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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 17

Genius Sports Launches Prediction.com, an Oddschecker for Event Contracts

The site compares equivalent contracts across Kalshi, Polymarket, Novig, Underdog, FanDuel Predicts, Fanatics and five others, with a cross-venue engine for multi-leg positions and Genius's live game data underneath. It runs on Legend, the media business whose $1.2bn purchase in February sank the shares. Mark Locke says most prediction-market demand "appears new".

Antonina Tupikova

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RegulatorySep 17

UK Gambling Yield Hit a Record £17.5bn and Online Casino Was All of the Growth

The Gambling Commission's 2025/26 report shows online casino up 14.8% to £5.7bn, adding more than the entire market gained. Online betting fell 6.6%, bingo fell, 208 betting shops closed before this year's cull began. The survey says participation is flat at 49%. The day after the Lords called for an advertising ban, the regulator's own numbers explain why the product mix is the argument.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 17

Australia's Fake-Casino Losses Tripled to A$1.6m as the Fight Moves to the Banks

"Scambling" sites take the deposit, let the balance grow, then demand a fee to release it. Scamwatch logged 806 reports last year, 45% of the losses from First Nations Australians, and the anti-scam centre says the real figure is higher because victims think they lost a bet. AUSTRAC has mapped the money: mule accounts, PayID chains, micro-laundering. From January banks are on the hook.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Sports BettingSep 17

Prime Video Puts FanDuel Bet Tracking Into Thursday Night Football From Tonight

Viewers who link a FanDuel account will see their live bets, win probabilities and settled legs on the broadcast; everyone else gets a rotating feed of lines, totals and parlays. No wagering on the platform. It is the NBA integration moved to the most-watched Thursday package in the NFL's history, and Flutter has already said what the basketball version did for its parlay mix.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateSep 17

Corona Phu Quoc's Owner Is VND6.19tn in the Red and Local Access Has Not Helped

Vietnam's first casino allowed to admit its own citizens narrowed its first-half loss to VND211bn, but accumulated losses stand at about $238m, liabilities have jumped to VND51.67tn and interest cover is 0.62. The government removed the end date on the locals pilot in November. The locals, the industry says, have not come.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 17

Philippine Central Bank Finds 8,000 Salons and Bakeries Were Casino Fronts

Thousands of PHP50 payments after midnight to businesses that on paper were beauty parlours and corner shops turned out to be bets. The BSP has shut the merchant accounts and drafted rules that put the burden on GCash, Maya and their aggregators to know who they are paying. PAGCOR's chairman: "Unfortunately, we don't have control over that."

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 17

KSA Renews Eight Dutch Licences to 2031 After Weighing Five Years of Breaches

The 2021 licences expire at the end of this month. Bet365, TOTO, Holland Casino, Kansino, FairPlay, Bingoal, GGPoker and Betcity have theirs to 2031. New in the renewal test: every violation definitively established in five years, what the operator did about it, and "additional points of attention" for some. The rest of the market has under two weeks.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 17

Brazil's Clubs and Bookmakers Mobilise as Lula's Decree Nears, Casino Ban Likely

UOL reports the provisional measure would ban online games outright and restrict sports betting, with insiders treating it as "close to the extinction" of online casino. Clubs put R$1bn of sponsorship at risk and are drafting a note calling it electioneering; operators are weighing a court challenge; two associations have published open letters. The president says new measures come "soon".

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 17

Seized Messages Call Jailed Banker Daniel Vorcaro the Real Owner of Pixbet

In a WhatsApp exchange from October 2024 found on the phone of a former Federal Police clerk, the Banco Master owner is described as the "boss" who owns the bookmaker and a quarter of Atlético Mineiro. The messages are now part of the Compliance Zero inquiry. Vorcaro's lawyers will not comment; Pixbet says he has never held a stake.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

CorporateSep 17

SciPlay Chief Josh Wilson to Leave Light & Wonder After Two Quarters of Decline

The social casino unit's revenue fell 7% and then 9% this year while the rest of the group grew. Wilson goes on 30 October at the end of his contract, group CFO Oliver Chow takes "executive oversight" from 1 November, and the company says it remains committed to the category. It did not say why he is leaving.

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

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

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

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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

Genius Sports Launches Prediction.com, an Oddschecker for Event Contracts

UK Gambling Yield Hit a Record £17.5bn and Online Casino Was All of the Growth

Australia's Fake-Casino Losses Tripled to A$1.6m as the Fight Moves to the Banks

Prime Video Puts FanDuel Bet Tracking Into Thursday Night Football From Tonight

Corona Phu Quoc's Owner Is VND6.19tn in the Red and Local Access Has Not Helped

Philippine Central Bank Finds 8,000 Salons and Bakeries Were Casino Fronts

KSA Renews Eight Dutch Licences to 2031 After Weighing Five Years of Breaches

Brazil's Clubs and Bookmakers Mobilise as Lula's Decree Nears, Casino Ban Likely

Seized Messages Call Jailed Banker Daniel Vorcaro the Real Owner of Pixbet

SciPlay Chief Josh Wilson to Leave Light & Wonder After Two Quarters of Decline

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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