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Las Vegas Sands, which owns properties worldwide, posts a strong Q4 and full-year, but Sands China sees dip. The net revenue of the company was $3.65 billion, compared to $2.90 billion in the prior year quarter. The operating income was $707 million, compared to $590 million in the prior year quarter. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the net income reached $448 million, growing on the $392 million...
Entain has officially confirmed that it will no longer be sponsoring the Coral Cup at the Cheltenham festival after a 52-year association with the event. The operator first sponsored the race in 1974, but the decision follows an increase in betting taxation announced in the UK budget last November. Sadly, today we’ve confirmed that @Coral will not renew its 52‑year sponsorship of the Coral Cup...
A number of licensed wagering providers are said to have breached self-exclusion rules, according to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). The independent commonwealth statutory authority, in Australia, regulates communications and media services in the country and it has just announced it has carried out a number of investigations. The ACMA says investigations found Tabcorp,...
The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published a consultation document in error that shows a proposed 30% increase in the gambling license fee. The information was published on the GOV.UK site on January 27, 2026, followed by a message stating that this was a mistake and the proposal was swiftly removed. Gambling fee hike info posted in error “Without an uplift in October...
A judge in the Massachusetts Superior Court has published preliminary thoughts around a 30-day timeline for Kalshi to implement geofencing technology. Geofencing is a digital barrier that functions like a map or territory, permitting or restricting access to certain content, or, in the case of Kalshi, to the prediction market’s features. Judge Christopher K. Barry-Smith oversaw the legal battle...
The Polymarket and Nevada saga remains to be ongoing, as a judge has denied Nevada’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) which marks a small win for the prediction market. This refers to the request for an ex parte temporary restraining order, with the docket also suggesting a hearing on the state’s motion for the preliminary injunction has been set. If the docket is correct, the...
Fanatics Betting and Gaming has announced that it will continue to operate mobile sportsbooks in Illinois with a market-access partnership with PENN Entertainment through Argosy Casino Alton. Following the suspension of its previous partner, Hawthorne Race Course, the betting giant has sought to keep its foothold in the state. Betting regulations in the Land of Lincoln require any licensed online...
The recent snowstorm in New York City surprisingly led to Kalshi’s largest climate-related market, according to a report, but not everyone is happy with the outcome. It also comes just weeks after Polymarket declined to pay out on bets about whether the U.S. military would invade Venezuela, pointing to disputes over how the wording was interpreted. The publisher Barrons says a spokesperson told...
The House Bill 2198 has been introduced in Hawaii, which would see prediction markets be included in the definition of gambling, making them banned in the US state. The summary of the bill reads as: “Includes prediction markets in the definition of gambling by specifying that the purchase, sale, or financial speculation of securities or commodities on the outcome or future contingent events...
The Gambling Authority of Ireland (GRAI) has found that problem gambling is much more likely amongst people who were exposed to gambling as children. The study, which was conducted by the ESRI’s Behavioural Research Unit, found that rates of problem gambling are significantly higher among people who gambled as children, whose parents gambled, or whose parents had positive attitudes towards...