California (USA): all our coverage

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.

The sportsbook has gone live with markets that settle in five minutes, through Crypto.com's CFTC self-certification. On Kalshi, short-dated crypto has gone from $643m in April to more than $4bn in July.

The Dodgers, Red Sox, Braves, Padres and Giants are Kalshi partners, and had been for weeks before anyone said so. Three of the five are in California, where no state lawsuit has been filed and the lobbying has already started.

A two-page letter to the Ninth Circuit argues that a company claiming federal law bars state regulation cannot then accept a state tax on the same contracts. The panel has been sitting on this case since April.

Attorney General James Uthmeier has gone after the operators and the payment rails in the same action, naming Worldpay, Trustly, Praxis and Breeze Labs alongside Stake and VGW. Suing the processors is the part the rest of the industry should be reading.

A report commissioned by the Campaign for Fairer Gambling estimates that unlicensed online gambling operators generated $97.4 billion in US revenue in 2025, growing at nearly twice the pace of the regulated sector and raising pointed questions about whether legalisation is containing or expanding overall market harm.

A tribal coalition is pressing ahead with a California sports betting ballot initiative aimed at the 2028 election cycle, targeting the world's fifth-largest economy and one of the last major US markets to remain closed to regulated wagering. The campaign would give licensed tribal casinos and four major tracks exclusive control over online and retail sports betting.

Indiana Governor Mike Braun has signed House Bill 1052 into law, making Indiana the first state in 2026 and the seventh overall to prohibit dual-currency sweepstakes casino platforms, with civil penalties of up to $100,000 per violation taking effect from 1 July 2026.

Iowa lawmakers have introduced HSB 586 and SSB 3040 to grant the IRGC explicit powers to shut down unlicenced sweepstakes casinos using civil injunctions and stop orders.

In a landmark decision for the US gaming industry, California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 831, officially enacting the California

Ely, UK - 1st October 2025 - In a landmark ruling with potentially seismic implications for the social casino industry, a US federal judge in California has

Wolverhampton, UK - 30th September 2025 - A landmark joint summit between the United States' top two financial regulators, the SEC and the CFTC, which was

London, UK - 29th September 2025 - Kalshi, the federally regulated prediction market at the centre of a fierce US regulatory battle, has achieved a major

California is on the verge of outlawing online sweepstakes casinos after the state Senate passed Assembly Bill 831 with a unanimous and bipartisan 31-0 vote.

Financial technology firm Robinhood has taken the aggressive step of suing the state gambling regulators in New Jersey and Nevada, launching a direct legal

New Jersey has officially banned online sweepstakes and dual-currency gaming models after Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law targeting what regulators have

Retail investment platform Robinhood has announced it will begin offering football prediction markets to its millions of users, a move that pushes the popular

A new and highly contentious report is challenging the established understanding of the US online gambling market, claiming that the illegal sector is not

Gilbert Arenas, a three-time NBA All-Star known for his flamboyant personality, has been arrested and charged with multiple federal crimes in connection with

A pivotal moment has arrived for the future of digital entertainment in California, as a key Senate committee has given its stamp of approval to a

Promoting online gambling activities across Meta's expansive platforms has just become significantly more stringent. The California-based tech behemoth has