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Kalshi Hit With Class-Action Complaint Alleging ‘Unlawful Sports Gambling’
Kalshi has been sued in New York’s Southern District
The proposed class-action lawsuit alleges that Kalshi is engaged in illegal sport…
Nevada Gaming Control Board member warns Kalshi, Crypto.com over sports contracts: “The gig is up”
Nevada regulators have signaled a tougher stance toward companies offering prediction market contracts that mirror sports bets, following a…
Senators press Commodity Futures Trading Commission over lax enforcement on sports betting contracts
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is demanding answers from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), accusing the federal agency…
AGA issues guidelines on mitigating crypto laundering in AML best practises
The association released the guidelines in an effort to safeguard an industry that has dealt with several major money laundering scandals o…
Robinhood Fights Back Against Massachusetts Sports Prediction Market Crackdown Over $1 Billion Business
Robinhood Derivatives filed a federal lawsuit yesterday (Monday) seeking to block Massachusetts regulators from enforcing state gambling la…
ECJ Advocate General: Gambling refund claims do not “abuse” EU law
Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou has concluded that gamblers seeking reimbursement of losses from foreign operators are not abusing Europe…
Flutter halts India real-money gaming after sudden bill passage
Online gaming and betting giant Flutter Entertainment said it has stopped its real-money operations in India after the swift passage of a n…
Gambling Commission hands £1 million fine to ProgressPlay
21 August 2025
A gambling business will pay a £1m fine after a Gambling Commission compliance assessment revealed Anti-Money Laundering (A…
Wisconsin tribe sues Kalshi and Robinhood over alleged illegal sports betting
The Wisconsin-based Ho-Chunk Nation has launched a lawsuit against Kalshi and Robinhood, accusing the two companies of running illegal spor…
France elevates match-fixing to organised crime status
French authorities will adopt new enforcement tools to fight corruption in sports, as new legislation classifies match fixing as an organis…
U.S. attorneys general urge the DOJ to quell the "rampant spread” of illegal gambling
AGs’ cry for help to DOJ shows need for support in black market battle
States and stakeholders begging the U.S. federal government to take…
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill urges DOJ crackdown on $400B illegal online gambling industry
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is teaming up with other state attorneys general to urge the U.S. Department of Justice to take stro…
Gulfstream challenges Florida law requiring horse racing to keep slot machines
Gulfstream Park Racing Association has filed a lawsuit arguing that a requirement that the South Florida thoroughbred track conduct races t…
West Virginia AG unsure if against-the-house DFS games runs afoul of state law
The California Attorney General’s office offered a very strong take on the legality of daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the state, but the sam…
GOUKER: Judge Rules Against Kalshi In Maryland Case
Kalshi’s winning streak in federal court is over.
A federal judge in the US District Court for the District of Maryland has denied Kalshi’…
National Lottery gets a legal break as Desmond reportedly drops part of claim
Richard Desmond has reportedly dropped part of his legal challenge against the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) decision to award the Fourth…
The WLA position on bulk sales
The world of gaming and sports betting continues to evolve. As technology advances, so do product and services offerings.
The way people p…
Lotto NZ has blocked a global gambling syndicate from buying tickets for big-dollar Lotto Powerball draws.
Lotto NZ has blocked a global gambling syndicate from buying tickets for big-dollar Lotto Powerball draws. Lotto NZ terms and conditions…
Kalshi Files New Brief in New Jersey Lawsuit
Another day, another legal headline involving the prediction market operator Kalshi.
The prediction market company Kalshi filed a brief…
A mysterious LLC is using a 300-year-old law to target D.C. sports betting
More than 300 years ago, wanting to protect gamblers from losing everything, the British Parliament passed the Statute of Anne, named for t…
California tribes sue Kalshi, Robinhood over alleged illegal sports gambling
Three federally recognized Native American tribes in California have filed a lawsuit against prediction market operator Kalshi and trading…
Three California tribes sue Kalshi and Robinhood to get off their lawns
After obtaining amicus status in two of the three lawsuits involving event contract firm Kalshi, the tribal gaming community is taking lega…
Legal Developments in the Gaming Industry: First Half of 2025
We have seen dramatic evolution across the gaming industry throughout 2025. There have been noteworthy legal and regulatory developments fo…
Polymarket Spent $1 Million on U.S. Trading Ads Despite Geo Block
Polymarket could not offer trading in the U.S. on the 2024 United States presidential election. Still, the prediction market platform spent…
Tennessee court rules video lottery terminals illegal, prompting immediate crackdown
A Tennessee court has ruled that video lottery terminals, often referred to as “no chance” machines, are illegal under state law, a decisio…
Maryland Lottery and Gaming is hoping that a preemption ruling in a legal abortion case will help it win a court case against prediction market operator Kalshi.
The regulator filed a notice in its pending lawsuit with Kalshi over the legality of sports event contracts in the state drawing the judge’…
Gibraltar to be removed from EU’s AML ‘grey list’
The list ranks countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) frameworks…