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BetHog: Prospecting on the crypto gambling frontier
19 May 2025 at 8:15am UTC-4
In 2007 Nigel Eccles launched an online political prediction market called Hubdub, which by 2009 had evolved into the fledgling daily-fantasy-sports platform FanDuel ...
Indonesia blocks over 28,000 accounts in online gambling crackdown
19 May 2025 at 7:22am UTC-4
Indonesian financial intelligence agency, The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center of Indonesia, or PPATK, has blocked over 28,000 bank accounts it believes are ...
Philippine regulator shares warning on fake gaming contracts
19 May 2025 at 6:09am UTC-4
Philippine gaming regulator PAGCOR has issued a warning about fake gaming contracts being offered to Philippine residents.
The warnings concern allegations against licensed ...
Edmonton Elks and Play Alberta announce multi-year partnership
19 May 2025 at 6:04am UTC-4
Canadian state-run operator Play Alberta has revealed a multi-year partnership with Canadian Football League team the Edmonton Elks.
Play Alberta will become the Elks ...
Buddhist monk arrested for illegal gambling scam
16 May 2025 at 9:19am UTC-4
A Buddhist monk in Thailand has been arrested after allegations that he stole more than US$9 million from donations at a temple he ran.
One of Thailand’s law enforcement ...
Flutter acquires stake in Brazilian NSX Group
15 May 2025 at 9:17pm UTC-4
Flutter Entertainment has announced the acquisition of a 56% stake in Brazilian gambling operator NSX Group.
Flutter paid approximately US$350 million for its share in the ...
Ontario gambling regulator calls on media to stop promoting illegal sites
15 May 2025 at 5:33pm UTC-4
Ontario’s gambling regulator, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, has urged media platforms in the province to stop the promotion of unregulated gambling sites. ...
Prediction markets seem to be inevitable, panel says
15 May 2025 at 4:31pm UTC-4
During Wednesday’s panel discussion “Trading on the Future: Prediction Markets are Here to Stay” at SBC Summit Americas in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, panelists vociferously ...
Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to legalize online casinos
15 May 2025 at 12:59pm UTC-4
Ohio State Senator Nathan Manning has proposed a bill to expand igaming in Ohio to include online casino and poker.
SB 197 was read at the Senate Select Committee on Gaming on ...
BetMGM’s Casey Hurbis: ‘I’m a marketer, I gamble every day’
15 May 2025 at 7:52am UTC-4
It might seem odd that Casey Hurbis has found his way into the gambling industry after tenures with Rocket Mortgage and car makers Fiat and Alpha Romeo.
But Hurbis, who ...
