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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 14

US Treasury Sanctions a Nuevo Laredo Racetrack It Says the Cartel del Noreste Controls

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has designated Club La Molienda, a horse racetrack on the edge of Nuevo Laredo that Treasury says shared a betting arrangement with Casino Centenario, the casino it accused in April of serving as a drug stash house and a place where the cartel tortured its enemies. It is the second US action in six months to put a Mexican gambling venue on the sanctions list.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 14

NBA and WNBA Name Prediction Markets Alongside Sports Betting in New Responsible Gaming Campaign

The leagues' new campaign with the National Council on Problem Gambling tells fans that trading on a prediction market puts their money at risk just as a sports bet does, weeks after the NBA was reported to be close to its first prediction-market deals. The release names no budget, no creative and no start date.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 13

Brazil's Federal Police Gets a Permanent Division Against Illegal Betting and Match-Fixing

A Justice Ministry ordinance published on Tuesday writes a Division for the Repression of Illegal Betting and Sports Manipulation into the Federal Police's structure, inside a new money-laundering coordination. It names two posts and no headcount, and the prison terms the government wants are still a bill in Congress.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 13

Greek Regulator Questions 18 Operators on VIP Players as Its Single ID Check Waits for a Law

The Hellenic Gaming Commission wants one identity check for every online player in Greece and a clear view of how operators treat their biggest customers. A bank-run version of the check was halted because no law provides for it, and nothing has yet been formally decided.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsOct 13

Kalshi Investigates Three Bets That Stood to Turn $173 Into $9,600 on Trump's Press Secretary Pick

Kalshi is reviewing three small trades that backed Katie Zacharia at 1 and 2 cents before Donald Trump named her White House press secretary. The exchange's own trade record shows the fills, and shows the price climbing to 45 cents before the time outlets give for the first reports.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateOct 13

BetMGM More Than Doubles Q3 EBITDA to $86m but Still Guides to the Low End for 2026

BetMGM's third quarter was its joint-best for adjusted EBITDA on the figures it has published since 2025, against a weak comparison a year earlier. It still expects 2026 to land at the bottom of guidance that has already been cut once, which needs a fourth quarter bigger than any it has reported.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 13

Wyoming Committee Backs Felony Ban on Online Sweepstakes Casinos for 2027 Session

Wyoming's Select Committee on Gaming has voted to back a draft bill that would make running an online sweepstakes casino, or knowingly supplying one with payments, geolocation or game content, a felony. Its definition of sweepstakes currency is wider than California's, but the bill still needs a sponsor the committee may not be able to supply itself.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 13

Early UNLV Data Puts Colorado's Problem Sports Bettors at 7%, From a Sample of About 20

Interim results from a state-funded University of Nevada, Las Vegas study suggest 7% of Colorado's sports bettors report serious gambling problems, in a year when the state's sports betting tax take rose 28% to $47.2 million. On the reported numbers, the figure rests on about 20 sports bettors in a 500-person sample, and the full method has not been published.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 13

Spain Reopens Consultation on the 48-Variable Algorithm Every Operator Would Have to Run to Flag At-Risk Players

Spain's gambling regulator has put its common risk-detection model back out for comment until 22 October after a data protection review. Once in force, one model trained on clinically diagnosed players would decide who every licensed operator treats as at risk, in place of in-house systems that flag from 0% to 13.6% of accounts.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 13

US Keeps Cambodia on Tier 3, Alleging Officials Profited From Scam Centres

The State Department's 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report says senior Cambodian officials benefited from and protected scam compounds, that no scam centre trafficker was prosecuted, and that casinos with a documented history of hosting scam centres were licensed in January. It lands as Cambodia sends inspectors into casinos to enforce its online gambling ban.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

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Corporate

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

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

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

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

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

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

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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General

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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

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

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

Antonina Tupikova8 min read

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

Liam O'Brien6 min read

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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%

Latest News

US Treasury Sanctions a Nuevo Laredo Racetrack It Says the Cartel del Noreste Controls

NBA and WNBA Name Prediction Markets Alongside Sports Betting in New Responsible Gaming Campaign

Brazil's Federal Police Gets a Permanent Division Against Illegal Betting and Match-Fixing

Greek Regulator Questions 18 Operators on VIP Players as Its Single ID Check Waits for a Law

Kalshi Investigates Three Bets That Stood to Turn $173 Into $9,600 on Trump's Press Secretary Pick

BetMGM More Than Doubles Q3 EBITDA to $86m but Still Guides to the Low End for 2026

Wyoming Committee Backs Felony Ban on Online Sweepstakes Casinos for 2027 Session

Early UNLV Data Puts Colorado's Problem Sports Bettors at 7%, From a Sample of About 20

Spain Reopens Consultation on the 48-Variable Algorithm Every Operator Would Have to Run to Flag At-Risk Players

US Keeps Cambodia on Tier 3, Alleging Officials Profited From Scam Centres

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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