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Chicago Mom Secures Children’s Future with $400K Lottery Win
A mother from Chicago, Illinois, was doing her routine grocery run when she decided to play the lottery, and just like that, the In The Money Instant Ticket brought her a life-changing amount. She Went to Do the Groceries, Ended Up Winning Six Figures Thanks to her spur-of-the-moment impulse, the mother of three, Clau…
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NLA Donates L$152,000 to assist 56 students with physical disabilities at the University of Liberia
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) of Liberia has recently donated L$152,000 to assist 56 students with physical disabilities at the University of Liberia. This financial assistance, provided by the management of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) under the NLA’s Education Empowerment Program (EEP), is aimed at su…
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Argentina Proposes Betting Tax for Neighborhood Clubs
Betting-Tax Proposals Link Gambling Revenue To Community Sport Argentina could direct part of online betting-tax revenue to neighbourhood sports clubs… The post Argentina Proposes Betting Tax for Neighborhood Clubs appeared first on iGaming Express.
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Florida Attorney General sues Stake and VGW
The Attorney General of Florida, James Uthmeier, has filed lawsuits against Stake, VGW, and their payment processors, accusing the companies of offering illegal sweepstakes casinos. The lawsuits were announced on August 19, 2026, and were filed in Hillsborough County Circuit Court, with the Attorney General arguing th…
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Ksa Finds Early Gambling Exposure
Early Contact Starts Before 18 The Kansspelautoriteit said its latest research shows that many children encounter gambling well before they… The post Ksa Finds Early Gambling Exposure appeared first on iGaming Express.
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Responsible Gaming in Kenya: How Pakakumi Is Betting on Sustainable Growth as Crash Games Rise
Kenya’s online gaming market is changing fast. Mobile-first products and M-Pesa have made gaming more accessible than ever, while tighter regulatory scrutiny is raising the bar on trust and responsible operation. Operators now face a broader question, too: can commercial growth sit comfortably alongside a visible comm…
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The Premier League’s front-of-shirt ban is largely pointless – here’s why
The Premier League starts again tonight, and one of the key changes that some viewers may not be aware of is the voluntary ban on front-of-shirt gambling sponsorships. Many will view this as a win – I’ve consistently cited a YouGov poll which showed that 77% of those surveyed agreed with the ban. All 20 […]
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UK Regulator Tracks Illegal Lotteries Moving Through TikTok
The UK Gambling Commission received more reports of suspected illegal lotteries and raffles promoted on TikTok in 2025 than it did a year earlier. The rise has pushed the regulator to look more closely at a form of gambling that can be difficult for users to recognise in the first place. The Commission examined how [……
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UKGC hits QuinnBet with £609K penalty
The UK Gambling Commission has imposed a £609,000 fine on QuinnBet after the operator was found to have breached anti-money laundering and social responsibility regulations. As announced on August 20, 2026, the UKGC conducted a compliance review of the operator’s gambling license between 2023 and 2025, which identifie…
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Connecticut denies Kalshi injunction over CFTC rules
A federal judge in Connecticut has denied Kalshi’s emergency motion for an injunction, arguing that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) rules can’t override state gambling laws. The decision was made by District Judge Vernon Oliver regarding Kalshi’s appeal for an emergency injunction after the operator’…
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Vegas Ventures agrees to buy Downtown Grand out of receivership
The proposed transaction is subject to court approval and Nevada gaming regulatory requirements. US.- Vegas Ventures LLC has agreed to acquire the Downtown Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas out of receivership, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The buyer signed an asset purchase agreement on August 13, with the…
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Florida demanda a los operadores de sweepstakes y los califica de “casinos en ilegales”
El fiscal general de Florida presentó una demanda el miércoles contra operadores ilegales en el estado, pero a diferencia de lo habitual en 2026, los mercados de predicción no son […]
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Contas compartilhadas: o ponto cego que passa despercebido pelo compliance no iGaming
A conta compartilhada, quando as credenciais de um usuário real e verificado passam a ser usadas por outra pessoa, com ou sem o conhecimento do titular original The post Contas compartilhadas: o ponto cego que passa despercebido pelo compliance no iGaming appeared first on BNLData.
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Brazil’s 2026 Presidential Candidates Diverge on the Future of Online Betting
There is no doubt that online betting is a hot topic in the 2026 presidential race in Brazil, as the main contenders have very different views on the future of the regulated market. This ranges from outright prohibition to tax increases, stricter advertising regulations, and increased financial controls. The debate fo…
Read summary →New PAGCOR Fee Floor Puts Over 60% of Online GSAs Below Revenue Benchmarks
More than 60% of licensed Philippine online gaming system administrators were operating below the country’s new minimum revenue benchmarks based on 2Q run rates, according to Arden Consult. The legal and regulatory advisory firm said the minimum guaranteed fee introduced by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. co…
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Venetian settlement, $7.2 million fine approved by Nevada regulators
The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) approved a settlement agreement in which the current owners of The Venetian will pay a $7.2 million fine and institute upgrades to their anti-money-laundering procedures over illegal activities tied to convicted bookmaker Mathew Bowyer. “This just infuriates me. This embarrasses me. …
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Australia’s parliament passes gambling reform bill imposing heavy wagering ad restrictions and new inducement rules
The Australian parliament has officially passed its Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, introducing a raft of reforms aimed […]
Read summary →Malaysia Says Facebook Carried Most Flagged Online Gambling Content
Facebook comprised 78% of online gambling content, which required action in Malaysia from January 1 to August 17, according to the Malaysian communications minister, Fahmi Fadzil. This statistic was determined by identifying harmful or illegal content via the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, known a…
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Philippines tax bureau goes after US$36 million in unpaid tax from Alice Guo-linked POGO operator Hongsheng Gaming
Authorities in the Philippines are seeking some Php2.23 billion (US$36.2 million) in unpaid tax from alleged scam compound and former […]
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New open-source algorithm published to help regulators estimate player risk levels in online casino gaming
Gambling regulators can use the free tool to detect risky gambling behaviour and assess online casino operators’ duty of care compliance. The Netherlands.- Researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have made releases a free open-source algorithm that is designed to estimate the risky behaviour of online casin…
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Florida attorney general sues Stake and VGW over sweepstakes casinos
The lawsuits also target payment processors accused of facilitating transactions on the platforms. US.- Florida attorney general James Uthmeier has sued sweepstakes casino operators Stake and VGW, alleging that their platforms constitute illegal online gambling under state law. The complaints, filed in Hillsborough Co…
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Dutch Regulator Reveals Concerning Data on Youth Gambling
New research from Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, provides a more detailed look at how early exposure to gambling affects the way young people enter the regulated gaming market. Some of the data is especially concerning, as it shows that almost half of all gambling accounts opened by people in …
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UK Gambling Commission fines adult gaming centre operator over self-exclusion breach
License was suspended in October 2025
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Jammed Lottery Machine Ends Up Spitting Out $1M Ticket
A lucky player in Maryland went to play the lottery, but the machine unfortunately jammed. However, the man insisted that he get his ticket and was generously rewarded for this decision. The Machine Jammed But the Man Insisted on Getting the Ticket According to the announcement, an anonymous visitor from Carroll Count…
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Argentina Lawmaker Proposes Higher Online Betting Taxes to Fund Local Sports Clubs
Argentine National Deputy Natalia Zaracho has introduced a bill that seeks to improve neighborhood sports clubs through a new funding mechanism. The plan would establish a monthly benefit, dubbed “the Club Card”, and would seek primary revenue from online sports betting taxes. The programme aims to fund clubs to help …
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Além do bet.br: 7 travas de segurança para não cair em golpes de apostas falsas
No Dia Nacional das Apostas Online, Carol Luna, head de Compliance do Grupo Esportes Gaming Brasil, reúne orientações sobre autorização, canais oficiais, pagamentos e ferramentas de proteção ao usuário The post Além do bet.br: 7 travas de segurança para não cair em golpes de apostas falsas appeared first on BNLData.
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How AML rules shape payment processing
AML rules govern how payment firms onboard customers, monitor transactions and report suspicious activity. Here is Payment Expert’s guide to what they demand Anti-money laundering rules set the terms on which a payment firm can operate, governing which customers it takes on and which transactions it lets through. For …
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TrueLayer reveals why cards struggle with withdrawals
TrueLayer has gone live with UK sports betting operator Midnite, adding the company to its pay by bank client base. The open banking provider TrueLayer announced on 19 August it will give Midnite players the option to deposit and withdraw funds directly from their bank accounts rather than using a debit or credit card…
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Henry Williams: Michigan Gambling’s Man At The Top
Henry Williams never saw himself becoming one of the most well-known gambling regulators in the U.S. But after years spent working on... Read More...
Read summary →Estudo acende alerta sobre avanço das apostas ilegais nos EUA e reforça necessidade de fiscalização
Um levantamento da Gambling Compliance International (GCI) analisou as perdas de consumidores em plataformas de apostas online nos Estados Unidos. O estudo comparou os resultados de operações legais com estimativas […] O post Estudo acende alerta sobre avanço das apostas ilegais nos EUA e reforça necessidade de fiscal…
Read summary →Florida AG Sues Stake, VGW Over Illegal Gambling
Florida Atty. Gen. James Uthmeier sued the operators behind Chumba Casino, LuckyLand, Global Poker, and Stake.us Wednesday, alleging their sweepstakes-style platforms operate as illegal, unlicensed... The post Florida AG Sues Stake, VGW Over Illegal Gambling appeared first on Legal Sports Report.
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Gama warns illegal gambling is thriving in the shadows
In a recently published opinion piece, Luis Alberto Gama – former director of Uruguay’s Dirección Nacional de Loterías y Quinielas and now managing partner at Gaming Consultores, the regional advisory firm he co-founded with fellow former regulators from Peru and Paraguay – makes the case that illegal gambling’s bigge…
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Danish gambling regulator blocks 98 more unlicensed gambling websites – Polymarket included
Spillemyndigheden says the sites were offering gambling to Danish customers without licences. Denmark.- The Danish gambling regulator, Spillemyndigheden, has ordered internet service providers in Denmark to block 98 more gambling websites, which it says were found to be targeting Danish citizens. The move was made pos…
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Florida AG Targets Stake and VGW, Files Lawsuit Against Sweepstakes Casinos
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed two lawsuits targeting the operators of several major online sweepstakes casinos, including Stake and VGW’s Chumba Casino, LuckyLand, and Global Poker, alleging that these casinos act like “gateway drugs” to real-money gambling. Florida AG Sues Sweepstakes According to…
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Argentina betting-tax bill targets funding for local sports clubs
Argentine national deputy Natalia Zaracho has introduced a bill aimed at strengthening barrio clubs – Argentina’s dense network of local, community-run sports and social institutions – through a new mechanism that would draw its funding directly from higher taxes on online betting operators, according to reporting by …
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British Gambling Commission urges operators to learn after £600,000 fine
The regulator identified anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings at QuinnBet. QuinnBet fined over £600,000 for anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures UK.- The online gambling operator QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited must pay a £609,104 penalty after a Gambling Commission investigation f…
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Brazil betting sector pushes back on prohibition debate
The Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL) and Grupo Globo convened a seminar last week – “Desafios pós-regulamentação do mercado de apostas” – bringing together leading figures from Brazil’s betting industry to work through some of the thorniest questions facing the sector since regulation took effect: securi…
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UKGC Slams QuinnBet with $830K Fine
The UKGC has taken regulatory action against yet another gaming operator, this time cracking down on QuinnBet Limited. According to the regulator’s announcement, the Gibraltar-based company, that runs the quinnbet.com website, committed serious anti-money laundering and social responsibility-related offenses. QuinnBet…
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Midterm Democratic Victory Won’t Give States Upper Hand Over Prediction Markets, Says Lawyer
Critics of prediction markets are hoping for a midterm miracle. So far, Senate and House efforts to intervene in the states-versus-prediction-market legal war have petered out for lack of support. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Donald Trump administration have given permit-holding operators their ble…
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Uganda Gaming Board Sets Compliance, AML and Responsible Play as Sector Priorities
Uganda’s National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) has stepped up its engagement with licensed operators, holding a stakeholder session at Mestil that placed three issues firmly at the center of the country’s gaming agenda. The meeting was led by NLGRB CEO Denis Mudene and brought together operators and i…
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CFTC Chair Selig Takes Aim at ‘Rogue’ AG Letitia James as Prediction-Market Row Escalates
Michael Selig, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has fired a verbal salvo at New York Attorney General Letitia James as the CFTC’s predictions market dispute with the state continues to intensify. The CFTC chief was speaking at White House yesterday ahead of the inaugural Washington meeting of …
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Australia: ACMA orders blocking of two more illegal gambling sites
1,788 sites blocked since 2019
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European iGaming markets after the 2026 tax rises and ad bans
Blask shares market data
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Coljuegos sanciona al influencer Yeferson Cossio por operación ilegal de juegos de azar
En Colombia, el influencer Yeferson Esteban Cossio Castaño, quien cuenta con 12 millones de seguidores en Instagram, fue sancionado por Coljuegos tras ser declarado responsable de acreditar la operación ilegal […]
Read summary →Gambling patterns of Dutch youth to inform future KSA work
Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling regulator, has begun working on new strategies to protect minors and young adults from gambling and gambling harm by compiling the results from three comprehensive national studies. The three sets of studies focus on the age groups from 16 up to 24, analysing the whole gamb…
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South African Regulators Intensify Fight Against Underage Gambling
Several regulatory bodies in South Africa, including the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation (SARGF) and the National Gambling Board (NGB), engaged with students through the TRW schools program in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, and Kuruman, Northern Cape, to raise awareness about the risks and consequences of under…
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Game Nation appoints former Paddy Power and William Hill exec to Compliance Manager role
Betting veteran to oversee 43-site estate
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Attorney General targets sweepstakes casino operators in Florida lawsuits
Dual-currency model targeted
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Illegal Streams Drove 69% of 2026 World Cup Betting Handle to Unlicensed Gambling Market, Report Finds
Gaming Compliance International (GCI) has published its first full global measurement of illegal streaming during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, showing how piracy fed directly into the offshore gambling economy. The study recorded 174.3 billion qualifying illegal stream views of 90 seconds or more across the tournament, wi…
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Mozambique approves dedicated online gambling framework
As land-based revenue drops
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QuinnBet Hit With £609k Penalty Over UK Regulatory Failures
The Gambling Commission has ordered QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited to pay £609,104 after investigators uncovered serious failings in its anti‑money laundering and social responsibility systems. The operator, which runs quinnbet.com, reached a regulatory settlement following a compliance review that exposed weaknesses in…
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Florida Sues VGW & Stake, Alleging Sweepstakes Casinos Equal Illegal Gambling
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed lawsuits against major sweepstakes casino operators VGW and Stake. In addition to targeting the two companies, Uthmeier has included payment processors as defendants in the claims. Uthmeier announced the action in a press release and post on X, claiming that VGW and St…
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Denmark Blocks 98 Illegal Gambling Websites, Including Polymarket
Denmark has blocked 98 gambling websites after a court gave regulators permission to cut off access to platforms they say were operating without authorization. The list includes Polymarket, the US-based prediction market platform that has now been blocked in another European market. The decision was issued by the Fred…
Read summary →QuinnBet Agrees UK Regulatory Settlement
Settlement Follows March Compliance Review QuinnBet has agreed a settlement worth around €706,000 (£609,104) with the UK Gambling Commission after a compliance… The post QuinnBet Agrees UK Regulatory Settlement appeared first on iGaming Express.
Read summary →Florida Targets Stake, Chumba and Other Sweepstakes Casinos in Pair of Gambling Lawsuits
Florida’s attorney general is going after a business model that has allowed casino-style websites to take wagers around the clock while presenting themselves as something other than conventional gambling operations. Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed two lawsuits in Hillsborough County Circuit Court targeting t…
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Bally’s A’s Vegas baseball park has attracted an unnamed potential buyer
Clark County Commission confirms that the entitlement package would pass over to the new owner An unnamed suitor has expressed interest in buying Bally’s planned $1.1bn A’s Vegas baseball park project, being built on the site of the former Tropicana. Bally’s Corp. has already said that if the deal doesn’t materialise,…
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National Lottery Board Appoints RSM Eastern Africa and QLOT Consulting as Transaction Advisors
The National Lottery Board has officially appointed a joint consortium consisting of RSM Eastern Africa and Sweden’s QLOT Consulting to serve as the Transaction Advisor for the launch of Kenya’s first National Lottery Operator. This landmark announcement, made on the 20th of August 2026, marks the beginning of a compr…
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DFNN gaming commission income plunges 67% in 1H26
DFNN’s gaming commission income plunged 66.9% in 1H26 after e-wallet delinking, while attributable net loss widened to $4.28 million. The post DFNN gaming commission income plunges 67% in 1H26 first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
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Denmark blocks Polymarket and 97 other sites in unlicensed gambling sweep
The Frederiksberg court approved the DNS blocks on 8 July, telecoms operators enforced them on 6 August, and… The post Denmark blocks Polymarket and 97 other sites in unlicensed gambling sweep appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.
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SkyCity dips by 0.3 per cent over the course of the last year
Operator says it is becoming a simpler, smarter, and more connected business New Zealand operator SkyCity saw its revenue dip only slightly over the last year, coming in at $822.7m, down 0.3 per cent due to the introduction of carded play and reduced customer visitation. Spending in the fourth quarter in Auckland and …
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