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The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) is asking state lawmakers in Maine to reconsider the SP 825 bill which would see Social Plus games banned.
It was back in November 2025 when the term ‘Social Plus’ was coined in a blog written by SGLA’s Managing Director Sean Ostrow as a new term for online sweepstakes game. These are always restricted to players 21+ and can include interactive board,...
The chairman of the New York State Gaming Commission has voiced support and applauded Governor Kathy Hochul for her commitment to protecting New Yorkers, as she outlined more than 200 initiatives, including gambling-related measures.
Amongst the many topics in the address, Governor Hochul has highlighted how online sports betting has become immensely popular and has stressed young people need to...
Jason Noah Feinman of Calabasas in California, has pleaded guilty to operating an illegal offshore gambling business, evading taxes and laundering money in a statement released by the Office of Public Affairs at the US Department of Justice.
Feinman operated a Costa Rica-based business in which its main focus was to run a website that was used by illegal gambling businesses to assist various...
The Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, has made his feelings known on the Senate’s crypto market structure bill, as he takes to social media to pull his support.
“After reviewing the Senate Banking draft text over the last 48hrs, Coinbase unfortunately can’t support the bill as written,” he says.
It was on Monday (January 12) when draft legislation was finally revealed, with this to create a...
The 2025 PokerGO Tour (PGT) has officially come to an end, with Chad Eveslage topping a field of 54 entries to become the winner, taking home $500,000.
The American poker player is no stranger to winning, as he’s also a four-time WSOP bracelet winner and it was reported that as of July 2025, his career earnings amounted to a massive $10.6 million.
In the 2025 season, his highlights appear to have...
LIV Golf star Bryson DeChambeau has signed a deal to partner with Kalshi and thus becomes the first athlete to do so.
Throughout the 2026 LIV Golf season, DeChambeau will feature in television adverts, social media campaigns and other promotional activities during his partnership with the prediction market.
We've signed 2x Major Champion Bryson DeChambeau as our first athlete and ambassador...
FanDuel Predicts has reportedly expanded from operating in five states to being available across 18 states, according to gambling analyst Dustin Gouker.
Before this, FanDuel Predicts was only available in Alabama, Alaska, South Carolina, North Dakota and South Dakota.
News: FanDuel Predicts just expanded from five to 18 states, including California, Texas, Florida and Georgia. pic.twitter.com/...
The President, Charlie Baker, of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is calling for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to halt all college sport offerings in prediction markets, until ‘appropriate regulations’ can be put in place.
The CFTC is the regulatory body that presides over prediction markets, with these being a controversial addition to the world of gambling...
A gang leader has been sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for orchestrating a 2023 gambling operation and heading up a list of extortion schemes.
The man identified as Luis Ramirez, head of the Los Angeles Riverside County-based street gang, has been found to have organized the illegal activity while already incarcerated on separate charges.
Gang leader sentenced for extortion plot
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Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase, both Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians, have reaffirmed that messages presented as evidence referred to rooster betting, not baseball gambling.
Clase and Ortiz are defendants in a federal illegal gambling case that has shaken the MLB and caused gambling lines on pitching to be revised as a result.
Prosecutors have built a case based on...