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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

Latest News

CorporateSep 15

Bally's Lands $560m From WhiteHawk for the Bronx After a Going-Concern Warning

A $400m term loan and a $160m delayed draw fund pre-construction on the $4bn Ferry Point project and give the group liquidity, from the private credit firm that also refinanced The Star in June.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 15

Chile's Financial Regulator Moves to Cut Card Payments to Unlicensed Betting

The CMF's draft rule would bar payment operators from serving any activity that is illegal in Chile, and its president says that covers online casinos and their payouts. Congress is still debating whether to license the sector at all.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 15

Lula Calls Betting "a Disease, Not a Game" and Promises a Decision Soon

Two days of presidential remarks, a reported provisional measure in the Civil House and a finance minister who says he wants regulation "like tobacco" rather than a ban. Brazil's operators are waiting to find out which voice wins.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 15

One Illegal German Casino Ring Took €5.86bn, Reopening the Black Market Row

Frankfurt prosecutors say five suspects ran unlicensed slots sites since 2021 and evaded €77.6m in tax in a single year. The regulated industry says a network this size makes the GGL's 23% black market estimate impossible.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 14

KSA Renews Lotto BV Monopolies to 2031 as the Council of State Weighs Legality

The Dutch regulator says it would rather have waited for the appeal ruling, but the current licences expire on 31 December. If the monopoly falls, revocation will come no sooner than a year after the judgment.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 14

High Court Strikes Out Entain's Copyright Claims Against Matched Betting Sites

Mr Justice Cawson found Entain could not say who drew the Coral and Ladbrokes logos, when, or how it came to own them, eleven months into the case. The trade mark claims over 18 marks go on to trial.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 14

Stake Blocks Ireland After GRAI Talks, a Week After Nigeria Declared It Illegal

The "world's largest" online casino has shut its whole site to Irish users and says it will apply for a licence, while the regulator says two prediction markets and a major platform have geo-blocked and deposits are being refunded.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 14

KSA Chairman: Half of Every Euro Goes Illegal and the Netherlands Is Too Small

Kansspelautoriteit chairman Michel Groothuizen says it is "naïve" to think a national regulator can beat a cross-border black market that costs the state more than €500m a year in tax, and that parliament barely mentioned Europe.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

Prediction MarketsSep 14

CFTC Asks Court to Block Connecticut a Day After Its Nine Cease-and-Desists

The federal regulator moved for a preliminary injunction on 11 September, with Robinhood pressing to join the case and Crypto.com taking the Nevada question to the Supreme Court. Connecticut's responses are due on 2 October.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 14

Sunderland Signs Unlicensed Crypto Casino Shuffle as DCMS Sponsorship Ban Looms

The Premier League club put a Curaçao-licensed operator on its sleeve two days after the government's consultation on banning exactly that shut, while a £9m UKRI research consortium says the ban should reach licensed bookmakers too.

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

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

Bally's Lands $560m From WhiteHawk for the Bronx After a Going-Concern Warning

Chile's Financial Regulator Moves to Cut Card Payments to Unlicensed Betting

Lula Calls Betting "a Disease, Not a Game" and Promises a Decision Soon

One Illegal German Casino Ring Took €5.86bn, Reopening the Black Market Row

KSA Renews Lotto BV Monopolies to 2031 as the Council of State Weighs Legality

High Court Strikes Out Entain's Copyright Claims Against Matched Betting Sites

Stake Blocks Ireland After GRAI Talks, a Week After Nigeria Declared It Illegal

KSA Chairman: Half of Every Euro Goes Illegal and the Netherlands Is Too Small

CFTC Asks Court to Block Connecticut a Day After Its Nine Cease-and-Desists

Sunderland Signs Unlicensed Crypto Casino Shuffle as DCMS Sponsorship Ban Looms

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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