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Online sportsbook Bovada is eyeing up the Los Angeles Lakers as the favorites to sign Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo.
As rumors ramp up about a possible departure from the Heat from Bam Adebayo, Bovada has given the Lakers the best odds for landing the all-star player. A simple Instagram post from the player appears to fan the flames of speculation, with Adebayo taking to Instagram with a cryptic post...
The Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI) has signed a new partnership with the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority. They did this through a Memorandum of Understanding, which basically sets the stage for the two groups to work more closely together.
Anne Marie Caulfield, who leads GRAI, signed the agreement with Andrew Lynam, the Commissioner in Gibraltar. The deal lays out how they’ll...
The new governor of the Wakayama prefecture in Japan has come forward to put the city up for another bid at building one of Japan’s first casinos. After failing to make a successful bid in 2022, in what was described as a “sloppy” attempt, it is now trying again.
Most forms of gambling in Japan are illegal for citizens, outside of pachislot, pachinko, and horse racing, as well as lotteries. In...
Tribal gaming leaders are calling out Kalshi, the prediction market company, for what they say is a misleading portrayal of its conversations with Native American organizations. According to Victor Rocha, a well-known figure in tribal gaming and the conference chair of the Indian Gaming Association (IGA), the talks, including two separate calls with Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour, didn’t go well at all...
After being in the news last week for an NFL poker punch-up, JokerStars in Houston, Texas, is back on the radar after a cheating scandal was uncovered. A scheme that involved cards implanted with RFID chips was caught on security cameras.
JokerStars owner Jerry Yen posted to Facebook on June 23 with the identifications of the three men involved, as well as screenshots from the security footage....
Reaching customers across borders used to mean big translation budgets, teams of native-speaking marketers, and a lot of hoping that the messaging didn’t get lost somewhere between “add to cart” and “checkout.” But now? The multilingual AI tools are getting smarter, the content’s getting faster, and your business doesn’t need to speak just one language anymore. Whether you’re selling handmade...
High 5 Casino and a geolocation company, Xpoint, have partnered up to prevent the company from appearing in states it shouldn’t. The operator mainly runs sweepstakes casinos, which are quickly being banned from multiple states.
Xpoint’s technology has already been integrated into multiple other sites like Bet365, with this move following suit with the contemporaries from around the gambling world...
Lawmakers in New Jersey have agreed to an increase in the tax rate, totaling 19.75% for online gaming, which is lower than what was initially proposed.
It was earlier this year when Gov Phil Murphy suggested the state’s tax rate on sports betting should be raised to 25%. At the time, it was reported this would result in an extra $402.4 million in revenue for the state.
Now though, the lower rate...
The Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) of Sri Lanka has given approval for the importation of casino machines, with previous restrictions removed.
The creation of a special mechanism to monitor the importation has been directed to be set up too, with this coming at a time when the country is moving towards modernizing its gaming market.
According to the local Daily Mirror, Chairman Harsha de...
Robin Lynn Severance Lopez, the estranged wife of suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, appeared in a Lake County courtroom Tuesday (June 24) for the first time since her arrest on racketeering charges. The 50-year-old is accused of helping run a multi-million dollar illegal gambling ring in partnership with her husband, a scheme that prosecutors say she played a central role in.
She’s...