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Court reveals secret report in Evolution and Playtech legal battle

A leaked compliance review exposes how major casino supplier games leaked into banned regions.

Written by the BettingEdgeHub desk, 12 September 2026

Legal battles between major industry software providers continue to draw attention from punters and bookmakers alike. The ongoing defamation case in New Jersey involves serious accusations about operations in unregulated territories. Both companies are fighting hard over private investigative findings that have now reached the public eye.

Secret report comes to light

Specialist advisors produced an extensive compliance assessment back in the year twenty twenty two. Evolution kept this document confidential for a long time due to sensitive commercial information. However, the court has finally released the full text for public view.

Playtech has pointed to specific sections of the report to support its earlier claims. The document notes that games appeared in places like the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. VPN testing showed that players in those banned locations could access software through specific online casinos.

Compliance questions raised

Investigators found that certain operators knowingly offered restricted content in forbidden markets. These particular sites linked back to business clients working with the main software provider. Contracts clearly banned such activity, but technical blocks failed to stop the traffic entirely.

The review did clear the provider of allowing games in heavily sanctioned places like Iran and Sudan. VPN tests failed completely in those specific regions, proving some prior accusations lacked foundation. Even so, the findings point to clear weaknesses in how operators monitor player locations.

Better geographic blocking remains essential for the integrity of online gambling markets worldwide. Punters should expect stricter checks as regulators examine how software reaches prohibited regions.