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Maryland lawmakers will hold hearings on March 11 on a trio of bills to legalize online casinos and multistate poker, as well as a separate measure to shut down sweepstakes-style…

With Super Bowl handle records in the books, attention turns to retention, rising sweepstakes crackdowns, and mounting legal pressure on prediction markets as courts and lawmakers reshape the U.S. gambling…

Illinois regulators have launched one of the largest sweepstakes crackdowns yet, ordering 65 operators to block residents or face potential civil and criminal penalties. The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB), in…

State lawmakers are advancing iGaming and mobile betting in some markets while moving aggressively to shut down sweepstakes casinos and prediction platforms in others. A familiar split-screen played out in…

An Ohio class action alleges Stake.us runs an unlicensed online casino, adding to a growing wave of lawsuits targeting sweepstakes gaming platforms nationwide. A proposed class action filed in the…

VGW’s billionaire founder has stepped aside after being charged in Western Australia, adding to the leadership turmoil at one of the sweepstakes sector’s largest operators. Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW) founder…

Louisiana lawmakers have pre-filed legislation to treat sweepstakes casino offenses as racketeering crimes, escalating enforcement after last year’s veto and a wave of cease-and-desist orders. Louisiana Rep. Bryan Fontenot has…

Super Bowl LX is compressing a month’s worth of gambling news into a single week, as sportsbooks, prediction markets, and regulators all make consequential moves before kickoff. With handle expected…

This week, Virginia pushed an expansive gaming agenda, pairing new proposals with tighter safeguards. Hawaii balanced enforcement with exploratory legalization efforts, including bills that would address prediction markets. Elsewhere, lawmakers…

Lawmakers in Mississippi and Maryland took different procedural steps this week on bills aimed at curbing online sweepstakes casinos. Mississippi lawmakers moved a bill forward after adopting amendments that sharpened…