The Oxford Casino, based in Maine, has filed a federal lawsuit which challenges “efforts to grant a monopoly on online casino-style gambling (“iGaming”) to four specially selected Indian Tribes.”
This comes after Governor Mills, of the State of Maine, announced her intention to allow the LD 1164 bill, named ‘An Act to Create Economic Opportunity for the Wabanaki Nations’ to become law.
This was...
The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled that loot boxes present within video games do not constitute gambling under their gambling laws.
This comes after a player attempted to reclaim nearly €20,000 ($24,000) spent on in-game purchases in a football video game.
The plaintiff spent money in the game on loot boxes between 2017 and 2021, with the purpose of acquiring digital players in order to enhance...
The FBI are seeking Michael Lizaso Marasigan in connection with alleged illegal gambling activities and related financial crimes, and have placed him on the most wanted list.
He is wanted for violations of his pretrial release, according to his profile on the FBI website.
Between March 2015 and December 2021, Marasigan and his co-conspirators managed to defraud patrons at the Guam Shrine Club’s...
Billions of tax revenue would be generated if all 50 states in the US made sports betting legal, a report by the Tax Foundation claims.
If all states established statewide gambling markets, the Tax Foundation estimates that gross gaming revenue (GGR) would increase by $15.6 billion per year.
If all 50 states established legal, open, statewide sports gaming markets, a 10 percent GGR tax would...
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina secures 241 acres of land in Robeson County and teases the idea of a casino and resort in the announcement.
The update comes from the Lumbee Tribal Chairman, John L. Lowery, who has discussed the land purchase and land in trust process at length, with it being confirmed that the Lumbee Tribal Holdings (the for-profit arm of the Tribe) acquired the land and has...
The newly formed Coalition for Prediction Markets (CPM) have gone big on the marketing budget, as they share a full page advertisement in the Washington Post.
Within it, it reads “CFTC regulated prediction markets (already) ban insider trading.” It then gives a list of what they believe to be regulated and unregulated features, before stating: “Congress, let’s continue to work together to keep...
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...