8279 stories by Devin O'Connor
SEC Mandates Sports Betting Classes for All Student-Athletes
The SEC is requiring its student-athletes to watch an educational video on sports betting The video educated college athletes on how to avoid being targeted by rogue bettors The curriculum also educates on how and where to report concerns Class is officially...
Feds Charge Google Engineer in $1.2 Million Polymarket Insider Trading Scheme
An employee at Google is accused of trading on a prediction market with insider information The Polymarket user, who is facing federal charges, allegedly made $1.2 million in illicit profits If found guilty, the defendant faces up to 50 years in prison...
Spain Joins Global Push Against Prediction Markets on Illegal Gambling Fears
Spain has temporarily banned Kalshi and Polymarket Government officials contend that the prediction markets are engaged in illegal gambling Spain joins more than a dozen countries in cracking down on prediction markets Spain has become the latest major economy to clamp down...
Why Is The President of The United States Promoting an Unregulated Online Casino? Money Talks
President Trump has shared social media posts promoting Stake Stake is a controversial sweepstakes casino that isn't a licensed iGaming platform in any US state Trump's posts primarily market the upcoming UFC fight at the White House Online casino gambling is legal...
Las Vegas Bounces Back: 3 in 4 Tourists Now Report Positive Value Perception
Las Vegas visitors say they generally feel the casino town provides value That's a big change from 2025, when visitors expressed frustrations with supposedly greedy casinos Las Vegas visitor volume was flat in the first quarter, but hotel rooms nonetheless raised rates...
Rhode Island Sports Betting Shift: Bally’s Targets November Launch for Mobile App
Rhode Island’s single-operator sports betting market is officially expanding later this year, ending a strict monopoly that has been in place since 2019 The Rhode Island Lottery approved Bally’s Corporation for the state’s second-ever online sports betting license, beating out Rush Street...
Are Prediction Markets Rife With Insider Trading? House Oversight Investigates
The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into widespread insider trading on prediction markets Chairman James Comer demanded both Kalshi and Polymarket turn over internal records regarding user verification and trading activity In April, the Department of Justice (DOJ) brought charges...
Are Sweepstakes Casinos Still Legal in Tennessee? Here’s the Latest
Sweepstakes casinos are now illegal in Tennessee The sweepstakes casino ban took effect immediately upon Gov. Lee's signing Lee also signed a measure to crack down on insider trading on prediction markets Online sweepstakes casinos are officially illegal in Tennessee after Gov....
New York Lottery Players Lost $3.2 Billion Last Year. State Encourages Them to Keep Dreaming
The New York Lottery's new ad campaign dares players to "imagine" winning big However, New Yorkers lost $3.2 billion on traditional lottery games in the 2025 fiscal year Traditional lottery sales are down nationwide The New York Lottery has debuted a new...
HOMICIDE: Latest Fatal Shooting at Bally’s Kansas City Casino Sparks Renewed Safety Demands
A fatal shooting in the Bally’s Kansas City parking garage has left one person dead, marking a troubling return of violence to the property Kansas City police are actively searching for suspects after multiple gunshots erupted in the casino's parking structure late...
