Regulation & Law

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…

A Philippine bill would strip licensed gambling operators of nearly all advertising channels, leaving only their own websites and mobile apps. The post Philippine gambling ad bill could reshape online player acquisition first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has outlined a new strategy to tackle gambling-related harm, called simply Strategy 2029, a three-year action plan that the regulator will now deploy. VGCCC Set to Explore New Three-Year Consumer Protection Strategy According to the VGCCC…

This interview was originally published by iGaming News. In it, 1xCare Advisory Committee member Sissel Weitzhändler discusses her career in gambling regulation, responsible gambling and the organisation's approach to public-interest funding. Sissel Weitzhändler has built her career at the intersec…

According to Gallup, an analytics firm, U.S. adults are gambling less, with 45% of total respondents saying that they had gambled, down from 64% in 2016. The report interviewed 2,201 adults and stated that it has a 3% margin of error. Gambling Participation in the US Continues to Decline Activities…

Macau police arrested a mainland man accused of livestreaming slot play from two Cotai casinos, seizing $64K in vouchers. The post Macau police arrest man over livestreamed slot proxy betting first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Andria Vidler is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Allwyn UK, and will be replaced by a former high-level figure at William Hill and 888 on an interim basis. The UK-facing division of Swiss-based multinational lottery and gaming giant Allwyn International , Allwyn UK is operator of the Na…

Prediction market operator Novig has filed a federal lawsuit against Wisconsin, which has not become the fifth state to face legal action from the company seeking protection from potential enforcement of sports betting laws. Preemptive Step Novig’s legal entity, Ludlow Exchange LLC, filed the 45-pa…