Regulation & Law

Finland has recently conducted a consultation regarding four draft decrees concerning the new Gambling Act. Among the main recommendations are the proposal to limit slot rounds to 2.5 seconds, the prohibition of autoplay, the budget of slot players to 20 Euros per stake and the provision of 15 minu…

Denmark continues to spearhead its efforts against the unregulated gambling sector, with the country now moving to block 98 websites that it deems to be offering unauthorized games of chance to citizens. Danish Gambling Authority blocks more illegal gambling websites Through a decision of the court…

A federal judge has refused to throw out a fraud lawsuit against Elon Musk over his controversial $1 million election “lottery,” ruling that a jury could find its supposedly random selection process was anything but. U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday (August 18) denied…

The NFL has reportedly welcomed Fanatics as an official sportsbook after its agreements with multiple partners expired earlier this year. Per the agreement, Fanatics will be allowed to brandish official NFL imagery, including the league’s logo. Fanatics Becomes the League’s First Operator Partner f…

Sweepstakes casinos are a “gateway drug” to real money gambling, according to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who filed two separate lawsuits Wednesday (August 19) against operators VGW and Stake. The complaints seek to shut down the companies’ operations in Florida and recover allegedly i…

The Clark County Commission in Las Vegas is considering requiring short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo to assume financial liability for unlicensed properties advertised on their platforms, marking the county’s latest attempt to rein in short-term rentals. Why Does Clark County Want…

Nebraska podría legalizar las apuestas deportivas en línea en la boleta del 3 de noviembre, con suficientes firmas recolectadas por Tax Relief Nebraska, aunque hay preocupaciones sobre la integridad del deporte y la recaudación de impuestos.

A tragic accident occurred on Saturday, August 15, at the Ameristar Casino Hotel located in Blue Hawk, Colorado. Police were notified about an accident involving an infant at the property and rushed to the scene. However, they were too late. As the circumstances regarding the infant’s death remain…

Hambden Township Fire Chief Scott Hildenbrand didn’t hold back when asked by local media in Geauga County about his longtime assistant chief being accused of stealing $1.6 million to cover his vast gambling losses. Richard Vandevander, 59, spent nearly four decades with the Hambden Volunteer Fire D…

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has launched institutional trading for prediction markets, giving institutional clients access to block trading in event contracts on Kalshi, the leading U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission-regulated exchange. The investment bank will act as an introducing broker, arra…

A professor of economics who teaches America’s only academic course on horse betting at Rhodes College in Memphis has been accused of fraud by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA). Marshall Gramm, who also operates horse-racing ownership syndicate Ten Strike Racing, is accused of o…

Officials with the campaign to legalize online sports betting in Nebraska remain confident that voters will get the chance to weigh in on the matter during the November 2026 election. Tax Relief Nebraska, the political group behind the online sports betting initiative, submitted more than 201,000 s…

US federal regulators have opened a review of "mention markets," a category of prediction market wagers tied to specific words spoken by public figures, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity. Kalshi has removed all sports-related ment…

Amid concerns regarding Bally’s (NYSE: BALY) financial health and its ability to procure capital for crucial projects, shares of Gaming and Leisure (NASDAQ: GLPI) pulled back in recent days, but one analyst believes that retrenchment may create a buying opportunity. Shares of the real estate invest…

El Gobernador de São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, aboga por un programa nacional para combatir la adicción al juego y propone la eliminación de las plataformas de apuestas deportivas en línea en Brasil.

iGaming brands want scale. Not another affiliate deal, scale. Reacheffect, a performance marketing company working across gambling and betting verticals, says demand for scalable digital advertising is climbing fast. Operators want awareness. They want to test new markets. They want to grow globall…

Commission officials had already flagged the non-compliance, and the operator gave misleading information before its licence was suspended… The post UKGC fines Holland Park Leisure £150k for self-exclusion breach appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.

A three-month-old baby died Saturday (Aug. 15) morning at the Ameristar Casino Resort in Black Hawk, Colo., after what police are describing as “an incident involving an infant.” The Black Hawk Police Department (BHPD) said in a news release posted on Monday (Aug. 18) that officers and emergency me…