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The Dutch gambling watchdog has told Polymarket to stop operating in the Netherlands immediately or start paying steep weekly penalties.
On Tuesday (February 17), the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) said it has issued a “last onder dwangsom” (order under threat of a fine) to Adventure One QSS Inc., the company behind the prediction-market platform Polymarket, for providing games of chance to people...
If there is one thing you can predict with delight these days, it is that Michael S. Selig will write about prediction markets, whether on X or elsewhere, and that something about them will be a bit unpredictable.
In his recent Wall Street Journal piece, Selig, the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), laments what he portrays as a state-level siege on federally...
Betsson Sport is stepping into 2026 with a high-profile campaign in Italy, and it’s leaning on some of the biggest names the country has ever produced. Francesco Totti, Roberto Baggio and Fabio Cannavaro are now the faces of a nationwide push designed to put the platform and the clubs connected to it firmly in the spotlight.
The new campaign brings the three former stars together across...
The Netherlands’ gambling watchdog is taking a measured but unmistakably cautious tone as a new minority government prepares to take office in The Hague.
In a blog published on Monday (February 16), Michel Groothuizen, who chairs the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), laid out how the Dutch regulator views the coalition agreement under Prime Minister Rob Jetten. He said the document sketches out the...
France’s gambling authority is sounding the alarm as the 2026 FIFA World Cup draws closer, urging betting companies and their media partners to dial back advertising plans tied to the tournament.
On Friday (February 13), the Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) reviewed annual promotional strategies filed by licensed operators and said it was concerned by what it found. Overall marketing budgets...
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is heading back to the Las Vegas Strip next summer with what organizers describe as its most ambitious slate yet. On Monday (February 16), the series rolled out the complete schedule for its 57th annual run, promising a packed calendar at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas from May 26 through July 25.
In total, players will be chasing 100 gold bracelets...
A federal judge has delivered a major blow to the slot-style machines that have quietly spread through Missouri bars, restaurants and convenience stores over the past several years, ruling they are illegal under state law.
In a decision handed down Friday (February 13), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri found that the devices violate Missouri’s gambling statutes. U....
Prediction market Kalshi has taken another step into sports-linked trading. The New York company recently self-certified a new set of event contracts with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, tied to professional sports draft lottery odds, testing how far federally regulated prediction markets can go.
Earlier this month, Kalshi filed paperwork with the CFTC to list contracts built...
Polymarket is facing fresh scrutiny after a viral post set off a wave of criticism about what kinds of events should be turned into betting markets, which has since been withdrawn.
The controversy began when a screenshot circulated on X showing a Polymarket listing titled “Artemis II explodes?” Traders had assigned the event an 8% implied probability. For many users, the optics alone were...
A self-proclaimed illusionist from Mississippi, who spent years working casino floors under false names, including the alias “Shaun Mistery,” will now spend the next decade behind bars.
On Tuesday (February 10), Judge Carl Petersen ordered 38-year-old Shaun Joseph Benward to serve concurrent prison terms that add up to 10 years. The Lyon County sentence comes with credit for nearly one year...