Lawyer with Trump Ties Aims to Create National Sports Betting Exchange Summary Well-known gaming lawyer Jeff Ifrah’s firm RSBIX has applied to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to be designated a Designated Contract Market (DCM), which would let it list sports-betting contracts nationwide. RSBIX holds a long-term licence to use Matchbook’s exchange-style betting technology […]
Piyush Goyal Launches integrated Logistics Plan in 8 Cities to Cut Industry Costs Summary Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has kicked off a pilot integrated logistics programme across eight cities in eight states aimed at lowering transaction costs and strengthening supply chains nationwide. The pilot will map existing infrastructure, identify gaps and produce a […]
HMRC Triumphs in Free Spins Tax Dispute, Raising Pressure on UK Operators Article Meta Article Date: 2025-09-22T20:25:30+00:00Article URL: https://www.gamblingnews.com/news/hmrc-triumps-in-free-spins-tax-dispute-raising-pressure-on-uk-operators/Article Image: https://www.gamblingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/uk-flags-news.jpg Summary HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) won a First-tier Tribunal ruling confirming that free spins awarded as prizes count as gaming payments subject to remote gaming duty (RGD). The dispute involved Jumpman Gaming Ltd […]
Typhoon Ragasa updates: Hong Kong Observatory to issue T8 at 2:20pm today Summary As Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches the Guangdong coast, the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) is set to issue the Gale or Storm Signal No. 8 at 2:20pm on 23 September 2025. A “Pre-No.8 Special Announcement” will be made roughly two hours beforehand. The […]
Gambling Commission closes Advisory Board for Safer Gambling Summary Great Britain’s Gambling Commission has announced it will close the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling (ABSG) after the body “completed its original remit”. Set up in 2008, the ABSG spent 17 years advising the regulator on reducing gambling harms and helped embed lived-experience voices in regulation, […]
Blask x NEXT.io: Nepal’s iGaming market crashes amid unrest Summary iGaming interest in Nepal plunged after the government ordered the blocking of 26 major social platforms on 4 September, triggering nationwide protests, curfews and platform outages. The daily Blask Index for Nepal fell ~74% — from 26.3k on 2 September to 6.6k on 9 September […]
The Hidden C-Suite Risk Of AI Failures Summary Insurers are increasingly adding broad “AI exclusions” to liability policies that can bar coverage for claims “based upon, attributable to, arising out of, or related to” any use of artificial intelligence. These exclusions — often drafted to cover third‑party AI as well as an insured’s own systems […]
The Political Economy of Global Stock Exchange Competition Summary This article, based on a paper by Curtis J. Milhaupt and Wolf‑Georg Ringe, argues that the conventional “race for IPOs” framing of exchange rivalry is incomplete. Exchanges now function as strategic assets at the nexus of commercial aims, national policy and geopolitical rivalry. IPO competition remains […]
Triton CEO Andy Wong Talks About Building Poker’s Most Prestigious High-Stakes Tour Summary Andy Wong, CEO and co-founder of Triton Poker, discusses how the tour became the world’s premier high-stakes poker brand. Drawing on his media and esports background, Wong explains the rationale behind creating a premium, spectator-friendly platform that brought elite games out of […]
Exxon’s Auto-Voting Plan: Implications for Shareholder Activism and Considerations for Companies Summary The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a no-action response saying it will not recommend enforcement action against Exxon’s proposed auto-voting scheme for retail holders. Under the plan, retail shareholders (including those holding through brokers, banks or plan administrators) can opt in to […]
