Organizers of soccer’s Ballon d’Or awards are preparing a criminal complaint after a cluster of anonymous prediction-market accounts reportedly made nearly $200,000 by betting on the precise finishing order of the world’s top players. Groupe Amaury, the owner of France Football, which presents the…
Sanford City Councilor Charles Taylor (R) has served in local government for nearly two decades. As he seeks election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in Tuesday’s race, Taylor has labeled a campaign ad a smear piece regarding his alleged ties to an illegal gambling operation. In Octo…
Trade association responds to the TV programme, which aired in the UK on Sunday, November 1.
We told you this NFL trade deadline would be bonkers. It’s still really just getting cranked up. Yes, it may be hard to top the Jeffery Simmons blockbuster from last week, which was essentially a starting QB trade when you factor in the value of all the picks sent to Tennessee by the Bears for […]…
The Mega Millions game has had another drawing without a jackpot winner. The Friday drawing resulted in no Match 5 wins either, as the game experienced a quieter drawing. The jackpot has therefore remained unclaimed, continuing its creep toward the $500 million mark. The Friday Drawing Was a Quiete…
A Missouri mother has been arrested after demonstrating neglect of her children on several occasions in the span of a very short time. First abandoning a four-year-old daughter at a truck stop in the middle of the night, and then proceeding to drive to a casino where she left her two young boys in…
Macau casino revenue remained sluggish in October, marking the region’s fifth consecutive month of year-over-year decline. The city’s gaming regulator reported on Sunday (Nov. 1) that the six casino operators generated gross gaming revenue (GGR) of MOP21.68 billion (US$2.68 billion) in October 2026…
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A Channel 4 documentary into gambling addiction disguised as a game show was met with a chilly reception by the UK betting industry, but the show’s message and the story shown within it cannot be ignored by the industry. Hosted by veteran TV presenter Bradley Walsh, Million Pound Shot was presented…
Romania’s gambling authority, the ONJN, has started work on reviewing and revising the national gambling legislation. The gambling office noted that there is a necessity to address a variety of “outdated” regulations that have brought fragmentation and inconsistencies across the whole sector, but f…
The Halloween Powerball drawing has awarded three scarily good Match 5 prizes to players in both America and the United Kingdom. While the biggest scare of the evening was the fact that the jackpot remained unclaimed, the Monday drawing will provide participants with another chance to win an even b…
Gamblers who engage with illegal gambling websites in the United Kingdom are seven times more likely to experience problem gambling, compared to only 6% of those who visit legal websites. This is the conclusion of new research by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). UKGC Says People Gambling Illegall…
Four Chicago men are accused of smashing their way into a suburban gambling café and stealing nearly $14,000 from video gaming machines, before leading police on a chase that reached speeds of over 100 mph. The suspects allegedly used sledgehammers and a crowbar to break into Maria’s Gaming Cafe in…
It remains one of the most iconic photos ever taken of gambling in Las Vegas. And it’s fake news. “Customers at the Sands playing craps on a floating table in the pool,” reads the description for the photo in the UNLV Special Collections archive. “About 2,200 guests tried this in 1954.” Very few wo…
Evoplay, the award-winning game development studio, has introduced Player Space, a first-of-its-kind loyalty and retention ecosystem. Built around progression, rewards and long-term player goals, Player Space adds a continuous gamification layer to the casino experience, connecting individual gamin…
AffPapa is pleased to announce AssuredBets as a Premium Sponsor of the AffPapa iGaming Awards LATAM 2026, supporting the event’s mission to recognize companies contributing to the Latin American iGaming industry. AssuredBets is a football statistics platform founded in 2015 that tracks recurring ma…
The Philadelphia 76ers have become the first NBA franchise to add Kalshi as an official partner, part of a multi-year agreement between the two organizations. This follows a similar partnership between the NBA’s own alliances with Kalshi and Polymarket, a nod to the fact that these types of arrange…
In the UK, one paid click on “betting sites” costs an advertiser about $71 on Google. A click on “car insurance”, one of the most fought-over finance terms in the country, costs about $9. Those figures come from Google Ads keyword data for the United Kingdom, pulled through DataForSEO in October 20…
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If you believe gambling is becoming a problem, speaking to a professional is the most effective step you can take. The organisations listed below provide free, confidential support to anyone affected by problem gambling, including friends and family members of those struggling.
| Organisation | Coverage | Website |
|---|---|---|
| GamCare | UK and Europe | gamcare.org.uk |
| GambleAware | UK and Europe | gambleaware.org |
| Gambling Therapy | International | gamblingtherapy.org |
| GamStop | United Kingdom | gamstop.co.uk |
| Gamblers Anonymous | International | gamblersanonymous.org |
| Gordon Moody | UK and Europe | gordonmoody.org.uk |