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Pakistan’s cybercrime agency lists illegal gambling and trading apps

Pakistan’s cybercrime agency has released a list of gambling entities, trading platforms, and apps that it considers illegal entities. The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has compiled the forty-six named applications, sites, and platforms as it believes they are … Continue reading

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Massachusetts’s third online gambling bill of 2025 seeks to limit sweepstakes

In the third online gambling bill of the year, Massachusetts is considering prohibiting dual-currency sweepstakes games. Representative David K. Muradian introduced the bill, H4431, which aims to legalize online gambling games for licensed operators and, at the same time, prohibit … Continue reading

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Turkey cracks down on illegal betting and fraud in fresh round of arrests

Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya shared recent efforts to crack down on illegal betting and aggravated fraud. Yerlikaya took to Facebook to share an update on ongoing efforts from Turkish authorities to crack down on illegal betting and aggravated fraud. … Continue reading

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Indian ministers warn illegal gambling could rise from new bill

Indian Ministers have been split over a new online gambling bill that some warn could lead to a rise in illegal betting providers. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, was recently passed in the Indian parliamentary Lok … Continue reading

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Chicago Bears agree multi-year sports betting and casino partnership

The Chicago Bears have agreed to a multi-year sports betting and casino partnership with PENN Entertainment. The multi-year agreement designates PENN’s Chicagoland retail properties, Hollywood Casino Aurora, and the new state-of-the-art Hollywood Casino Joliet as Official Casino Partners, and ESPN … Continue reading

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CME Group and FanDuel partner for event contracts platform

Derivatives marketplace CME Group and gaming company FanDuel announced a new partnership, spawning an events platform. Building on CME Group’s background in financial products and FanDuel’s customer base in the gambling space, the platform will offer fully-funded, event-based contracts with … Continue reading

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High school coach suspended after running prop bets on students

A soccer coach from Conestoga High School, David Zimmerman, has been suspended after it was found that he was making prop bets on basketball students. The nationally recognized coach didn’t have students using apps like FanDuel or DraftKings, but a … Continue reading

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Bragg “unable to say” who hit it with a cyberattack

Bragg, a provider of iGaming and online gambling technologies, was hit with a cyberattack on August 16. The company has now released its post-mortem report, which, for now, looks like the company got off lightly. From the outset, it appears … Continue reading

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Prosecutors seek leniency for Ohtani interpreter’s bookie Bowyer in gambling case

Prosecutors involved with the case surrounding the baseball star, Shohei Ohtani, and his interpreter, who stole $17 million to pay off his gambling debts, are seeking a more lenient sentence for the bookkeeper involved. Ohtani, a baseball star for the … Continue reading

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Sportradar and Bundesliga International announce live player markets ahead of new season

Sportradar and Bundesliga International have now made live player markets possible throughout the matches, along with other features. Sportradar and Bundesliga International’s partnership dates back to 2005, but this new soccer season will feature the all-new additions for the first … Continue reading

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