Gambling News
France Orders ISPs to Block Polymarket Over Illegal Gambling Concerns
A new French block on Polymarket reflects growing international scrutiny as authorities challenge prediction markets under gambling regulati...
Farage’s Undisclosed Benefactor: Convicted Fraudster Tied to Crypto Gambling Site
A Sunday Times investigation alleges Nigel Farage failed to declare years of financial support from George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster l...
Gaming Industry Unites Against Prediction Market “Gambling Loophole”
A coalition of more than 50 gaming groups, tribes and unions is urging the Senate to amend the CLARITY Act to bar sports and casino-style co...
Spain and Indonesia Move to Block Polymarket as Global Pressure Mounts on Prediction Markets
Spanish regulators blocked Polymarket and Kalshi over alleged unlicensed operations, while Indonesia expanded enforcement by tracing linked ...
New York AG Sues Coinbase and Gemini, Calls Crypto Prediction Markets ‘Illegal Gambling’
New York Attorney General Letitia James sued Coinbase and Gemini over prediction markets, alleging event contracts amount to illegal gamblin...
Arizona AG Charges Kalshi With Illegal Gambling Over Election Betting
Prediction market Kalshi has been charged by the attorney general of the US state of Arizona with operating an unlicensed gambling platform ...
Vitalik Buterin Warns Prediction Markets Risk Becoming ‘Cursed’ by Retail Gambling Frenzy
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin said prediction markets are in danger of becoming “corposlop” due to an over-reliance on “people with dumb ...
Meta Missed Repeated Warnings as Australian Influencer Promoted Illegal Crypto Gambling
An Instagram influencer promoted offshore crypto casino Rainbet as Meta declined to act on nearly a dozen user complaints. ...
Massachusetts Judge Moves to Block Kalshi Sports Contracts
A Massachusetts judge will issue a preliminary injunction preventing Kalshi from offering sports-related event contracts in the state as the...
Is Meme Culture Real or Just Gambling?
Is memecoin culture or gambling? This article examines memes as cultural units, their role in finance, and the new LILPEPE coin's engineered...
Australia Blocks Polymarket After Regulator Targets Illegal Online Betting
Aussie internet service providers (ISPs) will soon block access to blockchain-based ‘prediction market’, Polymarket, after Australia’s...
Polymarket Banned in Singapore in Illegal Online Gambling Crackdown
Singapore has become the latest jurisdiction to ban access to the blockchain based ‘prediction marketplace’, Polymarket, after the gover...