Tag: Illegal Gambling

India law bans nearly all igaming platforms

22 August 2025 at 7:25am UTC-4
India's Parliament has passed a law to ban a large number of igaming platforms, after it was revealed that around 450 million people lost a combined US$2.3 billion to gambling ...

Arizona gaming regulators target illegal online operators

19 August 2025 at 6:41am UTC-4
The Arizona Department of Gaming has issued cease-and-desist orders against four unlicensed online gambling operators offering services to state residents. The operators ...

Fifteen operators receive cease-and-desist letters in Michigan

18 August 2025 at 6:03am UTC-4
The Michigan Gaming Control Board has issued cease-and-desist letters to 15 illegal gambling operators. An investigation led by the Michigan regulator found that the unlicensed ...

AGA data reveals illegal gambling costs US states US$15 billion in lost taxes

14 August 2025 at 7:55am UTC-4
US states are losing out on an estimated US$15.3 billion in tax revenue each year, as illegal operators make up nearly one-third of the total US gambling market, according to the ...

Australian gambling regulator bans prediction platform Polymarket

14 August 2025 at 7:07am UTC-4
Predictions platform Polymarket is one of four gambling operators to have been banned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority after it was found to be illegally ...

Mississippi students bet online despite ban, according to study

12 August 2025 at 6:03am UTC-4
Nearly 60% of Mississippi college students who gambled in the past year reported placing online bets with ‘legal’ sportsbooks, despite mobile sports betting being prohibited ...

Laguna Development joins anti-online gambling group

11 August 2025 at 8:17am UTC-4
The Laguna Development Corporation, representing the Pueblo of Laguna tribe, has become the first tribal corporation to join the National Association Against iGaming. The move ...

State attorneys general urge U.S. Department of Justice to crack down on offshore gambling

6 August 2025 at 7:37am UTC-4
A coalition of 50 state attorneys general has published a letter addressed to US Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging the Department of Justice to tackle the growing threat of ...

Online gambling syndicate busted in Kuala Lumpur office raid

31 July 2025 at 6:13am UTC-4
A call center promoting online gambling has been dismantled in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after a police raid. The center, located on the 23rd floor of a building in Jalan Kia ...

Most Filipino online gamblers are low-stakes players, survey says

25 July 2025 at 7:06am UTC-4
A new study by research firm Fourth Wall found that 89% of online gambling players in the Philippines are low-stakes bettors, spending less than PHP5,000 monthly, about 10% of ...