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Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter stepped up as one of the biggest supporters of the Caesars Palace Times Square proposal as public hearings wrapped up Thursday (September 11). The Roc Nation founder pitched the project not just as a major boost for the economy, but also as a cultural investment right in the heart of Manhattan.
Jay-Z says Caesars Palace will help Times Square remain at the ‘global center of...
GambleAware, the United Kingdom’s leading charity on prevention and treatment for gambling harm, has shared concern that statistics have doubled across five years.
The statistics come from the charity’s Annual Treatment and Support Survey, which has also brought the notes of worry from the established gambling care regulator.
GambleAware concerned of rising gambling harm figures
The organization...
Hong Kong might be gearing up to change its sports gambling restrictions, as officials have endorsed a bill that could put basketball betting on the table. The Legislative Council of Hong Kong, or LegCo, gave the thumbs up as it wrestles with illegal gambling.
This move would put the Jockey Club as Hong Kong’s basketball sportsbook operator. Those who gamble through it will have a 50 percent duty...
Kalshi has ripped off the band-aid, launching its venture in sports wagering. The prediction market is now offering straight-up bets, instead of the more roundabout methods they had experimented with before.
As we reported last month, this began with just offering touchdowns, point spreads, and the overall score total. However, now it is littered with regular bets, like the usual “who will win”...
Officers of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) based in the Philippines conducted a raid on an illegal online gambling group.
The raid was orchestrated by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC), the Philippine Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), and the Philippine National Police (PNP).
This resulted in the arrest of seven suspects who were connected to an individual who had...
Kalshi has been working overtime to erase any bets on its prediction market that involve Charlie Kirk. The conservative activist was shot dead in Utah on Wednesday during one of his public debate sessions.
The prediction market, which had multiple bets with Kirk as an option, has begun to delete them from the site as fast as it can. These included bets that he’d enter the working side of politics...
Mikyle Rafiq, better known as YouTuber and streamer N3on, has partnered with musician Iggy Azalea to become the co-owner of an online casino venture, Motherland. It’s a Web3, crypto casino built on Azalea’s own token, Mother. As of writing, 1 Mother token is equal to $0.0084.
The announcement came while the two were streaming together. A running piece of content that Rafiq has been posting to his...
The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) has issued a cease-and-desist order to a sweepstakes provider in the state.
The company in question, Raffall, has some complicated red tape, including a base of operations in the United Kingdom and a partner based in the state that helps operate a separate website, winthisazhome.com.
The release from the ADG highlights the action issued to the three parties...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is looking into sports betting concerns the organization has in relation to thirteen student-athletes, after it uncovered three others were involved in gambling on their own games.
The release from the NCAA states that they are in the process of addressing allegations surrounding alleged violations of sports betting rules and/or related failure-...
Seminole Gaming’s COO, David Hoenemeyer, has released a statement as Florida wrestles with a rising illegal gambling industry. In recent months, the state has been host to several busts and stings, weeding out illegal gambling rings.
As we’ve previously reported, Florida has had a series of cases involving illegal gambling. Most recently, a raid found 11 stores housing illegal gambling machines....