Regulation & Law

A Philippine lawmaker has filed legislation seeking to prohibit online gambling advertising, promotions, endorsements and sponsorships nationwide, with penalties including multimillion-peso fines, imprisonment and possible license revocation. House Bill No. 10982, or the proposed “Online Gambling A…

A New York law firm is renewing its scrutiny of Fertitta Entertainment Inc.’s (FEI) proposed $17.6 billion takeover of Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ: CZR) that values the target at $31 a share. Wohl & Fruchter, which specializes in “merger and acquisition cases, securities fraud, consumer fraud, an…

The largest known leak of North American driver’s license scans has thrust Caesars Entertainment and Circa Casino into the spotlight. Both Las Vegas casino operators appeared on the known client roster of identity verification provider IDScan.net — Caesars on IDScan’s public client/trust page, Circ…

Following recent, opposing rulings on prediction market cases by the Third and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, consensus is building in the investment and legal communities that it’s just a matter of time before the U.S. Supreme Court hears at least one of these cases. At least one analyst is offe…

An industry insider exclusively told Casino.org that downloads for Papaya’s flagship apps are rising sharply, defying a recent federal court verdict that penalized the company for deceptive advertising. Publicly available data from Sensor Tower, along with reports shared with Casino.org, indicate t…

Kalshi’s chief executive officer, Tarek Mansour, has commented on a recent Ninth Circuit ruling, expressing firm disagreement with how the court described his business. Mansour’s comment was made during an interview with RotoWire and follows a ruling that sided with Nevada regulators seeking to reg…

Kangwon Land’s new CEO plans to accelerate its $2.21 billion K-HIT resort transformation, regulatory reform and AI safeguards. The post Kangwon Land CEO outlines faster resort transformation, regulatory reform first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

In a keynote delivered as part of SiGMA North America’s opening ceremony at the Centro Banamex in Mexico City, the Hon. Edgar Ciceño Velasco, Head of the Global Economic Intelligence Unit for Mexico’s Ministry of the Economy and Secretary General of the National Council for the 2030 Agenda, said Si…

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has secured a preliminary injunction against Kalshi, barring the prediction market company from offering sports contracts in Michigan. The order requires Kalshi to maintain geofencing that prevents Michigan residents and anyone within the state from accessing i…

As Senators back proposals to dismantle the commercial framework of the country’s regulated online gambling market. Leonardo Biazzi reports on another bruising week for the Bets Law, as gambling policy becomes a political battleground ahead of Brazil’s October elections. It appears that the script…

Euro Games Technology has secured a UAE vendor license, allowing it to provide land-based gaming products to licensed operators. The post EGT secures UAE license to supply land-based gaming products first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether states or the federal government have authority to regulate prediction markets, following conflicting rulings by two federal appeals courts over sports-related event contracts. The petition challenges an April decision by the 3rd U.S. Ci…

President Donald Trump welcomed tourism leaders to the White House on Wednesday (Sept. 2), with several of the casino industry’s biggest players among those at the table. Trump met with the US Travel Association, led by Geoff Freeman, who previously headed the American Gaming Association (AGA), alo…

Brazil’s Science and Technology Committee (CCT) on Wednesday approved legislation that would sharply restrict betting advertising and sponsorship while introducing new consumer protections, product-risk rules and penalties for promoting unauthorized operators. The committee also approved an urgency…

DAZN Bet launched in Alberta in July after entering the Canadian market through Ontario, marking the sportsbook's first expansion into North America. As competition intensifies across Canada's regulated provinces, the operator is betting on brand recognition, localized products and a measured appro…

Yesterday’s (Sept. 2) blockbuster news—the NBA fining the Los Angeles Clippers US$30 million and stripping the team of five first-round draft picks while clearing the Toronto Raptors to acquire Kawhi Leonard—had surprisingly little impact on National Basketball Association (NBA) betting futures. “T…

Holland Casino CEO Petra de Ruiter on her journey running a state gambling monopoly through tax hikes and regulatory tightening, and why the Dutch sector teaming up to fight Meta and the black market is a hugely positive move.

Conflicting rulings by several courts have forced New Jersey to petition the US Supreme Court to resolve the evolving fight over who should regulate prediction markets. This is the first time that the dispute has reached the country’s highest court, and a ruling could have massive implications for…