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U.S. Senator Katie Britt has led a bipartisan effort urging the Department of Justice to take immediate action against illegal offshore gaming operations, amid serious concerns about the extent to which the youth are using these gambling platforms and the lack of protections for players. Alabama Senator Katie Britt penned the letter, alongside 11 bipartisan colleagues, to Attorney General Pam...
Spelinspektionen, the gambling authority of Sweden, has issued a ban against Yomoly Ltd for offering gambling services to users in Sweden without the required authority to operate in the country.   Spelinspektionen confirmed the prohibition order after it found Yomoly was acting illegally by offering its online platforms for betting and casino services without authority under Sweden’s Gambling...
The online gaming company FanDuel has announced the casino streaming influencer, Lady Luck HQ, will be joining the roster as an exclusive ambassador. The influencer, Francine Maric (Lady Luck HQ), has over a million subscribers on YouTube and a large following on other platforms like Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. She is the most-subscribed female slots influencer on YouTube and she regularly...
US President Donald Trump’s media company says it plans to add prediction markets to Truth Social through an exclusive partnership with Crypto.com’s Derivatives North America unit, which is a CFTC registered exchange and clearinghouse. What is Trump’s new prediction market called? According to both Trump Media and Technology Group Corp and Crypto.com, Truth Social will become the first social...
The NBA has issued an urgent memo to all 30 teams stressing that “more can be done” to protect the integrity of the game, following the gambling scandal that has rocked the league.  Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, and dozens of others were arrested by the FBI over the elaborate scam described as a criminal gambling operation that used inside...
The Illinois Gaming Board has become the latest in the United States to warn against prediction markets as it issues a memorandum. The statement has come in response to recent inquiries regarding prediction markets, including purported sports event contracts. These questions have prompted the regulatory board to reconfirm its position on the topic. Some news: I hadn't seen this reported yet, but...
The former basketball point guard Gilbert Arenas has taken to social media to deny snitch allegations in the ongoing NBA gambling probe. On Monday, October 27, he posted a video online, along with the caption: “First off… these snitch allegations y’all throwing on my name gotta STOP. Ever since the internet started calling me ‘Agent 911,’ my 2K numbers been in witness protection. First off…...
The UK-based Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) says a further tax raid would risk over 40,000 jobs, channel £8.4 billion ($11.2 billion) in stakes to the black market, and wipe £3.1 billion ($4.1 billion) off the sector’s UK economic contribution. This comes as a tax reform on gambling has become a major concern for the industry, with rumors that some changes could potentially be seen in the...
A newly proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in Jackson County Circuit Court. It claims that the online gambling site Stake.us, influencer Adin Ross, and Canadian rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham were running an illegal online casino aimed at people in Missouri. The plaintiff, Justin Killham, is suing Sweepsteaks Limited, the company behind both Stake.us and the international gambling site...
A group of alleged mobsters are at the heart of a rigged table game scheme that defrauded millions from poker players, according to an indictment unsealed in New York. The key figures in the racket to rig card games are making the rounds on global news outlets like the script of a Hollywood mafia saga involving the Bonanno, Gambino, and Genovese crime syndicates. Key locations in the card game...