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Mom of Three Abandons 4-Year-Old at Gas Station to Gamble in Oklahoma

Mom of Three Abandons 4-Year-Old at Gas Station to Gamble in Oklahoma

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…

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Macau Casino Slump Continues Despite Boost From Golden Week and NBA China Games

Macau Casino Slump Continues Despite Boost From Golden Week and NBA China Games

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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Channel 4’s Million Pound Shot: uncomfortable viewing for UK gambling firms

Channel 4’s Million Pound Shot: uncomfortable viewing for UK gambling firms

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…

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ONJN scaffolding signals major regulatory changes in Romania

ONJN scaffolding signals major regulatory changes in Romania

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 The gambling office noted that there is a necessity to address a variety of “outdated” regulations that have brought fragmentation and inconsistencies across the whole sector, but f…

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Halloween Powerball Drawing Awards Three Seven-Figure Prizes

Halloween Powerball Drawing Awards Three Seven-Figure Prizes

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…

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UKGC Argues People Are More Likely to Experience Gambling Harm in the UK

UKGC Argues People Are More Likely to Experience Gambling Harm in the UK

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…

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Chicago Armed Gang Smashes Gambling Machines, Flees at 100 MPH With $13K

Chicago Armed Gang Smashes Gambling Machines, Flees at 100 MPH With $13K

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…

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VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Sands Offered Floating Craps

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Sands Offered Floating Craps

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…

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AssuredBets Joins AffPapa iGaming Awards LATAM 2026 as Premium Sponsor

AssuredBets Joins AffPapa iGaming Awards LATAM 2026 as Premium Sponsor

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…

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Kalshi Joins Philadelphia 76ers as Official Partner

Kalshi Joins Philadelphia 76ers as Official Partner

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…

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Big-name Irish actors set to star in film based on the rise of Paddy Power

Big-name Irish actors set to star in film based on the rise of Paddy Power

The origin story of gambling giant Paddy Power is set to hit the big screens, with a feature film in the works. As reported first by Variety, a host of well-recognised Irish actors are to star in the film, which is the product of Ireland-based media production firm Playhouse Studios. It will be bas…

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GiG CFO Phil Richards steps down after 2 years

GiG CFO Phil Richards steps down after 2 years

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) chief financial officer Phil Richards has left the company after two-and-a-half years in the role. On 2 November, he posted on LinkedIn announcing his departure and confirming that he left GiG in October. He wrote in a LinkedIn post: After two and a half years as CFO o…

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Death of Father Spurs Calls for UK National Lottery to be Added to Exclusion List

Death of Father Spurs Calls for UK National Lottery to be Added to Exclusion List

The death of a father who took his life after gambling excessively on the lottery has prompted a call from a coroner to have the National Lottery in the United Kingdom added to the list of websites and services that people are excluded from when opting out of gambling. Man Who Spent His Banking Acc…

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Spinomenal ignites the reels with 3 Lucky Firecrackers

Spinomenal ignites the reels with 3 Lucky Firecrackers

Leading iGaming content provider Spinomenal has lit the fuse on 3 Lucky Firecrackers, a 5×3 slot inspired by the colour and excitement of a Lunar New Year celebration. The game plays out beneath a violet night sky, where clouds drift past and three bundles of firecrackers hang above the reels in gr…

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PG Soft awakens a golden legend with new Azteca Legacy slot

PG Soft awakens a golden legend with new Azteca Legacy slot

PG Soft, a world-class digital mobile games company, is inviting players into an ancient jungle temple with its latest release, Azteca Legacy. Azteca Legacy is a 7-reel video slot featuring 4-Corner Sync Symbols and free spins with Wild symbols and increasing multipliers. Five or more matching symb…

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