Are the waves of celebrities promoting sweepstakes sites like Chumba Casino actually promoting illegal gambling? That's the allegation made in a recent lawsuit filed against Chumba Casino, and its celebrity endorser Ryan Seacrest, filed in California. The lawsuit, and its allegation that Seacrest is endorsing illegal gambling, marks a major escalation in the battle over…
The Battle over prediction markets, and their place in the gaming ecosystem, continues to heat up at the NBA Joins the fight. Earlier this week the NBA sent a letter to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) expressing the organizations thoughts on predictions markets. Like other predictions market critics, the NBA sees them as…
Match-fixing is a potential problem in any professional sport but it seems to be most prevalent in individual athletic endeavors. The combination of life on the road and razor thin profit margins from competitions and sponsorship deals make match-fixing too big a temptation to pass up. That's what happened to former professional darts players, Andy…
Tourists visiting the State of Nevada can engage in almost every form of gambling one can imagine with one big exception, the state lottery. The Battle State is one of five US states that do not offer a state lottery and, thanks to the recent failure of House Bill AJR5A, it won't be offering one…
For problem gamblers, the credit cards in their wallets are frequently a fast track to total financial destruction. That's the reason that Illinois state gaming regulators are adopting a new rule that would ban the use of credit cards to fund sports betting accounts entirely. It's a move that's growing in popularity in the US…
When the state of New Jersey first opened the door to regulated online gambling in the United States back in 2013, its main goal was to provide a launching pad for online poker. At the time it was believed that online poker would continue to be a national phenomenon. That was not how things worked…
The island of Hawaii is inching ever-closer to its first forms of regulated gaming after Governor Josh Green said he would not veto a bill authorizing sports betting on the islands. But while Governor Green is on board with HB 1308, plenty of opposition and debate remain. The Governor voiced his support of regulated Hawaiian…
The battle between regulated sportsbooks and event predictions markets continues to rage this week as New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin provided a judge with his opinion on the matter. Platkin did not hold back in his arguments suggesting that sports contracts are very much subject to state law and are clearly doing an end…
Event prediction markets are disrupting sports betting markets and gaming industry trade groups are not very happy with the situation. Public comments from the Nevada Resort Association (NRA) and Casino Association of New Jersey (CANJ) that were submitted to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ahead of an April 30 roundtable discussion on the subject…
An ESPN commentators off-hand remark about "risk-free" investments back in March of 2024 is still ringing in the ears of ESPN Bet executives, and Massachusetts gaming regulators. Late last week Penn Entertainment compliance officers got a grilling from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) about the overlap between ESPN's on-air content and its responsibility to follow…
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