Posts From: December 2025

EU advisor questions Google’s impartiality on gambling ads

Google’s handling of gambling-related promotions has come under renewed legal scrutiny in the EU, after a senior adviser to the bloc’s top court warned that the platform’s legal immunity depends...

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WhatsApp bookie sentenced following UKGC investigation

A man who ran an illegal WhatsApp gambling business and failed to pay a customer’s £269,000 account balance has received a 30 week suspended jail sentence and a 200 hour...

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NBA player Terry Rozier denies US illegal gambling charges

Terry Rozier pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges in an alleged illegal gambling and sports rigging scheme. He was one of 34 people arrested in October, including former NBA...

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Premier League owner accused of operating secret £600m gambling syndicate

Another betting scandal has rocked the Premier League after a report revealed Brighton & Hove Albion owner Tony Bloom is accused of using a £600 million gambling syndicate to bet on football matches. It’s...

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Prohibited betting in floorball leads to sanctions

The Competition and Disciplinary Committee (KKR) of the Finnish Floorball Federation announced on Wednesday 3 December the sanctions related to prohibited betting. A total of 80 fixed-term competition bans were...

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Kalshi sues department of consumer protection

Kalshi has filed a lawsuit in the Connecticut District Court in response to Connecticut’s latest order, seeking an injunction barring the enforcement of the cease-and-desist order. Recently, the firm says...

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Illegal gambling group with an estimated annual turnover of EUR 20 million arrested by police

A law enforcement operation carried out in Sweden and Spain between 28 and 29 November targeted a violent criminal network operating in the Stockholm area. The group is believed to...

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Kalshi faces nationwide class action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York

Kalshi, one of the nation’s largest “prediction markets,” has been hit with a nationwide class action lawsuit in the Southern District of New York, alleging that the platform has predominantly...

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NBA seeks Lakers’ phones in gambling probe

In the wake of federal indictments and arrests in two illegal gambling probes — including Hall of Famer and Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, as well as former NBA player and assistant...

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New Jersey authorities shut down mafia-backed sports betting ring

Fourteen people have been charged in an alleged organized crime sports betting ring operating in North Jersey, authorities announced. Attorney General Matthew Platkin identified the alleged ringleader as Joseph “Little...

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