1spin4win ranks among top 5 providers on SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator by bet sum in H1 2025 Summary 1spin4win secured a top-five position by bet sum on the SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator in H1 2025. The studio’s portfolio of over 150 classic online slots — supporting both fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies — and a network of 800+ […]
AGA survey suggests US population views prediction markets as betting Summary A YouGov survey commissioned by the American Gaming Association (AGA) of 2,025 registered US voters finds strong public sentiment that prediction markets for sports events resemble traditional gambling rather than financial instruments. The poll reports 85% of respondents view sports event contracts as more […]
Hong Kong lawmakers approve basketball betting legislation Summary Hong Kong’s legislature has approved the Betting Duty (Amendment) Bill 2025 to legalise basketball betting, extending the city’s regulated sports wagering framework that has covered football since 2003. The bill passed by 77 votes to two, with two abstentions, and sets a 50% duty on net profits […]
Study challenges view that legal betting brings financial harm Summary A new report from the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) by Dr Michael Mandel examines consumer bankruptcy filings and credit trends between 2019 and 2024 and questions the common assumption that legalised sports betting drives financial harm. The analysis finds that bankruptcies fell nationally by 34% […]
From zero to 24/7: Always-on defence for iGaming and player safety Summary Authors: Evgeny Zaretskov, SOFTSWISS group chief information security officer, and Amir Aliev, deputy chief security officer. This piece explains why 24/7 Security Operations Centres (SOCs) are essential for real-money iGaming platforms and describes SOFTSWISS’s practical, automation-first approach to building an always-on SOC. The […]
Hot Copy: Monopoly money Summary This round-up from NEXT.io highlights three quick stories: GambleAware raising concerns that prize-draw promotions such as Omaze and McDonald’s Monopoly can normalise gambling and drive harm; a US political tussle involving the Winklevoss twins and a CFTC nominee that underscores ongoing fights over crypto regulation; and billionaire John Caudwell proposing […]
All in it together? Racing’s day of protest leaves much unsaid Summary A high-profile protest — complete with a giant white horse and an LED-lit van carrying the slogan #AxeTheRacingTax — saw British racing pause fixtures to press the Government over planned gambling tax harmonisation. Racing leaders warned of severe financial pressure on the sport, […]
I Hate My AI Friend Summary The Friend is an always‑listening pendant that pairs with an iPhone and routes audio to a cloud chatbot (Google Gemini 2.5). Priced at $129 and sold in the US and Canada, the disc‑shaped wearable offers a snarky, opinionated companion that texts you commentary about your day. Reviewers found the […]
Inside the Man vs. Machine Hackathon Summary On a breezy San Francisco afternoon a weekend hackathon called Model Behavior gathered more than 100 coders to see whether human teams could beat teams using AI agents for a $12,500 prize. The event pitted human-only groups against human+AI teams to test productivity and problem-solving under time pressure. […]
Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort breaks ground on $1 billion arena project Summary The Grand Sierra Resort (GSR) in Reno will hold a private groundbreaking ceremony on 30 September for a planned $1 billion arena development, following approval of a tax increment financing (TIF) package earlier this year. The arena is planned to seat 10,000, include […]
