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Dutch gambling regulators say betting is starting to feel like just another part of daily life for many people in the Netherlands. The cultural shift, they warn, could be nudging more people toward gambling while making it harder to spot when habits turn harmful.
Fresh research from the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) shows nearly a quarter of Dutch adults, 24%, believe people around them see...
The Wisconsin State Assembly has signed off on Assembly Bill 601, pushing forward a plan that would allow mobile or online sports betting across the state under a structure run by federally recognized Native American tribes. The vote sends the proposal to the State Senate, showing the clearest momentum yet for supporters who want to bring regulated online wagering to Wisconsin.
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Missouri’s top law enforcement official is telling businesses across the state to get rid of slot-style gaming machines immediately, saying they are illegal under current law.
Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway delivered that message Thursday (February 19) in a video posted to X and during testimony before lawmakers. Her warning follows a recent federal court decision concluding that...
Aron Borod, also known as Ari, is now officially at Polymarket, and the once-sealed court fight over his departure from Fanatics is coming into sharper focus.
On Thursday (February 19), Polymarket confirmed it had brought Borod on board as president of its sports business development division, locking in a hire that had already sparked a legal showdown. In a statement on LinkedIn, Borod...
A wide-ranging gambling investigation in Hitchcock, Texas, has led to the arrest of the city’s mayor after authorities fanned out across town with dozens of search warrants.
Investigators with the Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force carried out 21 search warrants in Hitchcock on February 18. The coordinated effort included multiple suspected game rooms and, notably, City Hall.
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For years, gambling lived on the outer edges of the video game business. It was boxed in by geography, hemmed in by regulation, and treated as culturally separate from mainstream gaming. However, the wall has now largely come down.
The State of Video Gaming in 2026 by Epyllion’s CEO Matthew Ball argues that gambling, especially iGaming, online sports betting, and prediction markets, has...
Polymarket is making another big bet on the future of prediction markets by acquiring Dome, a Y Combinator-backed startup from the F25 batch that built a unified API designed to make prediction market data and tools easier for developers to use.
Dome co-founder Kurush Dubash shared the news in a LinkedIn post, reflecting on the startup’s original goal: “From day one, our mission was simple:...
Maryland lawmakers are weighing a proposal that could stretch the state’s gambling laws well beyond its borders, potentially pulling web hosts, payment companies and platform providers around the world into its enforcement net.
House Bill 1226, titled the Maryland Illegal Online Gambling Enforcement Act, would let the Attorney General issue cease-and-desist orders to any sweepstakes operator...
Nevada officials want a federal judge to send their lawsuit against KalshiEX, LLC back where it started, in state court.
In an emergency motion filed Wednesday (February 18) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, the State of Nevada, acting through the Nevada Gaming Control Board, asked Chief U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon to remand the case after Kalshi removed it from...
California’s long-running fight over cardroom gaming entered a new phase this month after state officials approved a pair of closely contested gambling regulations.
The California Nations Indian Gaming Association quickly praised the decision, saying it gives the Department of Justice clearer authority to rein in practices tribes have argued for years violate state law.
“These regulations...