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New Jersey Asks the Supreme Court to Decide Who Regulates Kalshi

3 min read•Sep 2

M&A

Lottomatica Absorbs Cirsa and Blackstone Becomes Its Largest Shareholder

3 min read•Sep 2

Regulatory

Lula Says He Would Ban Betting, and the Regulator Was Not in the Room

3 min read•Sep 2

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Regulatory9h ago

Brazil's Licensed Betting Bodies Protest Being Shut Out of the Planalto

Three associations issued statements within hours of each other. All three make the same point: the regulator was missing too, and the figures presented to the president went untested.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Regulatory16h ago

Brazil's Rapporteur Removes the 30% Betting Transfer From the Security PEC

The provision that would have routed 30% of fixed-odds betting revenue to public security is out of the report filed in the Senate's justice committee. It has not been voted on yet, and the sports bodies that lobbied against it stand to keep about R$500 million a year.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Regulatory21h ago

FanDuel Voided Bill Simmons's Bets After He Admitted Proxy Betting

The Ringer founder said on his own podcast that he gave his sportsbook login to his daughter's boyfriend. Massachusetts requires operators to log every IP address an account is accessed from, and it still took a podcast.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

Corporate21h ago

A 1.6m Share Purchase Cut the Floor Under Sands China's Float to 10%

Las Vegas Sands bought 1,623,200 shares on Monday and tipped its Macau subsidiary past 75%. The consequence is not the stake, it is the listing rule Sands China had to switch to as a result.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read

RegulatorySep 1

Brazil Fined Pixbet R$814,567 and Could Not Find It at Its Own Address

The penalty is modest by the standards of Brazilian enforcement. The reason it had to be served through the official gazette is not: the regulator went to the address Pixbet has on file and the company was not there.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 1

UKGC Suspends BresBet and Bet St George Over Social Responsibility and AML

The Gambling Commission has pulled the operating licences of two British bookmakers that share a director, weeks after their managing director resigned from both on the same day. Customers can still withdraw.

Antonina Tupikova

2 min read

RegulatorySep 1

Belgium's Council of State Suspends the €750m Brussels Casino Award

The City of Brussels gave its 15-year casino concession to Napoleon Games by 91.02 points to 87.74. The administrative court has now suspended that decision, and one of its grounds is a European filing the city never made.

Antonina Tupikova

3 min read