In a Facebook livestream by the City of Lima government in Ohio, a multi-agency law-enforcement update announced that police arrested four people as part of what officials are calling “Operation New Beginnings,” targeting illegal drug and gambling activity.
The arrests are for allegedly “engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity connecting to the criminal network,” according to a press release. ...
Ukraine’s National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum, and Postal Services (NCEC) has restricted access to Polymarket.
The prediction market has come under fire nationwide as domestic service providers have now blocked access to the site on the NCEC’s instruction. As a result, the prediction market has been included in the block of...
A new report looking at sports betting trends, from Kambi, shows that a massive 48% represent bets traded by AI on the company’s network in 2025.
This marks a stark rise from the 4% in 2022, followed by 18% in 2023, and then 28% in 2024. The company says this comes after they have “leveraged AI for many years to deliver odds with unprecedented precision and speed of delivery through fully...
Michael Dugher is stepping down as Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) after six years with the industry body, according to a statement from the BGC.
The BGC said Dugher, who was its founding chief executive before taking on the role of chair in April 2024, is leaving with immediate effect to become Head of the UK Public Affairs Practice at advisory firm Brunswick Group. The statement...
The bipartisan Coalition for Prediction Markets (CPM) has announced that former US Representative and Ambassador Sean Patrick Maloney will serve as its CEO and President, with former US Representative and Chairman Patrick McHenry joining as a senior advisor.
The group aims to preserve fair and transparent access to prediction markets, with these having been controversial new introductions into...
A new bill has been introduced in the United States, with the aim being to restore the long-standing rule allowing gamers to deduct 100 percent of their losses against their winnings.
The H.R. 6985 Bill has been announced by Congressman Steven Horsford and Congressman Max Miller and it has been referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
It’s the Internal Revenue Code that has long allowed...
US Representative Dina Titus has urged Congress to amend existing tax policy to allow full federal gambling deductions to protect consumers.
Nevada’s ambassador to the United States Capitol has been engaged in a protracted battle over revisions to gambling tax laws since the 2025 Budget Bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and the “Big Beautiful Bill,” was passed.
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If you’ve been in a growth review lately, you’ve probably felt the tension. Spending is up. Demand is still there. But every individual channel looks worse than it did two years ago. Meta CPMs keep climbing. Google feels less predictable by the quarter. SEO traffic flattens even when rankings hold. Leadership asks the same question in different ways: “Why doesn’t any single lever work like it...
As remote work continues to redefine how tech teams operate, distributed engineering teams face unique cybersecurity challenges. Protecting sensitive code, proprietary algorithms, and customer data requires more than standard password protection — it demands a comprehensive strategy that spans identity management, zero-trust frameworks, and encrypted communications. This article explores...
The story that’s often told about AI in business is how it’s a big boss decision, or part of a massive tech rollout. But a comprehensive study by Recon Analytics, with support from analysts Roger Entner and Joe Salesky, suggests otherwise. Their study, drawing from over 100,000 respondents, shows the truth is much simpler: The AI adoption shift is being driven by the people who actually use it...