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Betano is heading back to soccer’s biggest stage after FIFA confirmed a new sponsorship agreement tied to the 2026 World Cup across Europe and South America. FIFA announced Monday (May 18) that Betano, the flagship online sports betting brand owned by Kaizen Gaming, will serve as an Official Tournament Supporter for the expanded competition. Matches will take place across Canada, Mexico and the United States from June 11 through July 19, 2026. The upcoming tournament will mark the fi

A legal fight over prediction markets and state gambling authority is now on hold in Arizona while federal appeals judges weigh several related cases. Kalshi, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Justice Department, and Arizona regulators jointly asked a federal judge Friday (May 15) to pause litigation involving sports-event contracts offered on federally regulated exchanges. The request was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona and asks Judge Michael T. Libur

DraftKings co-founder Matt Kalish spent part of Sunday (May 17) attacking prediction-market operator Kalshi, arguing that sports exchanges still fall far short of the experience most bettors expect from traditional sportsbooks. In a lengthy series of social media posts, Kalish pushed back against growing excitement around exchange-style betting products. He said the technology and usability behind prediction markets remain years behind regulated sportsbook apps that already dominate the US ma

The NCAA says former Abilene Christian basketball player Airion Simmons broke the association’s gambling rules after investigators determined he shared confidential team information with bettors and agreed to influence his play during a 2024 game against Tarleton State. The ruling, released Friday (May 15) by the Division I Committee on Infractions, centered on a March 20, 2024, matchup between Abilene Christian University and Tarleton State University. NCAA officials said Simmons accepted $3

Researchers at the University of Sheffield are helping lead what officials describe as the country’s biggest independent effort yet to better understand gambling harm and reduce its impact across Britain. The new Gambling Harms Research UK Evidence Centre brings together academics from Sheffield, Glasgow, Swansea and King’s College London. Funding comes through the government’s statutory Gambling Levy and is backed by UK Research and Innovation as ministers continue rolling out reforms from t

Ontario residents can now block themselves from every regulated online gambling platform in the province through a single self-exclusion system launched Thursday (May 14). The new service, called BetGuard, is available to people aged 19 and older and covers all provincially regulated operators, including the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s online products. Instead of visiting multiple gambling sites separately, users can complete the process through one standalone portal. Accordin

Oklahoma lawmakers have finalized a major expansion of the state’s gambling restrictions after voting to override Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of Senate Bill 1589. The measure updates Oklahoma’s criminal gambling statute to specifically address online casino-style games, sweepstakes operations, and the companies that help support them. The Senate approved the bill in March, and the House passed it earlier this month before it reached the governor’s desk. Legislative records attached to the enrolle

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed an executive order Thursday (May 14) blocking state employees from using confidential government information to make money through prediction markets and online betting platforms. The order is aimed at tightening ethics rules as wagering markets tied to politics, sports, and government activity continue growing across the country. Executive Order 294 applies to executive branch workers and bars them from using nonpublic information obtained through state jobs

The British government has laid out how a new Illegal Gambling Taskforce will operate as ministers step up pressure on unlicensed betting businesses targeting UK customers. Officials said the group will bring together regulators, payment companies, technology platforms, law enforcement agencies, trade bodies and gambling industry representatives. It will focus on disrupting financial transactions connected to illegal operators, limiting online advertising tied to unlicensed gambling, and impr

Missouri authorities say they confiscated 35 illegal gambling machines and nearly $60,000 during a coordinated enforcement operation that stretched across four counties and targeted five separate businesses. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced the raids alongside the Missouri State Highway Patrol and local law enforcement agencies. Investigators carried out searches in Boone, Dallas, Jefferson and Miller counties, leading to criminal cases connected to alleged illegal gaming activity

Dana White is pushing President Donald Trump to revisit a gambling tax provision tucked inside the recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” adding another high-profile voice to a growing bipartisan campaign in Washington. In a May 11, 2026 letter to the White House, the UFC president thanked Trump for supporting the sweeping legislation before turning to a tax change now facing heavy criticism from the gaming industry and several members of Congress. The provision limits gambling loss de

Florida gaming regulators and local investigators say a large illegal gambling operation in Manatee County has been dismantled after a coordinated raid that seized hundreds of machines and more than $120,000 in cash. The Florida Gaming Control Commission worked alongside the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations during the effort, which authorities called “Operation Silent Spin.” Officials announced Tuesday (May 12) that investigators confiscated 265 illegal gam

Four New Mexico tribes are taking prediction market company Kalshi to federal court, arguing that its sports contracts amount to illegal online sports betting conducted on tribal lands without approval from tribal regulators. The Mescalero Apache Tribe, Pueblo of Isleta, Pueblo of Pojoaque, and Pueblo of Sandia filed the lawsuit Tuesday (May 12) in federal court in New Mexico. The 33-page complaint, reviewed by ReadWrite, seeks court orders blocking Kalshi from offering sports event contracts

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is pressing a federal appeals court to reaffirm that prediction markets fall under federal supervision instead of state gambling enforcement. In a brief filed Tuesday (May 12) with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the agency asked judges to overturn an Ohio ruling tied to Kalshi’s ongoing dispute with state regulators. The filing argues that Congress already gave the CFTC sole authority over futures, swaps, and similar financial

Honolulu police arrested two people and seized gambling machines, drugs, and cash during a raid on an alleged illegal gambling operation in Kalihi last week, according to the Honolulu Police Department. The raid happened Thursday, May 7, around 7:30 p.m. on Keaulikē Street. Officers assigned to the department’s Narcotics/Vice Division Gambling Detail served a search warrant at what investigators described as a suspected gambling game room. The District 1 Crime Reduction Unit and the Specializ

Britain’s gambling regulator says bingo venues and other land-based operators will face stricter oversight as officials move to remove non-compliant gaming machines more quickly and expand action against illegal betting businesses. Speaking at the Bingo Association’s annual meeting, acting Gambling Commission chief executive Sarah Gardner said the regulator wanted closer cooperation with compliant operators while also increasing enforcement powers across the sector. “We know what we can ac

Maine’s four Wabanaki Nations are asking a federal judge to throw out Oxford Casino’s challenge to the state’s new internet gaming law, arguing the measure is grounded in tribal sovereignty and Maine’s longstanding legal agreements with federally recognized tribes. The filing is the latest development in a lawsuit over Maine’s Economic Opportunity Act, which Gov. Janet Mills signed earlier this year after a heated debate over online casino gambling. The law authorizes the Houlton Band of Mali

A federal judge in Wisconsin is allowing the Ho-Chunk Nation to continue pursuing its central claims against prediction market operator Kalshi, keeping alive a closely watched fight over whether sports event contracts amount to illegal betting on tribal lands. In Monday’s ruling (May 11), U.S. District Judge William Conley said the lawsuit “principally concerns the ability of plaintiff Ho-Chunk Nation, a federally-recognized Indian tribe, to prohibit online sports betting from occurring on it

A Kentucky man has filed a proposed class action against prediction market company Kalshi, accusing the platform of offering illegal gambling products to residents across the state. The lawsuit was filed Monday (May 11) in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Plaintiff Donovan Roberts named Kalshi Inc., related business entities, and Susquehanna-connected firms as defendants. He claims the company has been operating what amounts to an online sportsbook without followi

Federal prosecutors say a former Pennsylvania bank manager stole more than $214,000 from a Citizens Bank branch and spent most of the money feeding a gambling habit, a scheme that has now landed him in federal prison. Jonathan Lim, 42, of Wallingford, was sentenced this week to 18 months behind bars followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to bank fraud and bank embezzlement charges. Prosecutors said Lim took approximately $214,155 while serving as branch manager of