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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 MarketsSep 23

CFTC Staff Say Mention Markets Are Presumptively Open to Manipulation and Demand a Heightened Showing to List Them

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's market oversight staff have told exchanges that contracts on whether a person will say a word, attend an event or shake a hand may be treated as presumptively readily susceptible to manipulation. The advisory lands less than a month after a White House teleprompter operator was fined for trading presidential mention markets on advance copies of speeches.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 23

ACMA Finds Palmerbet Took 312 Bets From a BetStop-Registered Customer and Takes an Undertaking, Not a Fine

Palmerbet kept a self-excluded customer's account open for 17 months and accepted 312 bets from them in the last three, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found. A week after Dabble paid $1.07 million for similar breaches, Palmerbet has given an 18-month undertaking and paid no penalty.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

CorporateSep 22

Betfred Ends a Decade of Rugby League Sponsorship and Names the Budget as the Reason

The title sponsor of Super League, the Challenge Cup and England Rugby League will walk away at the end of the 2026 season. Fred Done ties the decision to last year's budget and the 132 shop closures that followed, and says the five Classics could go the same way if machine gaming duty rises in October.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 22

A São Paulo Judge Orders Apple to Stop Listing Casino Apps That Do Not Check Age

The Câmara Especial granted urgent relief against Apple within five days, overturning a first-instance judge who had put the question off for 15 days to hear the company first. The ruling rests on the finding that Apple admits, classifies, distributes and takes payment for the apps, even though it wrote none of them.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 22

Four Arrested and £20,000 Seized as Manchester Police Run Four Simultaneous Gambling Warrants

Greater Manchester Police worked the raids with the Gambling Commission and the city council's licensing team, on intelligence gathered after a similar operation in May. Two women were held on suspicion of immigration offences, one over money laundering and the Gambling Act, and one over licensing.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

CorporateSep 22

IGT Names Jamie Knight Chief Studios Officer as Jean Venneman Retires After Three Decades

Knight takes the role on 1 January, inheriting a studio organisation of more than 1,200 people that Venneman rebuilt from the ground up after returning to the company in 2024. The brief, as the company frames it, is game design, content and the mathematics underneath both.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 22

A Philippine Lawmaker Says Harry Roque's Austrian Asylum Bid Is Still Undecided After Six Months

Camarines Sur representative Arnie Fuentebella told colleagues the application has been "neither approved nor disapproved", contradicting the interior secretary, who said last week it had been denied. Roque is wanted at home on non-bailable trafficking charges tied to a former offshore gaming hub.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Prediction MarketsSep 22

Bernstein Puts Prediction Market Volume at $10tn by 2035, With Sport Down to a Third of It

The bank's analysts see yes/no exchange turnover compounding at 70% a year from $410bn this year, and financial derivatives overtaking sport to become the largest category. Five months ago the same firm's 2030 number was $1tn.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Press ReleaseSep 22

GR8 Tech Takes Acceler8 Lab to SBC Summit Lisbon With 12 Operator Sessions Across Three Days

The supplier's tech learning space runs from 29 September to 1 October at booth C416 in Hall 3, opening with a day built around operational performance. Sessions last 30 minutes, seats are limited and registration is per lecture.

Press release

2 min read

RegulatorySep 22

Washington Says Scotts Valley Was Warned Before It Opened a Casino That Lasted Six Days

A Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge on Friday that the tribe knew Interior might reverse its gaming eligibility. The tribe says it notified Interior of its launch timeline twice and was never told to stop. A $700m resort depends on how Judge McFadden reads the restored lands exception.

Antonina Tupikova

2 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

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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

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

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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

CFTC Staff Say Mention Markets Are Presumptively Open to Manipulation and Demand a Heightened Showing to List Them

ACMA Finds Palmerbet Took 312 Bets From a BetStop-Registered Customer and Takes an Undertaking, Not a Fine

Betfred Ends a Decade of Rugby League Sponsorship and Names the Budget as the Reason

A São Paulo Judge Orders Apple to Stop Listing Casino Apps That Do Not Check Age

Four Arrested and £20,000 Seized as Manchester Police Run Four Simultaneous Gambling Warrants

IGT Names Jamie Knight Chief Studios Officer as Jean Venneman Retires After Three Decades

A Philippine Lawmaker Says Harry Roque's Austrian Asylum Bid Is Still Undecided After Six Months

Bernstein Puts Prediction Market Volume at $10tn by 2035, With Sport Down to a Third of It

GR8 Tech Takes Acceler8 Lab to SBC Summit Lisbon With 12 Operator Sessions Across Three Days

Washington Says Scotts Valley Was Warned Before It Opened a Casino That Lasted Six Days

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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