Google Ads has emailed advertisers to warn that its Gambling...
The head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, has reposted a prediction market wager on a possible DOJ prosecution.
Dhillon reposted an X post from prediction market Polymarket promoting 36% odds on journalist Don Lemon being prosecuted by the DOJ, writing: “Three now arrested.” This comes after a federal judge found no probable cause of Lemon committing a crime...
The Ohio Casino Control Commission has filed a Massachusetts court ruling against Kalshi as “supplemental authority” in its own lawsuit.
The commission is currently embroiled in a legal battl ewith prediction market Kalshi, opposing the company’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Ohio is blocking Kalshi’s attempt to seek injunctive relief from state law and avoid attempted restrictions to its...
The UFC canceled a lightweight match between Alexander Hernandez and Michael Johnson at the last minute due to suspicious betting activity.
While the UFC didn’t immediately give a reason for canceling the bout just hours before it was due to start on Saturday, January 24, the organization’s CEO Dana White confirmed at a news conference that it was due to suspicious betting activity. This comes...
If your organic traffic looks flat while impressions stay steady, you’re not imagining it.
We’ve seen this pattern across B2B SaaS and ecommerce accounts since late 2023. Rankings hold. Clicks slip. Meanwhile, leadership’s awareness of why competitors appear in ChatGPT responses while your content doesn’t is crucial. That tension is the real story here. SEO still works, but the way people...
On January 12, the Isle of Man government renewed its commitment to the iGaming industry, despite headwinds and pressures from different directions.
The message sent out was that the Isle of Man remains open for business and welcoming to the sector, in the face of challenges from changing tax landscapes in other jurisdictions and the threat of the unlicensed black market.
The Isle of Man is a...
The fifth man in an illegal sports betting ring has been named by the FBI. LaVonte Holmes, 24, was found to have been involved with the ring between 2022 and 2024.
It’s reported that the scheme would involve abusing stolen identities to conduct bets on vulnerable platforms. Birth dates, Social Security numbers, and more were acquired from online sources, such as the deep web, which regularly...
Missouri gambling regulators have rejected the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) request to block prop bets on college games. With months of fiascos surrounding the style of betting and college-level games, it comes as a surprise that the ban wasn’t implemented.
The NCAA claims that there’s been a rise in harassment by bettors, as well as pointing to insider information being used...
The ongoing battle to restore gambling loss deductions has failed once again. This comes as an amendment to bill H.R.7148, which was shot down in a recent committee hearing.
Representative Dina Titus, a Democrat from Nevada, urged the change. She has now found 25 other legislators from both parties to support the change, but keeps being shot down.
At the center of the issue is that Titus and...
A new video game, Arknights: Endfield, had to suddenly shut off payments via PayPal just hours after the game launched. It was found by the community that other players’ purchases were taking cash from their accounts.
Users on social media noticed that connecting their PayPal account to the game would cause other unauthorized transactions to be made.
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