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Brazil’s Central Bank powerless to regulate online gambling firms

10 April 2025 at 6:50am UTC-4
The President of Brazil’s Central Bank, Gabriel Galipolo, has said that the bank does not have the legal power to regulate sports betting companies. President Galipolo ...

Hawaii set to legalize online sports betting and fantasy sports

10 April 2025 at 6:21am UTC-4
Hawaii is on the verge of legal sports betting after the state Senate approved a bill to legalize online sportsbooks and daily fantasy sports, according to The Oregonian. House ...
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Hard Rock Bet rolls out IGT crash game in New Jersey

10 April 2025 at 6:04am UTC-4
Hard Rock Bet has launched its latest crash-style game Take-Off!, which will be available to players at its New Jersey online casino. The crash game Take-Off! comes from the ...

BetBlocker adds Japanese language version

10 April 2025 at 5:55am UTC-4
BetBlocker, a free-to-use self-exclusion app, has expanded its software by providing a Japanese language variant. BetBlocker launched in 2017 to enable anonymous self ...
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Vector Solutions acquires ArdentSky

9 April 2025 at 7:28am UTC-4
Workforce training and technology provider Vector Solutions has acquired Nevada-based online gambling compliance firm ArdentSky to strengthen its position in the online gaming ...

North Carolina lawmakers explore ban on college prop betting

9 April 2025 at 7:14am UTC-4
Lawmakers in North Carolina have proposed a bill to ban prop betting on college sports at commercial online sportsbooks. Representatives Pricey Harrison, Marcia Morey, Neal ...

Kalshi appoints former AGA exec Sara Slane as Head of Corporate Development

9 April 2025 at 6:59am UTC-4
Prediction market Kalshi has appointed estwhile American Gaming Association Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Sara Slane as Head of Corporate Development. Slane worked at ...

Social and Promotional Games Association celebrates withdrawal of “out of touch” legislation targeting sweepstakes

9 April 2025 at 6:43am UTC-4
The Social and Promotional Games Association has expressed optimism about the failure of legislation to ban sweepstakes games in Maryland, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Responding ...
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Philippine lawmaker pushes for Anti-POGO Act; regional cooperation in battling illegal online gaming

9 April 2025 at 6:31am UTC-4
Philippine Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros has resumed her stance on passing the Anti-POGO Act which seeks to strengthen the existing full ban on POGOs which came ...

Comtrade Gaming partners with Reevo

9 April 2025 at 6:10am UTC-4
Platform provider Comtrade Gaming has announced a strategic partnership with Reevo, a fast-growing igaming aggregation platform. According to information from the company ...

Delaware issues cease-and-desist to VGW Holdings

9 April 2025 at 4:39am UTC-4
The Delaware Division of Gaming Enforcement, with the support of the Delaware State Lottery, has identified offshore operator VGW Luckyland – owned by Australian group VGW ...

Commodity traders ordered to cease offering sports events contracts in Maryland

8 April 2025 at 6:58am UTC-4
The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission has ordered three commodity trading firms to cease offering sports events contracts to state residents. KalshiEX, Robinhood ...

Indian government plans to strengthen AML reporting rules for gambling firms

8 April 2025 at 6:51am UTC-4
The Indian government is planning to make online gambling companies a target of the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act. According to the Indian Express, the Ministry of ...

Penn Entertainment launches theScore in Ontario

8 April 2025 at 6:27am UTC-4
Penn Entertainment has announced that it will launch its new online casino platform, theScore Casino, to Ontario residents. The new casino expands Penn’s existing online ...

Illinois lawmakers look to define compulsive gambling as substance abuse

8 April 2025 at 6:13am UTC-4
The Illinois Senate has passed a new bill that seeks to classify all forms of compulsive gambling in the state as substance abuse by amending the Substance Use Disorder Act ...