Location: US
North Carolina increases tax rate on sports betting from 18% to 23%
22 June 2026 at 10:27am UTC-4
North Carolina legislators recently announced a 5 percentage point increase on the state tax on sports betting.
The new rate is 23%, up from 18%, moving North Carolina ahead of ...
California man jailed over US$4 million Costa Rica-based online gambling scheme
22 June 2026 at 6:29am UTC-4
A California man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and forced to pay US$1.3 million in restitution, after pleading guilty to running an illegal gambling business ...
Investigation finds Polymarket paid creators to post staged videos: report
22 June 2026 at 5:58am UTC-4
A recent investigation published by The Wall Street Journal has claimed that prediction market platform Polymarket paid online content creators to produce promotional videos ...
Bragg CEO Matevž Mazij offers to resign as board director after failed re-election bid
22 June 2026 at 5:25am UTC-4
The CEO of Bragg Gaming Group, Matevž Mazij, has offered his resignation from the board of the company, after the majority of shareholders voted against his re-election.
Mazij ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Online sports betting win, handle and hold erupt in Michigan in May
16 June 2026 at 5:02pm UTC-4
Sports betting revenues in Michigan catapulted 51% higher in May, reaching US$77.5 million. Handle also surged, up 18% to US$468 million.
Taken together, the numbers implied an ...
Soft2Bet intent on expanding into the United States
16 June 2026 at 12:50pm UTC-4
Soft2Bet Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Cochrane thinks his company’s software and technology are as good as any in the gaming industry.
But the online casino and sportsbook ...
Lobbying efforts underway in Washington, D.C. to legalize online gambling
16 June 2026 at 8:04am UTC-4
The legalization of igaming in Washington, D.C. has emerged as a significant talking point in the city’s 2026 election cycle, with lobbying efforts rising from various pro ...
Kalshi develops in-house AI tool to review prediction market contracts
16 June 2026 at 7:41am UTC-4
Prediction market Kalshi has developed an artificial intelligence tool to support several operational tasks, including reviewing and testing the structure of its prediction market ...
