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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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CorporateSep 3

Paddy Power Will Close Up to 100 Shops, a Fifth of Its Estate

Flutter has put a number on the retail review it declined to quantify in August. Up to 100 of 506 shops go before the end of the year, with about 400 jobs at risk, and the company names the Budget.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Prediction MarketsSep 3

Michigan Orders Kalshi to Geofence and Raises the Penalty to $500,000 a Day

The temporary order we reported in July carried $120,000 a day. The preliminary injunction that replaced it on 1 September carries more than four times that, and tells Kalshi which geolocation vendor category it must use.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 3

Brazil's Senate Committee Approves the Security PEC Without the Betting Levy

The CCJ passed the base text by symbolic vote on 2 September, with the 30% transfer of betting revenue to public security funds removed. Amendments were not reached, and are now expected only after the elections.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 3

Hungary Orders a Review Into Abolishing Its Own Gambling Regulator

A government resolution published on 31 August instructs the justice minister to report by 30 September on whether the SZTFH can be wound up and its powers moved into government-run bodies. The regulator says it answers to Parliament, not to ministers.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

CorporateSep 3

Entain's FTSE 100 Exit Is Confirmed, and the Selling Starts on 18 September

FTSE Russell published the September review on 2 September and the indicative screen held. The Ladbrokes owner leaves the index it joined in June 2020, and tracker funds have a fixed date to sell.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 2

Brazil's Licensed Betting Bodies Protest Being Shut Out of the Planalto

Three associations issued statements within hours of each other. All three make the same point: the regulator was missing too, and the figures presented to the president went untested.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Prediction MarketsSep 2

New Jersey Asks the Supreme Court to Decide Who Regulates Kalshi

Five days after the Ninth Circuit split from the Third, New Jersey has filed for certiorari, one day before its deadline. The question is whether a federal commodities registration lets a company offer sports betting in every state while following the gambling law of none.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 2

Brazil's Rapporteur Removes the 30% Betting Transfer From the Security PEC

The provision that would have routed 30% of fixed-odds betting revenue to public security is out of the report filed in the Senate's justice committee. It has not been voted on yet, and the sports bodies that lobbied against it stand to keep about R$500 million a year.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

M&ASep 2

Lottomatica Absorbs Cirsa and Blackstone Becomes Its Largest Shareholder

A binding merger agreement signed in Rome and Barcelona creates the second-largest listed gaming and sports betting operator in the world, on about €2 billion of pro forma EBITDA. Cirsa is valued at roughly 6x.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 2

FanDuel Voided Bill Simmons's Bets After He Admitted Proxy Betting

The Ringer founder said on his own podcast that he gave his sportsbook login to his daughter's boyfriend. Massachusetts requires operators to log every IP address an account is accessed from, and it still took a podcast.

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

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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

Paddy Power Will Close Up to 100 Shops, a Fifth of Its Estate

Michigan Orders Kalshi to Geofence and Raises the Penalty to $500,000 a Day

Brazil's Senate Committee Approves the Security PEC Without the Betting Levy

Hungary Orders a Review Into Abolishing Its Own Gambling Regulator

Entain's FTSE 100 Exit Is Confirmed, and the Selling Starts on 18 September

Brazil's Licensed Betting Bodies Protest Being Shut Out of the Planalto

New Jersey Asks the Supreme Court to Decide Who Regulates Kalshi

Brazil's Rapporteur Removes the 30% Betting Transfer From the Security PEC

Lottomatica Absorbs Cirsa and Blackstone Becomes Its Largest Shareholder

FanDuel Voided Bill Simmons's Bets After He Admitted Proxy Betting

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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