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Polymarket could not offer trading in the U.S. on the 2024 United States presidential election. Still, the prediction market platform spent nearly $1 million on digital advertising to target Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. last fall, public records show. Most of the spending was registered to Meta through Blockratize Inc., which does business as Polymarket. The biggest single ad buy i...

A Tennessee court has ruled that video lottery terminals, often referred to as “no chance” machines, are illegal under state law, a decision that will trigger immediate enforcement actions, including seizures and potential prosecutions, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy announced on July 16. The three-judge panel of the Chancery Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of Tenn...

The regulator filed a notice in its pending lawsuit with Kalshi over the legality of sports event contracts in the state drawing the judge’s attention to a recent decision in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals it felt pertinent to the case. That case? Whether or not a drug company could offer the abortion drug mifepristone in the state. They may seem unrelated, but at the heart of both is a ...

July 9, 2025
Filing: CFTC lacks oversight and shouldn't be allowed to approve self-certifications A new U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision gives fu...
July 9, 2025
A group of tribal gaming leaders and attorneys are confident sweepstakes gaming operators will lose in California. Key takeaways The ...
July 10, 2025
The list ranks countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) framework...
July 3, 2025
Louisiana’s chief legal officer says online sweepstakes casinos should be considered illegal in the state. The state’s Attorney General ...
June 30, 2025
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) today announced that it has issued cease and desist letters to two online gamb...
July 3, 2025
Daily fantasy constitutes sports betting and is therefore illegal in California, according to an opinion released Thursday by the state's...
July 4, 2025
Court slapped injunction against Bodog last month Judge orders offshore online casino to cease all operations and advertising the prov...
June 19, 2025
A sweeping coalition of states, tribes, industry groups, and anti-gambling advocates has filed legal briefs supporting New Jersey in its ...
June 18, 2025
The European Commission has launched infringement proceedings against Malta for allegedly breaching an EU regulation when it amended the ...
June 10, 2025
In a significant enforcement action, New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued cease-and-desist letters to 26 online sweepstakes...
June 3, 2025
The Administrative Court in Linköping has today overturned the Swedish Gambling Authority's decision regarding a warning and penalty fee ...
June 6, 2025
(PRESS RELEASE0 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has stopped online sweepstakes casinos operati...
June 8, 2025
Jyri Lassi, 54, LLB, Associate Justice, has been appointed as Veikkaus' new General Counsel and a member of the company's management team...
May 29, 2025
A local judge has ruled in favour of Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL), the lottery and gaming operator of the Canadian province of ...
May 25, 2025
With only seven U.S. states offering real-money online casino gaming (also known as “iGaming”), sweepstakes casinos have emerged to fill ...
May 23, 2025
Sentencing before Judge Alvin K. Hellers set for November CEO of SPAC that took Lottery.com public was previously indicted Two form...
May 21, 2025
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has agreed to another multimillion-dollar settlement with a major Las Vegas casino and entertainme...
May 23, 2025
A court in South Africa has ordered Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau to announce the next National Lottery operator by ...
May 23, 2025
The Pretoria High Court has ordered Minister Parks Tau to appoint a permanent national lottery operator by 28 May. This follows a nation...
May 12, 2025
Gambling giant Entain, which owns Ladbrokes among other brands, has been hit with new legal action by a number of investment firms Firms,...
May 3, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California sued the federal government Friday over its decision to greenlight a massive...
May 2, 2025
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Czech capital has the right to impose local restrictions on gambling. Czech Republic.- The c...
May 2, 2025
Illinois Gaming Board halts construction on Bally’s Chicago casino over unapproved vendor. Dumpsters on-site were supplied by D&P ...
April 28, 2025
Cibelae will actively participate in the First International Seminar on Legal and Responsible Gaming – Chile 2025 , which will take place...
April 27, 2025
A new lawsuit filed in Leon County circuit court this week challenges the legality of Florida’s online sports betting framework, reigniti...
April 13, 2025
State joins Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, and Illinois in seeking to ban sports prediction markets Maryland has become the fifth state to se...