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Louisiana Gives DraftKings a Four-Month Extension, Not a Renewal, Over AI and Shareholder Suitability

3 min read•Oct 16

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Sports Betting

Johns Hopkins Study Ties Legal Online Sports Betting to Up to 7.2% Rise in Depression and Anxiety Care

3 min read•Oct 16

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Regulatory

National Audit Office to Examine the National Lottery Licence Award as Good-Cause Payments Fall 22%

3 min read•Oct 15

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RegulatoryOct 16

France's Gambling Market Grows 0.5% to €5.66bn in H1 2026 as Only Online Expands

France's regulated gambling market barely grew in the first half, and only because online sports betting had a World Cup June. The regulator now says the full-year figure depends on whether a record 5.85 million active online accounts keep playing after the tournament, and on a lottery operator whose French revenue is shrinking.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 16

India Cuts GST Demands on Dream11, Gameskraft and Games24x7 by 75% After Supreme Court Ruling

Tax officers have recalculated three of the largest GST demands in Indian gaming on the deposit-based method the Supreme Court set out in May, cutting the principal sought by about three-quarters. What remains falls on companies that no longer run the games that generated it.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateOct 16

Springfield Asks a Judge to Pull MGM's $500m Casino Sale Claim Out of Private Arbitration

MGM Resorts says the city of Springfield owes it about $500 million for sitting on the sale of MGM Springfield for two years. The city wants a judge, not an arbitrator, to decide whether it can keep saying no.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateOct 16

SkyCity Agrees NZ$221m Sale of Auckland's Grand Hotel to Cut Debt

SkyCity Entertainment Group has signed a binding agreement to sell The Grand Hotel in Auckland for NZ$221 million, about $124 million, to two companies from a privately owned property group. With the office sale already settled, it says it has now raised more from asset sales than it promised shareholders, but the deal still needs Overseas Investment Office consent.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 15

Alberta's Grace Period Ends With 51 Approved iGaming Sites and 42 Operator Registrations

Alberta's window for grey-market operators to move into the regulated market closed on 13 October, and published counts of who made it range from 29 to 51. The regulator registers companies, the Crown corporation approves sites, and the two official lists do not match.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateOct 15

Bryn Kenney Sues GGPoker's Owners Over Commissions and an Alleged 5% Equity Promise

The high-stakes professional alleges GGPoker's chief executive promised him a 5% stake and commissions in 2018, then cut his pay and blamed him for cheating on the site. The claims are untested, the CEO has moved to dismiss, and Kenney amended his complaint on the day his reply was due.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 15

Shane Hennen Pleads Guilty in Both the NCAA Point-Shaving and NBA Betting Cases

The professional bettor prosecutors place at the centre of the college and Chinese basketball fixing scheme has admitted seven counts in Philadelphia, including two transferred from the Brooklyn case against Terry Rozier. He will be sentenced in February, weeks after Rozier's trial is due to open.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 15

Wildz Says It Has Won Finland's First Gambling Licence, Valid From July 2027

Malta-based Wildz Group says Finland's National Police Board has granted it a five-year gambling licence starting on 1 July 2027, the first award any operator has announced under the new regime. The board has not confirmed it, and a year ago it was weighing a marketing prohibition against the same group that would have ruled it out.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

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The Star Swings to A$12m EBITDA Profit as Chair Faults Its Treatment of VIPs

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ATG's Q3 Operating Profit Falls 10% as Its Swedish Business Shrinks and Only Denmark Grows

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

Encore Boston Harbor Revenue Falls 22% in Its First Month of Strike Action

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Macau's Six Concessionaires Commit MOP9 Billion to a Government Fund That Counts Towards Their Non-Gaming Pledges

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Boyd Gaming's Las Vegas EBITDAR Falls 7.4% as Destination Softness Hits the Orleans and Downtown

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

Crypto

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

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US States Spent $145m of the $188m Set Aside for Problem Gambling Services in FY2025

Antonina Tupikova2 min read

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

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

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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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Interviews

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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

Antonina Tupikova7 min read

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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Louisiana Gives DraftKings a Four-Month Extension, Not a Renewal, Over AI and Shareholder Suitability

Johns Hopkins Study Ties Legal Online Sports Betting to Up to 7.2% Rise in Depression and Anxiety Care

National Audit Office to Examine the National Lottery Licence Award as Good-Cause Payments Fall 22%

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France's Gambling Market Grows 0.5% to €5.66bn in H1 2026 as Only Online Expands

India Cuts GST Demands on Dream11, Gameskraft and Games24x7 by 75% After Supreme Court Ruling

Springfield Asks a Judge to Pull MGM's $500m Casino Sale Claim Out of Private Arbitration

SkyCity Agrees NZ$221m Sale of Auckland's Grand Hotel to Cut Debt

Alberta's Grace Period Ends With 51 Approved iGaming Sites and 42 Operator Registrations

Bryn Kenney Sues GGPoker's Owners Over Commissions and an Alleged 5% Equity Promise

Shane Hennen Pleads Guilty in Both the NCAA Point-Shaving and NBA Betting Cases

Wildz Says It Has Won Finland's First Gambling Licence, Valid From July 2027

Corporate

The Star Swings to A$12m EBITDA Profit as Chair Faults Its Treatment of VIPs

ATG's Q3 Operating Profit Falls 10% as Its Swedish Business Shrinks and Only Denmark Grows

Encore Boston Harbor Revenue Falls 22% in Its First Month of Strike Action

Macau's Six Concessionaires Commit MOP9 Billion to a Government Fund That Counts Towards Their Non-Gaming Pledges

Boyd Gaming's Las Vegas EBITDAR Falls 7.4% as Destination Softness Hits the Orleans and Downtown

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

US States Spent $145m of the $188m Set Aside for Problem Gambling Services in FY2025

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

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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