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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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Prediction MarketsOct 24

Kalshi Launches Sector KPI Markets on Carbon Arc Data, Which Already Settles Its Sportsbook Ad Spend Contracts

Kalshi has started listing contracts on industry-wide indices of card spending, point-of-sale sales and app downloads, all settled on figures from the data company Carbon Arc. The same vendor already settles Kalshi markets on sportsbook and casino advertising and on DraftKings and FanDuel downloads, and its numbers appear to sit outside the test the SEC used on 13 October to class Cboe's KPI options as securities.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 24

Italy's Audit Court Freezes €25m From Five Ex-Employees Accused of Steering Four Gratta e Vinci Jackpots

Prosecutors at the Corte dei conti allege that five former staff of the scratchcard concessionaire used their system access to find four winning tickets worth €24 million and had relatives and friends buy them. The claim is the State's, not the company's: prizes that chance might have left unclaimed would have stayed with the Treasury.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 24

Maryland Judge Rules Intralot Should Have Been Allowed to Fix Its $260m Lottery Bid

A Baltimore circuit judge has reversed the contract appeals board that upheld Intralot's disqualification from Maryland's lottery systems tender, reportedly holding that a 2025 procurement law required the state to let it correct its minority business paperwork. It revives Intralot's case, not its award: the state threw out every bid in December, and Scientific Games is still running the lottery while it fights that decision.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsOct 24

Hegseth Bars Troops and Pentagon Staff From Trading on Nonpublic Information, Naming Polymarket and Kalshi

A one-page memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tells service members and civilians that trading on nonpublic information, classified or not, can bring discipline or prosecution, and calls their bets a signal enemies can read. As reported, it stops short of the ban on military-event trading that lawmakers asked for in May.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 24

Former Conservative Campaign Director Among Three Given Suspended Sentences Over Election Date Bets

Anthony Lee, his wife Laura Lee and Amy Hind avoided immediate custody at Southwark Crown Court after admitting cheating under section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005. The Gambling Commission calls it the first case of its kind, and 10 more defendants are still to stand trial.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 23

September Sports Betting Rebounds in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but Only Michigan's Handle Grew

Football lifted sportsbook handle by 48% to 65% on August in all three states, and revenue recovered from August's low. Against September 2025 the picture splits: Michigan and Pennsylvania revenue rose sharply on better results, New Jersey's fell 14.3%, and only Michigan took more bets than a year earlier.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 23

AGCOM Consults on Tighter Rules for Betting Brands' Infotainment Sites Under Italy's Ad Ban

Italy's communications regulator wants an operator's ".news" or ".sport" brand to escape the gambling advertising ban only if it runs a real newsroom, links nowhere near the betting site and looks nothing like it. The draft lands two days after the Constitutional Court made the ban's €50,000 minimum fine reducible.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 23

Half of California Voters Back Sports Betting at Tribal Casinos, but Only 37% Want It Online

A Citrin-POLITICO poll finds 50% of registered voters in favour of legal sports betting at tribal casinos, four years after a tribal in-person measure won 33% of the vote. Online betting still trails 37% to 50%, which is the part California's tribes now have to win in 2028.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateOct 23

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

Sweden's racing-owned operator says casino grew 13% in the third quarter, but the growth came entirely from its Danish subsidiary: in Sweden, horse betting, sports betting and casino all earned less than a year ago. The money that funds Swedish trotting and gallop racing shrank with them.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 23

Philippines to Review 14-Day Visa-Free Entry for Chinese Nationals Over POGO Concerns

Malacañang has asked the Department of Foreign Affairs to look at whether January's visa-free scheme for Chinese visitors is being used to staff illegal offshore gaming and scam hubs. It is a review, not a decision, and the scheme was due one before it expires anyway.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Kalshi Launches Sector KPI Markets on Carbon Arc Data, Which Already Settles Its Sportsbook Ad Spend Contracts

Italy's Audit Court Freezes €25m From Five Ex-Employees Accused of Steering Four Gratta e Vinci Jackpots

Maryland Judge Rules Intralot Should Have Been Allowed to Fix Its $260m Lottery Bid

Hegseth Bars Troops and Pentagon Staff From Trading on Nonpublic Information, Naming Polymarket and Kalshi

Former Conservative Campaign Director Among Three Given Suspended Sentences Over Election Date Bets

September Sports Betting Rebounds in Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but Only Michigan's Handle Grew

AGCOM Consults on Tighter Rules for Betting Brands' Infotainment Sites Under Italy's Ad Ban

Half of California Voters Back Sports Betting at Tribal Casinos, but Only 37% Want It Online

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

Philippines to Review 14-Day Visa-Free Entry for Chinese Nationals Over POGO Concerns

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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