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Inspired Entertainment and bet365 are continuing a long-running collaboration around virtual sports, with both companies agreeing to a new multi-year extension that focuses on expanding betting features and rolling out new digital products. Under the renewed deal, Inspired will keep supplying its portfolio of virtual sports to the global online betting operator while also developing...
A federal judge in Ohio has denied prediction-market exchange Kalshi’s request for a preliminary injunction that would have blocked state regulators from enforcing Ohio’s sports-gambling laws against the company’s sports-event contracts. Chief U.S. District Judge Sarah D. Morrison of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued the decision on Monday (March 9). The judge...
Major League Soccer has permanently banned two former players after investigators concluded they gambled on league matches and passed along insider details to other bettors. The league announced Monday (March 9) that Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah received lifetime suspensions for violating MLS gambling rules. Neither player is currently signed to a club, but the league said their conduct...
Jalen Smith, one of the alleged fixers of a sprawling basketball point-shaving operation, admitted in federal court in Philadelphia that he played a key role in the scheme that stretched from U.S. college programs to a professional league in China. Appearing before U.S. District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro, the 30-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to bribery in...
A new proposed class action lawsuit is accusing video game company Valve of running what plaintiffs describe as an illegal gambling operation inside several of its biggest games. The case, filed Monday (March 9) in federal court in Washington state, targets the company’s long-running loot box systems in titles including Counter-Strike, Dota 2, and Team Fortress 2. Two players, Alexander...
Underdog is moving deeper into prediction markets after buying two federally regulated exchange entities, a step that will allow the sports gaming company to operate its own U.S. marketplace for event-based contracts. The New York-based firm said Monday (March 9) it acquired Aristotle Exchange DCM, Inc. and Aristotle Exchange DCO, Inc., both registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading...
Women still account for a relatively small portion of Spain’s online gambling market, yet their numbers are climbing quickly. New figures from Spain’s Directorate General for Gambling Regulation show that women represented 16.9% of online gamblers in 2024. Even with that imbalance, regulators say the pace of growth suggests a noticeable generational change in a sector that has long been...
Regulators in New South Wales are starting to pay closer attention to a fast-growing part of the gambling industry aka social media influencers and online content creators. Liquor...
Australia’s communications regulator has moved against six licensed wagering companies after investigations found they failed to follow safeguards meant to protect people who chose to stop gambling. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said the cases centered on BetStop, the National Self-Exclusion Register that allows Australians to block themselves from online and...
A federal judge has thrown out, at least for now, a lawsuit filed by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians that challenged several provisions in its gaming agreement with California. In a March 4 order, U.S. District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes ruled the tribe had not shown a real and active legal dispute with the state or Gov. Gavin Newsom. Without that kind of immediate conflict, the court said, the...