Australian gambling company Tabcorp has set a new record after it netted AU$28.7m (US$21.31m) in profit, climbing 71.7% in FY 2017 compared to its dismal FY 2016 performance.

CEO and managing director David Attenborough said that FY2017 has been a “company defining year” as it incurred profit growth despite losing $20.8m in the previous year and paying a $50m fine for exiting a Sun Bets venture. Full-year revenue came in at AU$3.83b (US$2.83b) and Tabcorp declared a final dividend of AU$0.10 (US$0.07) per share. Attenborough said that Tabcorp is expected to thrive despite the implementation of new government reforms like the introduction of point of consumption taxes and the prohibition of synthetic lottery products.

In this edition of Becky’s Affiliated, CalvinAyre.com’s Becky Liggero shares why the recently held CoinGeek Bitcoin Rebirth Party held in London is one for the books.

After the China-based crypto mining company closed its latest funding round, it is now valued at $15b and is ready to for a possible initial public offering (IPO) next month.

The Philippines won’t be seeing any new casinos built under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte after the firebrand chief ordered state regulator PAGCOR to stop issuing casino licenses to new investors.

President Alexander Lukashenko signed a new law that will provide established procedures covering the licensing and taxation procedures for online gambling.

Irish bookmaker lowered its full-year EBITDA outlook, placing it between £460m ($591.43m) and £480m ($617.14m) due to additional taxes and losses from its growing U.S. business.

Elaine Wynn is slowly getting what she wants after two new directors have been appointed to the Wynn Resorts board just days after Phil Satre was named vice chairman.

The Pennsylvania Lottery marked the seventh year that it reached $1b in revenue, all of which will go to the benefit plans of the state’s senior citizens.

Viktor Blum, who became famous in the online poker world as Isildur1, turned his $2,000 to $5.98m in just a few months after playing against Haseeb Qureshi, Brian Townsend, Patrik Antonius, and Cole South. He then lost $3.2m when he played against Phil Ivey for a week.

The Sports Betting Symposium, taking place in Las Vegas on October 8-11, will give gaming professionals the tools they will need to capitalize on the abolition of the federal ban on sports betting in the U.S.