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The iGaming landscape changed, moving away from the preceding week when CIS and Baltic nations took the lead, with many of the week’s biggest winners witnessing a significant regression.
Russia faced a decrease of 7.8% after showing a 134% rise, while Lithuania declined by 9.1% after increasing by 50.2% from the previous week. The same goes for Tajikistan, Slovakia and Latvia, which experienced declines after having enjoyed the previous week’s rising trend.
Competition that was scheduled acted as the main source of growth. Switzerland led the market with its increase of 40.3% facilitated by Super League Matchday 4 and Colombia rose by 27.9% being back in the Liga BetPlay after the suspension due to the August 10 earthquake. Ukraine experienced a 12.8% decline as the situation there was still monitored by Cosmobet.

Top 5 Gainers of the Week

Switzerland (+40.3%)
Switzerland was the leader in terms of growth this week due to Super League Matchday 4 which took place on August 22–23. The match where Young Boys defeated Vaduz with the score of 4–2 attracted public attention to the domestic events and put the club on the top of the table. An active domestic schedule and a very important battle for the league table positions this season provided high interest in betting forecasting.
Sierra Leone +(38.1%)
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Ukraine (-12.8%)
Ukraine maintained its downward trend due to increased scrutiny of Cosmobet and reports about alleged ownership structures linked to Russia. The already challenging situation in the market, which is suffering from war-related restrictions on gambling, has aggravated owing to the regulatory focus on the operator.
Uzbekistan (-11%)
After a spike which accompanied the release of the first betting licenses to Olimpbet and Aurum Vale on July 31, the market corrected. The latest drop can be attributed to the market’s adaptation to the entry of licensed operators while players still>Original source: Blask.com

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Blask Index tracks real-time iGaming player interest via AI-analyzed Google search data, updated hourly and filtered to remove low-intent noise (scams, complaints). WoW% measures momentum: positive indicates growing attention; negative indicates declining attention.