Former Iona basketball player banned from NCAA after point-shaving scandal
19 June 2026 at 7:48am UTC-4
Former Iona University men’s basketball player Adam Njie Jr. has been ruled permanently ineligible for NCAA competition after an investigation that found he agreed to join in a ...
Meta sued over alleged illegal sports betting ads in California
19 June 2026 at 7:42am UTC-4
Meta is facing a lawsuit in California that alleges its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, unlawfully displayed sports betting advertisements to users in the state ...
DAZN partners with ADI Predictstreet to launch free-to-play World Cup prediction market experience
19 June 2026 at 7:36am UTC-4
Sports entertainment group DAZN has partnered with prediction market operator ADI Predictstreet to launch a free-to-play prediction market experience for the World Cup.
The ...
Malaysian authorities arrest 58 in World Cup gambling crackdown
19 June 2026 at 7:26am UTC-4
Malaysian police have arrested 58 people and seized more than MYR500,000 in illicit proceeds after a crackdown on illegal gambling during the 2026 World Cup.
According to the ...
Sri Lanka MP raises questions over rise of unlicensed igaming platforms
19 June 2026 at 7:20am UTC-4
Harsha de Silva, a Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Finance, has questioned officials about the sudden rise in igaming ...
Prediction markets the hot topic at analyst conference
18 June 2026 at 1:56pm UTC-4
DraftKings and FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment presented at the Jefferies Nantucket Consumer Conference on 17-18 June, and, according to Jefferies analyst David Katz, the ...
Michigan judge rules sports-event contracts don’t fall under CFTC regulation
18 June 2026 at 7:34am UTC-4
A federal judge in Michigan has ruled that sports-related prediction market contracts offered by Polymarket do not fall within the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's ...
Kentucky files lawsuits against prediction and sweepstakes operators
18 June 2026 at 7:27am UTC-4
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has filed lawsuits against online sweepstakes casino VGW and prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, accusing them of offering ...
Member of Chen Zhi-linked illegal gambling network extradited from Cambodia to China
18 June 2026 at 7:12am UTC-4
Police in China have confirmed the extradition of a key figure in a criminal network allegedly devised by businessman Chen Zhi.
Liu Ren’s extradition from Cambodia to China ...
Cayuga Nation files federal lawsuit against Caesars Sportsbook
18 June 2026 at 6:13am UTC-4
Native American tribe, the Cayuga Nation, has filed a federal lawsuit against Caesars Sportsbook, alleging that the operator unlawfully offered mobile sports betting within its ...
Neosurf and Mercado Pago partner in Mexico
18 June 2026 at 6:06am UTC-4
Payment provider Neosurf has partnered with financial technology company Mercado Pago to expand the available payment options for online gambling customers in Mexico.
Users ...
Indian High Court overturns arrests of Gameskraft founders
18 June 2026 at 5:44am UTC-4
The Karnataka High Court has declared that the arrests of three founders of Indian online gaming company Gameskraft by the Enforcement Directorate were unlawful.
Justice M ...
Gaming industry groups look to Congress for ban on sports-event contracts
17 June 2026 at 7:20am UTC-4
A group of gaming industry representatives has sent a letter to the Senate pushing for a block on prediction market platforms from offering sports-related event contracts
The ...
Offshore operators facing lawsuit allowed to apply for New Zealand license
17 June 2026 at 7:12am UTC-4
Online gambling companies that currently target New Zealand customers, including those facing legal action, will be able to apply for licenses under the country's new online ...
PAGCOR orders operators to promote national gambling helpline
17 June 2026 at 6:35am UTC-4
Philippine gaming regulator PAGCOR has ordered online gaming companies to swap their existing responsible gaming ads with promotions for the country’s National Problem Gambling ...
