Lore Weekly: Gamdom’s Breach, Duelbits Rebuild and Megapot’s Exit

This Week’s Featured Articles

• Inside Gamdom’s Breach: Felix Römer on the Attack and Their Response

Gamdom’s founder explained the attack and cleanup, putting estimated stolen funds at $4.27 million and extracted player records at roughly 16 million. He also confirmed a missed support-system credential and discussed the exposure of KYC documents.

Read the Felix Römer interview

• Rebuilding Duelbits: CEO Jasper on Growth, Version 1.99 and the $7M Hack

Jasper discussed taking Duelbits from a marketing-led operation into a wider rebuild. The interview covers the hot-wallet breach, version 1.99, streamer costs, owned distribution and why Duelbits removed prediction markets to focus on its casino and sportsbook.

Read the Jasper interview

• Duelbits Analysis: The Strategy Behind the Rebuild

Alongside the interview, our analysis examines Duelbits product, positioning and deposit-volume data. We look at how its Counter-Strike history and years of operation feed into the strategy behind version 1.99.

Read the Duelbits analysis

Industry News

Security

• Gamdom ransom: We spoke directly with Veryso and WhiteArmor’s founder about the $15 million demand. A supplied record matched a real account, verifying the sample while the full claimed database size remained unverified at publication.

Read the hacker and WhiteArmor report

• Support records: Veryso subsequently claimed access to 1.79 million Intercom conversations, including KYC material. Gambling Lore verified three attachments from a team member’s support ticket. The claimed archive total was separate from what we independently checked.

Read the support archive update

Operators & Business

• Megapot: The lottery app will close on December 1 as its team focuses on Prizerail, a sweepstakes service for consumer apps. The onchain protocol continues. Email, X and Telegram account holders must withdraw before the app closes.

Read the Megapot wind-down report

Regulation

• Brazil: Lula’s runoff victory kept the government behind the betting ban in office. Our report examines the congressional review and Supreme Court challenges that could determine whether the regulated market returns.

Read the Brazil election and betting update

Exchange

• Binance: The exchange reported about $6.3 billion stolen in an October 29 hot-wallet breach and pledged to cover the losses. By October 31, it said it had replaced 90% of affected assets. Withdrawals began reopening on November 1, according to Elliptic.