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PrizePicks has launched a new campaign featuring a bunch of celebrities as the new football season kicks off. One of the largest fantasy sports operators in America, it banks on the comedy stylings of acts like Druski, while bringing in some big names from the world of football.
Super Bowl champion Marshawn Lynch, actor Adam Devine, and College Football Hall of Fame star Reggie Bush all join...
An Arizona CEO, James Vincent Campbell, has had his indictment unsealed in the District of Maryland. He was charged with embezzlement after it was discovered he’d acquired $2.4 million from an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plan.
Campbell spent “a significant portion” of the funds he’d stolen between 2015 and 2024 to pay for his gambling habits at casinos, as well as “big game...
A business arm of the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation, Kletsel Economic Development Authority (KEDA), has joined the Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) in its push back against California’s Assembly Bill 831. Much like the SGLA, KEDA believes that the bill is too overreaching in terms of its language right now.
AB 831 was originally introduced and withdrawn before being taken over by Avelino...
Kalshi, the prediction market, has launched new sports wagers on its platform. It’ll begin to offer the options to bet on touchdowns and the score, which is far more involved than its previous offerings. To skirt around the sports wagering issue, Kalshi has typically allowed users to bet and trade on mostly non-in-game happenings, like awards.
However, in recent months, Kalshi has gotten a little...
The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance is asking lawmakers not to move forward with Assembly Bill 831 (AB831). The group says banning online social games that use sweepstakes could wipe out more than $1 billion a year from California’s economy and block the state from gaining hundreds of millions in potential new tax revenue.
Fresh research from Eilers...
The federal investigation into point shaving and game fixing in college basketball, led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (EDPA), is moving toward indictments.
There is said to be a focus on “Southern schools,” but the probe has transcended multiple regions and competitions nationwide with a link to the gambling ring that enticed former NBA star, Jontay Porter...
Prominent Pakistani YouTuber Ducky Bhai, real name Saadur Rehman, was detained by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) at Lahore Airport on Sunday.
A two-day remand was approved by the courts over the alleged promotion of online gambling and betting platforms, including Binomo and 1xBet, through his YouTube channel, which has more than eight million subscribers.
The influencer is...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the league’s players’ association have indicated they will support further restrictions on prop bets to reduce the risk of athlete manipulation and abuse from bettors.
Speaking to ESPN, an NBA spokesperson said that: “Protecting the integrity of our game is paramount, and we believe reasonable limitations on certain prop bets should be given due...
The German gambling regulator, Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), has issued quarterly figures on gaming and betting stakes for the first time ever.
August has been marked as beginning the process of sharing quarterly publications, with permitted providers giving the figures to the regulator.
The aim in doing so is to ensure more transparency in the legal gambling market and to...
Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill into law which prohibits the sweepstakes model of wagering in the state of New Jersey.
It was signed into law on August 15, with the bill – named A-5447, having first been introduced in March of this year. In June, the matter was in committee and it eventually passed in August.
It aims to prevent sweepstakes-style gambling operations in New Jersey through...