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Illinois Casino Revenue Rises 12.7% to $178.2m in September as Hollywood Aurora Gains 81%

3 min read•Oct 8

Regulatory

Denmark Retables a Whistle-to-Whistle Gambling Ad Ban That Would Also End Affiliate Revenue Share

3 min read•Oct 8

Sports Betting

FA Fines Everton's Martin Sherif £5,000 Over 61 Football Bets Placed Through His Accounts

3 min read•Oct 8

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Regulatory23h ago

Brazil to Sue Eight Operators Over Withheld Refund Data as the Sum Owed Falls to R$159 Million

The Attorney General's Office says it will go to court to force eight former licensees to give their banks the per-player lists the ban requires. The same release cuts the money still owed to bettors from about R$1.2 billion to R$159 million, and does not say how.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Regulatory23h ago

Canada's Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Ontario's Plan to Pool Players With the World

Four provincial lottery corporations asked the Supreme Court of Canada on 7 October to overturn the ruling that would let Ontario's poker and fantasy players sit at the same tables as players abroad. The nine judges reserved judgment, and no date has been set for a decision.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction Markets23h ago

Dodd, Gensler and the AGA Tell the Supreme Court Dodd-Frank Did Not Make the CFTC a Betting Regulator

The senator whose name is on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act and the CFTC chairman who implemented it have told the Supreme Court that Congress never moved sports betting from the states to the commodities regulator. The American Gaming Association, 145 tribes and tribal groups and Atlantic City's casinos filed too, and there is still nothing on the docket for Kalshi.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 11

YouTube Opens Its Masthead to Certified Online Gambling Advertisers From 21 October

Google will let certified online gambling advertisers buy the slot at the top of YouTube's homepage from 21 October, widening a carve-out that has covered only sports betting since 2022. The notice names no markets, and it arrives in a month when European lawmakers are moving to restrict gambling advertising rather than extend it.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 11

Gambling Commission Advertises for a Chief Executive at £190,000, Close to What Rhodes Was Paid

Britain's gambling regulator has opened the search for a permanent chief executive, eight months after it announced Andrew Rhodes would leave. The salary has barely moved, but the job description now asks the winner to deliver a return on the Treasury's money for fighting illegal gambling.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 11

Nevada Board Moves to Strike the NCPG From Its Problem Gambling Rule After Kalshi Deal

The Nevada Gaming Control Board wants the National Council on Problem Gambling's name taken out of the regulation that tells every casino what helpline information to post, and its chair tied the change to the council's $2 million arrangement with Kalshi. Staff put it more neutrally: Nevada players should be pointed to Nevada resources.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 9

DraftKings and FanDuel Add Another $7m to Nebraska's Ballot Push, Taking It to $14.65m

DraftKings and FanDuel gave $3.5 million each in the latest reporting period, taking Tax Relief Nebraska's fundraising to $14.65 million for two online sports betting measures on the 3 November ballot. The committee registered to oppose them had reported nothing raised or spent by the same date, on Ballotpedia's count.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 9

PowerPlay Launches in Alberta on GiG's Platform, 11 Weeks After the Date It Called Locked

GiG Software says PowerPlay is its fourth brand live in Alberta and the first to run its SportX sportsbook in the province. In May, PowerPlay said its 13 July launch date was "locked"; its arrival was reported on 1 October, and neither company has said what held it up.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 9

Congressman Marlin Stutzman Urges Three Indiana Counties to Reject Casino Referendums

Voters in Allen, DeKalb and Steuben counties decide on 3 November whether northeast Indiana can bid for the state's 14th casino, and the congressman who represents all three wants them to say no. The law gives a "no" more weight than a "yes": a county that rejects it cannot ask again.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

M&AOct 9

Lottomatica and CIRSA Approve Merger Plan and Set Shareholder Votes for 23 and 25 November

The boards have signed the common merger plan that fixes the terms first announced in September: 0.668 Lottomatica shares per CIRSA share, a €262m CIRSA dividend before completion and a €744m capital return after it. With Blackstone committed, the votes are close to a formality. The regulators are not.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

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Eric Persson Says He Will Buy Back Maverick's Two Elko Casinos to Keep 239 Nevada Jobs

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

Malta's National Lottery Operator IZI Passes €1bn in Turnover as Pre-Tax Profit Doubles

Antonina Tupikova2 min read

Bookmaker Sponsorship of British Racing Falls 17% as bet365 Sponsors 77% Fewer Races

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Kangwon Land Replaced One Member's Points Card 146 Times in a Year, Lawmaker's Data Show

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AGEM Index Falls 6.1% in September, Its First Monthly Drop Since March

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Crypto-Gaming Giant Yolo Group to Exit Grey Markets in Major Strategic Pivot to Regulation

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Court of Appeal Overturns Spribe's May Win, Ruling English Law Decides the Effect of Georgia's Aviator Judgments

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

Illinois Casino Revenue Rises 12.7% to $178.2m in September as Hollywood Aurora Gains 81%

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

New Gambling Reform Group FFOG Names Board and Courts Problem Gambling Councils as NCPG Seeks a Leader

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Dutch Study Finds All 10 AI Assistants Named Unlicensed Casinos, and Three Listed Them as Legal

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NCPG Executive Director Heather Maurer Resigns After Nine Months as Kalshi Exits Mount

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WiseGaming's Steven Paton: Technology, Not Geography, Decides Who Survives

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Håvard Lehn: Esports Has Been Poorly Run and iGaming Has Paid the Bills

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Honoré Gaming's Casanova: Europe Builds for the Exception, Not the Rule

Antonina Tupikova8 min read

Jenningsbet's Greg Knight: Media Rights, Not Tax, Will Decide Shop Survival

Antonina Tupikova6 min read

Inside The Playa's VIP Intelligence Bet: A Conversation With Gali and Viktoriia

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Illinois Casino Revenue Rises 12.7% to $178.2m in September as Hollywood Aurora Gains 81%

Denmark Retables a Whistle-to-Whistle Gambling Ad Ban That Would Also End Affiliate Revenue Share

FA Fines Everton's Martin Sherif £5,000 Over 61 Football Bets Placed Through His Accounts

Latest News

Brazil to Sue Eight Operators Over Withheld Refund Data as the Sum Owed Falls to R$159 Million

Canada's Supreme Court Reserves Judgment on Ontario's Plan to Pool Players With the World

Dodd, Gensler and the AGA Tell the Supreme Court Dodd-Frank Did Not Make the CFTC a Betting Regulator

YouTube Opens Its Masthead to Certified Online Gambling Advertisers From 21 October

Gambling Commission Advertises for a Chief Executive at £190,000, Close to What Rhodes Was Paid

Nevada Board Moves to Strike the NCPG From Its Problem Gambling Rule After Kalshi Deal

DraftKings and FanDuel Add Another $7m to Nebraska's Ballot Push, Taking It to $14.65m

PowerPlay Launches in Alberta on GiG's Platform, 11 Weeks After the Date It Called Locked

Congressman Marlin Stutzman Urges Three Indiana Counties to Reject Casino Referendums

Lottomatica and CIRSA Approve Merger Plan and Set Shareholder Votes for 23 and 25 November

Corporate

Eric Persson Says He Will Buy Back Maverick's Two Elko Casinos to Keep 239 Nevada Jobs

Malta's National Lottery Operator IZI Passes €1bn in Turnover as Pre-Tax Profit Doubles

Bookmaker Sponsorship of British Racing Falls 17% as bet365 Sponsors 77% Fewer Races

Kangwon Land Replaced One Member's Points Card 146 Times in a Year, Lawmaker's Data Show

AGEM Index Falls 6.1% in September, Its First Monthly Drop Since March

Crypto

Three Regulators and Two Banks Start Testing for a Quantum Break

The CLARITY Act Comes Down to Seven Democrats on 15 September

A $49bn Mint That Was Worth $675,000: Inside the Sandbox Exploit

Russia Opens a Crypto Door and Caps It at 300,000 Roubles

Crypto-Gaming Giant Yolo Group to Exit Grey Markets in Major Strategic Pivot to Regulation

General

Court of Appeal Overturns Spribe's May Win, Ruling English Law Decides the Effect of Georgia's Aviator Judgments

Illinois Casino Revenue Rises 12.7% to $178.2m in September as Hollywood Aurora Gains 81%

New Gambling Reform Group FFOG Names Board and Courts Problem Gambling Councils as NCPG Seeks a Leader

Dutch Study Finds All 10 AI Assistants Named Unlicensed Casinos, and Three Listed Them as Legal

NCPG Executive Director Heather Maurer Resigns After Nine Months as Kalshi Exits Mount

Interviews

WiseGaming's Steven Paton: Technology, Not Geography, Decides Who Survives

Håvard Lehn: Esports Has Been Poorly Run and iGaming Has Paid the Bills

Honoré Gaming's Casanova: Europe Builds for the Exception, Not the Rule

Jenningsbet's Greg Knight: Media Rights, Not Tax, Will Decide Shop Survival

Inside The Playa's VIP Intelligence Bet: A Conversation With Gali and Viktoriia

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