By The Weekly Edge desk ·
iGaming Today reported that Gaming Compliance International estimated US illegal online gambling revenue of $97.4bn in 2025. The Campaign for Fairer Gambling commissioned the report, which estimated annual growth of 45.2%.
The commissioned estimates place illegal-market revenue above the regulated online market.
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The findings identify illegal sports streams as an advertising channel for unregulated gambling, without quantifying customer recruitment or betting revenue.
GCI’s estimates highlight unregulated channels’ dominance of online World Cup stakes and their advertising presence on illegal streams.
The estimates show licensed operators receiving a minority of the region’s online gambling revenue.