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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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RegulatorySep 24

South Korea Opens Its Tourism Fund to Casino Construction Loans of Up to ₩15bn for the First Time Since 1998

Korean casino operators can now borrow from the state tourism fund to build or expand, not just to cover running costs. The loans arrive as the government moves to raise the casino levy ceiling by half and make licences renewable every five years, and the industry is asking whether the carrot comes before the stick.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 24

Victoria Fines Tabcorp A$350,000 for Running Customer Accounts Without Multi-Factor Authentication

The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission says Tabcorp ran its betting accounts for almost five months without the multi-factor authentication its licence required, while attackers drained customer accounts. The regulator also rejected Tabcorp's argument that the rules never required MFA at all.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 24

North Carolina Fines Underdog $175,000 Over 38 Underage Accounts and bet365 $75,000 Over a Self-Exclusion Push

North Carolina's regulator has fined two operators over self-reported failures: Underdog let 38 under-21s open sportsbook accounts, and bet365 sent a push notification to people on the state's self-exclusion list. Underdog left the market in December, which makes its fine a bill for a business that no longer operates there.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

M&ASep 24

Barry Diller's People Inc. Withdraws Its $48.30-a-Share Bid for MGM Resorts, Which Stays Standalone

People Inc. has walked away from its June proposal to take MGM Resorts private, and MGM shares fell 8.6% after hours to $34.61, far below the $48.30 that was on the table. Diller keeps his roughly 27% stake and says he is still open to "a range of alternatives".

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 23

Former Gambling Commission Policy Chief Tim Miller Launches GamReg Consulting to Advise Regulators on the Black Market

Tim Miller, a senior figure at the Gambling Commission for about a decade, has set up an advisory firm aimed at governments and regulators rather than operators, starting in North America. He says it will not be "just another compliance consultancy", and has already said what he thinks does not work: blanket prohibitions and ever-higher taxes.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 23

Badenoch Says Labour's Gambling Taxes Will Put "Good Companies" Out of Business as the Machine Duty Decision Nears

The Conservative leader told The Sun that Labour is in a "tax doom loop" and that the operators who follow the rules will be the ones to close. Her intervention lands five weeks before a Budget in which the Treasury is reported to be modelling a doubling of Machine Games Duty, and as the Betting and Gaming Council puts the cost at up to 16,000 jobs.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 23

Four Arrested and £20,000 Seized as Police and the Gambling Commission Raid Suspected Illegal Gambling in Manchester

Greater Manchester Police, supported by the Gambling Commission and the city council's licensing team, executed four simultaneous warrants in Manchester city centre on Monday night. Gambling tables, records and account books were seized, and one man was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and Gambling Act offences.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 23

Germany's GGL Marks Five Years With 287 Prohibition Cases a Year and Asks the Länder for Room to Act Faster

The Joint Gambling Authority of the Länder says it supervises 129 licensed operators, made 1,843 illegal sites unreachable from Germany by the end of 2025 and puts about 77% of the online market in the licensed channel. It wants the treaty evaluation to give it more discretion, because changing the rules takes years and the black market adapts in months.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 23

South Africa's Gambling Board and Advertising Watchdog Sign a Pact to Police Gambling Ads, Including Influencers

The National Gambling Board and the Advertising Regulatory Board have signed a memorandum of understanding to monitor gambling advertising across broadcast, outdoor and digital channels, with joint work on social media, influencer marketing and ads for illegal offshore sites. The advertising body says an updated Gambling Code is coming.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 23

Dutch Regulator Tells Operators to Stop Obstructing Players Who Want to Close Their Accounts

The Kansspelautoriteit has issued guidance after finding that not all licensed operators let players close an account as easily as the rules require. Forced calls to customer service, fresh ID checks, cooling-off periods and win-back bonuses are all named as practices that do not comply.

Antonina Tupikova

2 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

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

Liam O'Brien2 min read

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

Antonina Tupikova3 min read

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

South Korea Opens Its Tourism Fund to Casino Construction Loans of Up to ₩15bn for the First Time Since 1998

Victoria Fines Tabcorp A$350,000 for Running Customer Accounts Without Multi-Factor Authentication

North Carolina Fines Underdog $175,000 Over 38 Underage Accounts and bet365 $75,000 Over a Self-Exclusion Push

Barry Diller's People Inc. Withdraws Its $48.30-a-Share Bid for MGM Resorts, Which Stays Standalone

Former Gambling Commission Policy Chief Tim Miller Launches GamReg Consulting to Advise Regulators on the Black Market

Badenoch Says Labour's Gambling Taxes Will Put "Good Companies" Out of Business as the Machine Duty Decision Nears

Four Arrested and £20,000 Seized as Police and the Gambling Commission Raid Suspected Illegal Gambling in Manchester

Germany's GGL Marks Five Years With 287 Prohibition Cases a Year and Asks the Länder for Room to Act Faster

South Africa's Gambling Board and Advertising Watchdog Sign a Pact to Police Gambling Ads, Including Influencers

Dutch Regulator Tells Operators to Stop Obstructing Players Who Want to Close Their Accounts

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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