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A third individual linked to an Amarillo cockfighting ring has been sentenced as part of a wider gambling investigation.
A custodial jail term was imposed on Salvador Sanchez Chávez, 49, after the case led by United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould uncovered more wrongdoing.
Chávez case stems from wider cockfighting gambling investigation
The case stems back to an...
A bill that would have banned smoking on casino gaming floors in Iowa didn’t go anywhere this week, after a Senate subcommittee voted to shelve the proposal indefinitely.
The legislation, Senate File 2051, was introduced as “An Act relating to the elimination of the exemption of gaming floors from the prohibitions of the smokefree air Act.” The bill proposed a change to state law by amending Iowa...
The Catawba Nation Chief, Brian Harris, has taken to social media to share the latest vision for the federally recognized tribe in South Carolina.
Harris starts by sharing the new introductions and improvements before noting that, unlike South Carolina, “believe it or not, we never applied to be state-recognized in North Carolina.”
He continued to say they already have all the paperwork turned in...
Gemini Titan, which was co-founded by the Winklevoss twins, has notified the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that it plans to offer ‘time-interval prop bets.’
In the electronic submission, the company states its intention to list “Will the [points] recorded in [time period] of[event] be [above/below/exactly/at least/between [count] points?”
Along with the letter, the Exchange provided the...
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos has taken to social media to reply to a post from Polymarket, saying it’s been made up.
On January 22, the prediction market Polymarket posted on X saying: “JUST IN: Jeff Bezos advises aspiring Gen Z entrepreneurs to start at real world jobs like McDonalds or Palantir before starting a business.”
The post has since racked up 5.5 million views, with over 8,700 likes and...
Fanatics Sportsbook is betting on Kendall Jenner with the launch of its first ever Big Game commercial and Jenner’s first Big Game advertising campaign, titled Bet on Kendall. The campaign marks the first production from the recently launched Fanatics Studios, a joint venture between Fanatics and OBB Media. Bolded, OBB’s branded entertainment division, served as the creative studio.
The spot...
The founders of the sports prediction market company Novig have applied for approval to become a CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange through the entity Ludlow Exchange LLC.
The company has requested confidential treatment of its submitted exhibits and materials, with a number of them listed in a public document This includes exhibits/documents about ownership, board and governance, fitness...
As part of a trial court case returned on remand, casino workers are hoping for another chance to overturn smoking being permitted in New Jersey gambling environments.
A group of lobbyists and union representatives has been arguing that there should be a ban on smoking where staff are at risk of second-hand smoke.
Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE) and the union representatives now...
The Ministry of the Interior of Finland has announced a raft of changes to operator license fees as part of the incoming 2027 Gambling Act.
This update comes in a substantial year for legal reform in the Scandinavian nation, with the breakup of the longstanding state-owned gambling operator Veikkaus Oy.
Finland will now move to a more competitive model under the new Gambling Act, and the reform...
The gambling company evoke Plc has seen its strongest quarter of the year, with revenue reaching £464 million ($635 million) but the CEO highlights disappointment in the UK Budget which he says dealt a ‘significant blow to both evoke and the wider regulated industry.’
It was in November when the UK government announced several changes to gambling taxes, including an increase in remote gaming duty...