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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 8

39 States, the Cabazon Band and the NFL Ask the Supreme Court to Hear New Jersey's Kalshi Case

Ohio has led 38 other states and the District of Columbia in urging the Supreme Court to take New Jersey's case against Kalshi, joined by the tribe behind the landmark 1987 tribal gaming ruling, the National Football League and three nonprofits that want the Court to revisit Murphy. Every brief on the docket backs New Jersey; Kalshi's response is due on 9 November.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 8

13 Federal Lawmakers Back NT Bill to Ban Bonus Bets at Australia's Biggest Bookmakers

An open letter urges the Northern Territory Government to back an independent's bill that would ban inducements, cap young adults' deposits and lift fines to A$10 million. Because most of Australia's large online bookmakers are licensed in Darwin, the rules would reach punters in every state.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateOct 8

Lottery Corporation CFO Adam Newman to Step Down in July 2027, Leaving a Role Widened in March

The finance chief who took The Lottery Corporation through its demerger from Tabcorp and raised the debt for its A$1.145 billion Victorian licence extension will leave on 1 July 2027. His successor inherits a job that, since this year's restructure, also covers legal, risk, cyber and technology.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

M&AOct 7

Sportradar Sells Synergy's Coaching and Scouting Business to Teamworks for $170m

Sportradar is selling the team-facing half of a business it bought for €192.2 million in 2021 and keeping the cameras and graphics it says underpin its core products. It says the price beats the multiple its own shares trade on, which says as much about the shares as the deal.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatoryOct 7

Northern Ireland Expects to Review Its 2022 Gambling Act in 2027 and Leaves Online Reform to the Next Assembly

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons told the Assembly that a review of the 2022 update to Northern Ireland's 1985 gambling law is expected next year, and that the Bill to regulate online gambling will be for a future Minister. Four years after Royal Assent, the 2022 Act's levy power has still not been brought into operation.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsOct 7

Four Tribes in California and Oklahoma Launch Prediction Apps on Kalshi's Rails

Less than three weeks after the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe went first, four more tribal nations have launched Kalshi-backed prediction apps, CNN reports, one of them in northern California, inside the circuit that has just called Kalshi's sports contracts Class III gaming on tribal land. Only two of the four have been named, and the commercial terms have not been disclosed.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsOct 7

Connecticut Says Webull, Gemini and ProphetX Have Left After Its Cease-and-Desists

Connecticut's consumer protection chief says three of the nine prediction markets it ordered to stop sports contracts last month are leaving the state. None of the three has confirmed it publicly, and one industry analyst says ProphetX has not gone at all.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Prediction MarketsOct 7

Coinbase Agrees to Stop Michigan Sports Contracts and Close Open Positions by Saturday

Coinbase will stop offering sports event contracts in Michigan, Kalshi's included, and close its customers' open positions at the same deadline, under an order a federal judge signed on 23 September. Michigan has promised not to prosecute while the appeals run; nobody has conceded the law.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingOct 7

Lawmakers Demand FanDuel Hand Over the 30 Celebrity Videos It Sent to VIP Bettors

Three Democrats want copies of every personalised athlete and entertainer video FanDuel has sent to VIP customers, and for each one, how much the recipient had lost and why the host chose them. FanDuel told them in September that it has no plans to suspend or end its VIP programme.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

GeneralOct 7

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

Families and Friends of Gamblers, a Boston nonprofit built by the tobacco litigator Richard Daynard's institute, has named a 10-member board it says has no connection to gambling interests and is recruiting from the problem gambling councils around the National Council on Problem Gambling. It is a rival pitch rather than a split inside the council, timed for a moment when the NCPG has no permanent leader in sight.

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

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

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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

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

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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%

Latest News

39 States, the Cabazon Band and the NFL Ask the Supreme Court to Hear New Jersey's Kalshi Case

13 Federal Lawmakers Back NT Bill to Ban Bonus Bets at Australia's Biggest Bookmakers

Lottery Corporation CFO Adam Newman to Step Down in July 2027, Leaving a Role Widened in March

Sportradar Sells Synergy's Coaching and Scouting Business to Teamworks for $170m

Northern Ireland Expects to Review Its 2022 Gambling Act in 2027 and Leaves Online Reform to the Next Assembly

Four Tribes in California and Oklahoma Launch Prediction Apps on Kalshi's Rails

Connecticut Says Webull, Gemini and ProphetX Have Left After Its Cease-and-Desists

Coinbase Agrees to Stop Michigan Sports Contracts and Close Open Positions by Saturday

Lawmakers Demand FanDuel Hand Over the 30 Celebrity Videos It Sent to VIP Bettors

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

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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