Illinois Rep. Travis Weaver has filed a bill that would tear down several taxes and licensing rules tied to sports wagering and fantasy contests in the state. The legislation, HB5814, was introduced in the 104th General Assembly and covers the 2025 and 2026 sessions. It goes after the exchange wager transaction tax, t…

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Some experts claim that the rise in problematic online gambling in Michigan can be attributed to the legalization of the practice in the state, with about half of the problem gamblers stemming from internet-based options. What Does the Data Show? In fiscal year 2021, the state referred 398 individuals for treatment th…

The Pennsylvania Lottery is happy to confirm that it was able to pull in more than $1 billion in annual profit for the 15th consecutive year. The latest windfall was recorded for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2026, and saw sales expand for several key verticals. Among those were scratch-off tickets and […]

A minor update to Nevada’s regulations regarding private gaming salons was questioned by a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) over concerns they were creating a loophole in a regulation approved last year. On Thursday, the Commission approved amendments adding the word “wagering” twice to Regulation 5.200 go…

Florida’s Seminole Tribe is facing a new premises liability lawsuit after a woman claimed that she had suffered serious injuries at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. The plaintiff alleges that she suffered serious injuries after slipping on a liquid while thousands of fans were leaving the Hard Rock Liv…

O Centro Integrado de Defesa do Consumidor do Espírito Santo (CINDEC) iniciou uma ação preventiva sobre a publicidade de apostas de quota fixa (bets) e o papel de celebridades, influenciadores […] O post CINDEC notifica Neymar e outras celebridades sobre publicidade de bets apareceu primeiro em iGaming Brazil.

The Massachusetts State Lottery is happy to confirm that it has produced its very first winner for the $10 Decades of Dollars game, which offers $20,000 a month for a decade to a winning player. This is the first grand prize secured by a player in the Bay State, with the Massachusetts State Lottery officials […]

With football season underway and sports betting establishing its firm footprint in Ohio, gambling addiction specialists are more and more focused on another form of wagering that can be accessed by younger users: prediction markets. Concerning Rate of Accessibility In an interview for WBNS 10TV’s The Big Picture, Der…

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Texas Senators are taking a closer look at prediction markets’ role in the state’s gambling ecosystem. As the prediction market sector grows increasingly at odds with regulated sportsbooks, the American Gambling Association (AGA) is calling for strict state oversight over prediction platforms such as Kalshi and Polyma…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported Thursday that August revenue was $569.7 million, down 2.2% year over year. Hollywood Casino at Penn National in Grantsville led with revenue of $109.5 million, up 8.1%. Valley Forge Casino Resort followed with $93.3 million, down 4.4%. Rivers Casino Philadelphia posted re…

Belgium’s licensed online gambling market continued to grow in 2025, but has witnessed a sharp decline in new (first time) players, a trend that raises concerns about the active exposure of black market gambling. Publishing its 2025 Annual Report, Kansspelcommissie (KSC), the Gambling Authority of Belgium, recorded on…

Genius Sports has made a major leap in prediction markets via the launch of a dedicated platform, enabled via a $1.2bn (£750m) acquisition it embarked on earlier this year. The London sportstech has used the Legend media network it acquired back in February 2026 to launch Prediction.com, a comparison website collating…

Lithuania’s gambling authority has blocked Polymarket following the predictions platform’s attempts to “circumvent restrictions on illegal remote gambling”. The operator is the first in its sector to be restricted by Lošimų priežiūros tarnyba (LPT) as the regulator views its operations as a cover for illegal gambling.…

Members of the House of Lords are calling for a full scale ban on gambling advertising across the UK in the latest political push against the sector. It comes just days after the Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) research consortium made the same pleas as the UK public continues to show concern around the […]

A few months ago, Lumbee Tribe members rejected the idea of casino gaming in a referendum. However, tribe officials are still considering casino opportunities, despite early claims that they would abide by the vote. An Earlier Casino Proposal Failed The Lumbee Tribe is North Carolina’s largest tribe, which gained fede…

The Gambling Commission has published new annual reports and updated datasets to enhance insights and statistics on gambling activities, yields, trends and prevalence across the UK. Headline statistics on UK gambling have been mapped out in the Commission’s Annual Report for the April 2025-March 2026 financial year. I…

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Entidades divulgam nota conjunta contra MP e defendem regulação do setor como forma de combater a ilegalidade e alertam para risco de insolvência do futebol brasileiro caso MP seja editada pelo governo; confira a nota The post Clubes e Federações emitem nota contra proibição de apostas esportivas e jogos online appear…

Members of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords are calling for a full-scale ban on gambling advertising across the UK, following a report by the House of Lords Liaison Committee which criticized the government for being “too passive” in responding to the rapid expansion of digital advertising of gambling. UK Lords Cal…

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Liberia’s National Lottery Authority (NLA) and Seven Blue Ltd, the company it partnered with in May to build a digital licensing platform for non-resident gaming operators, are now locked in a public dispute over who actually has the authority to license operators in the country. The fight broke out in September 2026 …

A lucky player in Georgia has won a $3 million prize from one of the lottery’s scratch-off games. This is the latest big win to happen in the state and follows a few others that happened earlier this month. 100X The Money Awarded a $3M Prize According to the announcement, the winner won the mouth-watering […]

Cambodia plans to gradually cut down the number of casinos in the country and tighten its licensing rules for the casino business industry, Prime Minister Hun Manet has said. The country still has over 100 casinos with legal licenses operational in the country. Speaking during his address on Wednesday, the prime minis…

A programação do BiS João Pessoa teve sequência na manhã desta quinta-feira (17), no Resort Tauá. Em sua primeira edição, o evento abordou assuntos relevantes neste momento decisivo para o […] O post Da análise do STF ao enfrentamento à ilegalidade: os destaques dos primeiros painéis desta quinta no BiS João Pessoa ap…

At least a dozen tribal leaders held a recent meeting with Michael Selig, chairman and the sole commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the agency that considers sports-event contracts as trading rather than gambling. But sports event contracts offered by prediction markets are seen as a threa…

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) opposition politician and leader of the Envol political party, Delly Sesanga, has come out against the government’s fiscal direction in its gambling sector reform. In a statement made public on Friday, September 4, 2026, Sesanga called for the abolition of the 10% ad valorem tax …

Vários fatores importantes afetam a rentabilidade das soluções de software para sportsbooks. Por exemplo, quando os impostos sobre jogos aumentam, os operadores de apostas esportivas precisam olhar além das taxas […] O post Taxa fixa vs. Revenue Share: recalculando o TCO da plataforma quando as alíquotas de impostos d…

Dia 01: Evento em João Pessoa reuniu 600 representantes para debater regulação, combate à ilegalidade e modernização do setor, que enfrenta 41% de atuação irregular The post BIS SIGMA João Pessoa: mercado de apostas e loterias do Brasil discute união no Nordeste appeared first on BNLData.

Setor teme prejuízos bilionários e mercado ilegal; Lula sinaliza proibição, gerando articulação política e judicial. Clubes brasileiros das Séries A a D articulam uma nota conjunta contra o possível veto do governo federal a jogos online e apostas esportivas The post Entenda por que clubes e bets reagem a veto de jogo…

Portaria SPA/MF nº 2.596/2026 regulamenta a publicidade de empresas de apostas durante a Copa do Mundo Feminina e cria um rito prioritário para operadores ligados ao torneio The post Nova portaria define o que patrocinadores de apostas poderão fazer e o que continua proibido na Copa do Mundo Feminina de 2027 appeared …

Infoblox flags 1.7 million illegal Chinese-language gambling domains, warning that legitimate brands like the Venetian Macao are being impersonated. The post Infoblox tracks 1.7M illegal Chinese gambling domains, flags Venetian Macao impersonation first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Philippine payment providers face license revocation if they keep letting illegal online casinos hide behind salons, bakeries and other shops The post Philippine payment firms face license risk over disguised online casinos first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

The House of Lords Liaison Committee has reignited the debate over gambling advertising, publishing a follow‑up report that urges a comprehensive ban across the United Kingdom. The report, Gambling Harm – Time for Action, argues that advertising has become a major driver of gambling harm and that only a full prohibiti…

PAGCOR chief Alejandro Tengco says the regulator's framework must keep evolving as the gaming landscape changes, while keeping rules predictable The post PAGCOR says gaming rules must evolve as industry changes first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Policy Statement PS26/18 names five regulated activities and confirms existing registrations will not convert automatically, with the authorisation window opening on 30 September 2026. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published guidance on 16 September 2026 setting out how the law underpinning the UK’s incoming c…

The Gambling Authority of Botswana recently participated in the Mahalapye District Gen-U Tour to promote responsible decision-making and protect young people from gambling-related harm. The Mahalapye District Gen-U (Generation Unlimited) Tour is a youth empowerment initiative in Botswana, co-hosted by the Ministry of …

Malta, 17 September 2026 – A new survey of 1,000 South African adults commissioned by SOFTSWISS, a global strategic technology partner to iGaming operators, reveals a disconnect between personal financial pressures and player-protection expectations. The survey findings arrive shortly after Africa Safer Gambling Week …

In 2024, more than $3.6 billion was traded on Polymarket’s US presidential election market. Prediction markets, also known… The post Political betting in Europe 2026: Where it is legal and how it works appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.

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S&P warns DigiPlus margins will slip to 14.5–16% as customer acquisition and retention costs threaten the benefits of lower gaming taxes. The post DigiPlus faces margin squeeze as marketing costs threaten tax savings: S&P first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Esta semana, la Asociación Nacional de Juegos y Loterías (ANJL) envió una notificación extrajudicial a las plataformas digitales TikTok, X, Google y Meta. La entidad solicitó medidas para combatir las […]

Entain is simplifying its Customer Care model across multiple locations as part of efforts to address the impact of increased UK gambling taxes and create what it describes as a “sharper, fitter and more agile business”. The changes are intended to reduce duplication, establish centres of excellence and enhance the cu…

O segundo dia do BiS João Pessoa traz assuntos relevantes para o atual momento do mercado de jogos, apostas e loterias no Brasil. O evento acontece pela primeira vez na […] O post Segundo dia do BiS João Pessoa debate futuro do setor no STF, combate à ilegalidade e força do Nordeste apareceu primeiro em iGaming Brazil.

Regulatory Action Against Prediction Markets Polymarket has become the first prediction market blocked by Lithuania’s gambling regulator. The Lošimų priežiūros… The post Lithuania Blocks Polymarket appeared first on iGaming Express.

Online Revenue Rises The Belgian Gambling Authority, Kansspelcommissie (KSC), reported online gross gaming revenue of €965m (£826m) for 2025, a 5.4%… The post Belgian Online Gambling Newcomers Drop appeared first on iGaming Express.

Associação de empresas de apostas de quota fixa publicou carta aberta para cobrar diálogo e fortalecimento da regulação existente; confira a Carta Aberta The post ABC-Bet defende marco legal de apostas e critica nova MP do governo appeared first on BNLData.

Kalshi may call its products prediction contracts, but a federal appeals court has concluded that when customers put money on the outcome of a sporting event, the transaction looks much like an ordinary bet. That distinction is now central to a legal fight involving two California Indian tribes, a federally regulated …