Posts From: April 2025

Kalshi ordered to withdraw sports prediction markets in Illinois

Illinois gaming regulators have ordered  Kalshi to stop offering prediction markets on sport betting, saying the contracts amount to unauthorized sports betting under state law. The Division has accessed the mobile application and...

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Norway asks ISPs to block more illegal websites

Blocking illegal websites will help to reduce the number of people with gambling problems, says Silje Sægrov Amble at the Norwegian Gambling Authority. To protect Norwegian players, the authority has...

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ITIA suspends German tennis player and receives three-month suspension

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) today confirms that German tennis player Mina Hodzic has been suspended for three months for a breach of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). Hodzic...

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Netherlands reprimands Lucky 7 Casino for customer service failings

The Dutch Gaming Authority (Ksa) has addressed gambling provider Noord Zuid Alliantie B.V. about the inaccessibility of the customer service. Anyone who called the customer service was told an English-language...

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Another state taking action against Kalshi & Robinhood

The Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE)  issued a formal order Thursday to Kalshi and Robinhood requiring the company to stop offering prediction markets akin to New Jersey sports betting. The order said...

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Football Pools hit with £375,000 penalty for AML failings

Online gambling business, Football Pools Limited, is to pay £375,000 after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The operator, which runs four websites, including footballpools.com, will pay the...

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Britain’s Gambling Commission announces new regulations

New rules increasing the safety and simplicity of consumer promotional offers are to be introduced by the Gambling Commission. Gambling businesses will be banned from offering potentially harmful offers involving...

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London Mayor under pressure to ban gambling ads on TFL network

Sir Sadiq Khan has been accused of “backtracking” on his undelivered promise to ban gambling adverts from the London’s Tube network. The mayor pledged in his 2021 re-election manifesto to...

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LeoVegas fined SEK8 million in Sweden over duty of care failings

LeoVegas trading as Roar Vegas has been issued a warning and a SEK8 million penalty fee for failing to fulfil its obligations relating to its duty of care by the Swedish...

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US regulator opens probe Into Robinhood’s sports betting feature

Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has begun an investigation into trading platform Robinhood’s  decision to launch a prediction-markets hub that allows users to bet on the outcomes of a range of events,...

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