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Understanding what your competitors are doing is no longer optional; it’s essential. With a strong competitor analysis tool, brands can discover valuable insights to refine their strategy, strengthen market positioning, and boost ROI.
By examining competitors’ digital footprints, businesses can find content gaps, SEO flaws, paid ad tactics, and audience engagement methods that are effective....
The gambling watchdog (PAGCOR) for the Philippines is under fire, as its CEO, Alejandro Tengco, has been accused of a conflict of interest. It comes as Tengco’s family’s construction firm managed to acquire government contracts. The PAGCOR chief has refuted these claims, claiming that he has no direct influence on what the wider government does.
Often quite strict on upholding the law, it’s no...
Louisiana is the latest state to take issue with prediction markets introducing sportsbooks. In a press release from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB), it now views sporting event contracts and “certain other event contracts” as a violation of state gambling laws. This comes only days after the Washington State Gambling Commission issued a similar communique.
Sports gambling is legal in...
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued no-action letters to four different prediction markets. In a public announcement, the CFTC said it would give the all clear for “swap data reporting and recordkeeping regulations in response to requests from multiple registered entities.”
This is the second time since September that the CFTC has issued one of these no-action letters....
A California woman named Lanette Bashore has been sentenced to 30 months in jail and ordered to pay more than $1 million in compensation for a fraud scheme that ran for over two decades, during which she used the stolen funds to support her lifestyle and gambling habits.
Bashore was given the sentence in Albuquerque, New Mexico, due to running a scheme in which she claimed to control a multi-...
Joe Maloney has been announced as the new President of the Sports Betting Alliance (SBA), making the move from the American Gaming Association (AGA).
The current President of the SBA, Jeremy Kudon, will make the move upstairs to take on the role of Chairman as he looks to lead the organization into a new era. The change comes as a number of big players, including FanDuel and DraftKings, resigned...
Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada) has urged the House Ways and Means Committee to advance the Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation (FAIR BET) Act, legislation that would restore the 100% federal tax deduction for gambling losses.
Titus is seeking committee action to reverse a recent change that reduced the allowable deduction to 90%, a move she argues unfairly taxes...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is reportedly preparing to take action against prediction markets.
The news of the Attorney General’s possible decision to sign an amicus brief in connection with other states and their stance on prediction markets comes from California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA), Chair James Siva.
Multiple news outlets, including InGame, have quoted him as...
A French tennis player, Quentin Folliot, has been hit with a 20-year suspension from the game. Folliot was found to be a “central figure” in a match-fixing scheme that has seen five others suspended as well.
The news comes from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), which has been investigating match-fixing for quite some time. Folliot has also been hit with a $70,000 fine, as well as...
The Honolulu Police Department has taken to social media to share they have shut down an illegal gambling operation on Kawaiaha’o Street in Honolulu, Hawaii.
They say officers executed a search warrant on what they describe to be an ‘illegal gambling establishment’ on Tuesday (December 9), which saw two people arrested along with the seizure of multiple gaming machines, cash and drug-related...