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Ontario’s Gambling ER Crisis Is Still Building, and the Numbers Are More Troubling Than the Headline
The number of gambling disorder ER visits in Ontario is now up 99% from projections in Q2 2025, growing by 7% per…
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Astana Opens a Regulated Derivatives Sandbox for Prediction Markets, and the Region Had No Framework for This Before
ITS launched four binary event-option contracts on 8 September under AFSA's FinTech Lab, covering Bitcoin, SpaceX, and two central bank rates, within…
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Britain’s Gambling Market Returned £4.4bn in Q4, With Online Doing the Quiet Lifting
For Great Britain, the gross gambling yield (GGY) was reported to be £4.4 billion between January and March 2026, while for the…
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S&P Rates DigiPlus B+ and Expects It to Keep Close to Half the Philippine Market, Yet Flags a Margin Squeeze That Changes the Picture
S&P has given a B+ credit rating to DigiPlus, expecting its 40-50% share in the Philippines' online gambling market in the next…
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ASA Upholds Complaint Against Midnite Over AI-generated Character in TikTok Ad
On 16th September 2026, ASA decided to prohibit a TikTok Ad called "Midnite" for having an AI-generated main character looking younger than…
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South Korea Books 26 Polymarket Users as Blockchain Records Become the Evidence
The Gangwon Provincial Police booked 26 Polymarket members and referred 18 more to prosecution, involving wagers worth 17.6 billion won. Police traced…
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Google To Ban Gambling Advertising Targeting Croatia From October
Google will stop affiliates and media platforms from using its advertising services to promote gambling content to audiences in Croatia from 7…
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DACHL Regulators Deepen Cross-border Cooperation Against Illegal Online Gambling
Gambling regulators from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein have agreed to deepen cooperation against illegal online gambling following their annual DACHL meeting…
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Universal Entertainment To Return To US Slot Market Through UDN Gaming
Universal Entertainment is preparing to return to the US slot-machine market through UDN Gaming, a Nevada company owned by Universal president Tomohiro…
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Lords Back a Gambling Ad Ban That Could Shrink the Industry – But Does the Evidence Hold Up?
The all-party Lords Committee released 'Gambling Harm, Time for Action' on 17 September 2026, demanding a complete advertisement ban "as soon as…
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PAGCOR Expects Decoupling Decision “Very Soon” — The Problem Is What Comes After
The GCG review is still pending; once concluded, the recommendation must reach the Office of the President before any executive order can…
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Google’s Gambling Ad Changes Are Already in Force – The Industry Is Still Catching Up
Google's expanded "good policy health" requirement across all gambling and gaming advertising categories took effect on 14 September 2026, not October. From…
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Entain Could Cut 400 Jobs – In March, Its CEO Said That Wasn’t the Plan
Entain has begun a formal consultation that could remove up to 400 of its roughly 2,000 customer care roles across 11 global…
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Dabble Sports Pays AU$1m as ACMA Finds Accounts Left Open After BetStop Registration
Dabble paid AU$1,069,200 across 54 contraventions covering failures to close the accounts of BetStop-registered customers. A central failure was an account-checking process…
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Bally’s Raises $560M for Its Bronx Casino – Its Own SEC Filing Tells a More Complicated Story
Bally's has managed to raise $560M in fresh funds from WhiteHawk Capital Partners in the form of $400M cash at signing and…
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FATF Flags Money Laundering Risks Across Gambling Sector
The Financial Action Task Force has published a report identifying red-flag indicators for money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing across gaming…
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Connecticut Expands Crackdown On Prediction Markets with Nine Cease-and-Desist Orders
Connecticut has ordered nine prediction market platforms to stop offering sports event contracts considered as unlicensed sports betting. Governor Ned Lamont and…
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ESMA Warns Prediction Markets Are Vulnerable To Insider Trading and Manipulation
The European Securities and Markets Authority has warned that prediction markets are “rife” with insider trading. In its latest Trends, Risks and…
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Turkey Traced TL17.75 Billion in Illegal Betting Accounts – The Scale of What It Found Is the Story
The Interior Ministry of Turkey confirmed money transactions of TL17.75 billion through bank accounts associated with 177 suspects in a coordinated raid…
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OpenBet Acquires OmniLogic: The Lottery Tech Move That Signals Where Betting B2B Is Heading
OpenBet agreed on 15 September 2026 to acquire Győr-based OmniLogic, a decade-long sportsbook supplier to WLA lottery operators across EMEA, for an…
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