malta Media examined Lottoland, and...
Investigations & Analysis
October 3, 2026
Evolution’s Latest Court Filing reads like a Complaint about the Media
I have read Evolution’s latest twelve-page filing in New Jersey several times now, and each read leaves me with the same impression: this is no longer just a company defending...
Investigations & Analysis
September 19, 2026
Germany’s gambling blocking system struggles with obvious targets
Germany reported 1,843 illegal gambling websites made inaccessible in 2025. That sounds decisive until prominent operators keep returning through new domains, payment routes and search listings. The problem is not...
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September 17, 2026
Bet3000 disappeared online. Who made money from it?
When Bet3000 vanished from the German online market, the customers and their money did not vanish with it. The public record cannot trace every displaced euro, but it shows clearly...
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September 15, 2026
GGL court defeats expose weaknesses in German gambling enforcement
Dr Nik Sarafi has turned a series of gambling disputes into a much broader test of the GGL’s legal discipline. His record is not undefeated and the latest decisions are...
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September 12, 2026
Evolution’s Asian trail did not disappear!
Hong Kong and Singapore produced complete player journeys. Thailand and Vietnam added funded play and operator-linked technical routes. None of that proves that Evolution knowingly approved every session, but it...
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September 11, 2026
Follow the tax money: Bet3000 versus Lottoland
A conservative internal Bet3000-linked tax compilation records €211,171,607.82 in German payments. Lilith Wittmann's Lottoland investigation points instead to disputed liabilities running into hundreds of millions. The figures are not equivalent,...
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September 9, 2026
Evolution Files investigation challenges claims of full clearance
Malta Media’s five-year investigation does not declare Evolution guilty of every allegation or Black Cube right about everything. It reconstructs the record, including the newly public Spectrum report and shows...
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September 9, 2026
GGL questioned over Tipwin LUGAS evidence and Bet3000 standards
A €50 provider-wide limit, a €1,000 cash deposit and successful wagers at Tipwin and Neobet around two minutes apart do not prove a regulatory offence. They do, however, touch the...
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September 9, 2026
Evolution Spectrum Report findings raise fresh compliance concerns
Playtech went public through the London Stock Exchange this morning, saying the Spectrum Report validates key parts of the Black Cube investigation. Having now read the report material filed yesterday,...
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September 7, 2026
GGL gambling enforcement raises questions over licence transparency
Germany can hit a rapper for €250,000. So where are the fines against its licensees? At a club concert in Wiesbaden, Germany's national gambling regulator used police assistance to serve...
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September 4, 2026
GGL faces scrutiny over competitor evidence in Bet3000 licence case
At 12:15 on 26 July 2024, an email reached named officials at Germany's national gambling regulator. Its sender, Dr Damir Böhm, said information had been received from within the circle...
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September 3, 2026
German gambling safeguards face test over cash-funded betting wallets
Professor Bernd Grzeszick's defence of SCHUFA G is stronger than the slogan normally used to attack it. He does not treat a credit score as a payslip or a live...
Investigations & Analysis
September 1, 2026
Tipwin wallet raises questions over Germany’s LUGAS betting limits
A test dossier received at Malta Media presents a €50 provider-wide LUGAS limit and a €1,000 cash deposit at a Tipwin shop before mobile bets at Tipwin and Neobet. The...
Investigations & Analysis
August 28, 2026
German gambling regulation faces renewed legal certainty questions
It is very easy to turn Simon Springer into a prophet if you start with the conclusion and work backwards. I am not interested in doing that. Springer spent decades...
Investigations & Analysis
August 26, 2026
Illegal Gambling Domain Remains Online Despite Years of GGL Action
There are moments when regulation becomes so complicated that everybody starts discussing procedures and forgets to look at the obvious thing sitting in front of them. Lottoland.com is one of...
Investigations & Analysis
August 24, 2026
Has the GGL regulated itself into a legal trap?
There are regulatory defeats, and then there are decisions that make you wonder whether the regulator has spent years sawing through the branch it was sitting on. The two interim...
Investigations & Analysis
August 22, 2026
GGL Bet3000 Case Raises Questions Over Regulatory Enforcement Choices
The GGL did not uncover a criminal betting ring at Bet3000. It did not accuse IBA Entertainment Limited of money laundering, organised crime or secretly running an illegal sportsbook behind...
Investigations & Analysis
August 20, 2026
Betanna, Tipwin and the questions the GGL has avoided
There is a point where regulatory silence stops looking cautious and starts looking evasive. The Tipwin, Betanna and Betanna90 material has reached that point. We now have account-continuity tests, German-access...
Investigations & Analysis
August 18, 2026
Curaçao consultancy affair raises questions over €3.4m CGA contract
Mr Charles Cooper handed Random Consulting Limited an enormous gift when he claimed that the Malta-based consultancy was receiving 8.3 million Caribbean guilders, approximately €4 million, every year from the...
Investigations & Analysis
August 18, 2026
Lottoland and the limits of German gambling enforcement
Lottoland has become one of the most revealing tests of German gambling enforcement because the case has lasted long enough to remove most of the excuses. German authorities have known...