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A YouTube ad for online bookmaker TonyBet has been pulled up by Ireland’s advertising watchdog for crossing the line on how it promoted gambling. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) said the video broke the country’s advertising rules by presenting betting as a way to make money and ease financial pressure.
The ruling came after two viewers complained about a sponsored...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is again turning up the pressure on prediction market operator Kalshi, this time tying its trademark concerns directly to March Madness, the association’s signature men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
The NCAA claims that Kalshi has used its name, marks and event branding in ways that suggest an official link. March Madness is owned...
Prediction market company Kalshi is now battling a string of class action lawsuits that accuse it of operating what amounts to unlicensed sports betting. The cases, filed in several states, argue that the company’s online trading platform crosses the line into illegal gambling.
In Oregon, a new federal class action lawsuit filed on Friday (February 20) by plaintiff Ian Reynolds claims Kalshi...
A federal judge in Nashville has stepped in to stop Tennessee regulators from going after prediction market company Kalshi, at least for now, intensifying a broader clash over who gets to police this emerging corner of the betting world.
In a 25-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Aleta A. Trauger said Kalshi is likely to win its argument that federal law overrides Tennessee’s attempt to treat...
Dutch gambling regulators say betting is starting to feel like just another part of daily life for many people in the Netherlands. The cultural shift, they warn, could be nudging more people toward gambling while making it harder to spot when habits turn harmful.
Fresh research from the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) shows nearly a quarter of Dutch adults, 24%, believe people around them see...
The Wisconsin State Assembly has signed off on Assembly Bill 601, pushing forward a plan that would allow mobile or online sports betting across the state under a structure run by federally recognized Native American tribes. The vote sends the proposal to the State Senate, showing the clearest momentum yet for supporters who want to bring regulated online wagering to Wisconsin.
At the time of...
Missouri’s top law enforcement official is telling businesses across the state to get rid of slot-style gaming machines immediately, saying they are illegal under current law.
Attorney General Catherine L. Hanaway delivered that message Thursday (February 19) in a video posted to X and during testimony before lawmakers. Her warning follows a recent federal court decision concluding that...
Aron Borod, also known as Ari, is now officially at Polymarket, and the once-sealed court fight over his departure from Fanatics is coming into sharper focus.
On Thursday (February 19), Polymarket confirmed it had brought Borod on board as president of its sports business development division, locking in a hire that had already sparked a legal showdown. In a statement on LinkedIn, Borod...
A massive illegal gambling crackdown in Hitchcock, Texas, has resulted in 33 arrests, the seizure of hundreds of gaming machines, and the arrest of the city’s sitting mayor after investigators uncovered what authorities describe as an organized criminal operation spread across the city.
Investigators with the Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force carried out 21 search warrants in...
For years, gambling lived on the outer edges of the video game business. It was boxed in by geography, hemmed in by regulation, and treated as culturally separate from mainstream gaming. However, the wall has now largely come down.
The State of Video Gaming in 2026 by Epyllion’s CEO Matthew Ball argues that gambling, especially iGaming, online sports betting, and prediction markets, has...