Criptomoedas promissoras deixaram de ser uma aposta de nicho e, em 2025, já figuram entre os ativos digitais que mais atraem capital. Só para exemplificar, o valor de mercado global do setor saiu de aproximadamente US$ 757 bilhões em 2020 para mais de US$ 1,6 trilhões em 2023. Sem mencionar que, apenas no primeiro trimestre de 2025, o mesmo supera a casa dos US$3,5 trilhões.
Em grande parte, isso...
Former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez is still in jail following his arrest last Wednesday (June 4). He’s facing racketeering charges tied to an alleged illegal gambling operation.
News 6 reports that Osceola County deputies actually raided the suspected casino months before Lopez was taken into custody.
According to newly released documents, there were numerous police calls to the location...
Maine is set to get online gambling provided in the state, but with a tribal catch. The Main House voted Thursday that the Wabanaki Nations will have exclusivity on providing online gambling within the region.
It was voted 85-59, with a couple more hurdles (another House vote and then the Senate), before being codified into state law. However, it could still face a veto if whispers reach the...
Sports betting is certainly going through a boom across the US, with big players like Draftkings and Underdog disrupting the traditional avenues. Now, both of these companies appear to be trying to get in early in Missouri as it opens its doors to sportsbooks.
The Missouri Gaming Commission (MGC) started welcoming bids from sportsbooks in mid May and according to an MGC spokesperson, the...
DraftKings is joining FanDuel in trying to get around Illinois’ new tax on gambling operators. Sportsbooks are to be charged for each bet made, starting with 25 cents per the first 20 million bets and 50 cents thereafter.
This has obviously ruffled feathers within the sportsbook world, as Illinois cracks down on operators to begin funding further projects in its budget. The move is expected to...
As Connecticut bans sweepstakes casinos, so does New York. The Big Apple’s lawmakers voted 57-2 to ban the new style of online gambling. This comes as the New York Attorney General Letitia James confirmed that the state had booted out 26 different sweepstakes operators in the run-up to the vote.
Sweepstakes casinos, at their core, can be a problem within gambling. While most legal operators will...
The Interior Minister of Ghana, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has officially inaugurated an 11-member governing board for the country’s Gaming Commission. At the ceremony, he charged the new board to strengthen regulatory oversight, promote responsible gaming, and help grow the industry in a sustainable way.
The board is expected to make sure Ghana’s gaming sector aligns with international standards...
Senior members of the British Conservative Party, including a former MP who was once a close aide to former prime minister Rishi Sunak, are due in court over claims they placed bets on the timing of the 2024 General Election while knowing inside information.
Craig Williams, the former MP for Montgomeryshire and Sunak’s parliamentary private secretary, is accused of placing a bet in May 2024,...
Connecticut has become the next state in the US to ban sweepstakes casinos. The mostly unregulated form of gambling has come under massive scrutiny in recent months, with New York also banning it around the same time.
Connecticut lawmakers have been attempting to ban sweepstakes casinos for the past few months, with little resistance. Even the final vote on bringing the law to fruition saw a 146-...
Kangwon Land, the only casino in South Korea where locals are allowed to gamble, has issued a public warning after finding out that some illegal online gambling sites have been using its name to trick people.
In an announcement shared on Thursday (June 12), the casino made it clear that it has no connection whatsoever to any online casino services. The translated statement reads: “Recently,...