Allwyn details financing plans for $1.6 billion PrizePicks acquisition Summary Allwyn International has launched a USD 1.64 billion Term Loan B to fund its acquisition of a 62.3% majority stake in PrizePicks, with an initial cash consideration of USD 1.6 billion. The deal values PrizePicks at an enterprise value of USD 2.5 billion today, with […]
Jamaica braces for catastrophic winds and flooding as Hurricane Melissa approaches Summary Hurricane Melissa intensified into a catastrophic Category 5 system as it closed on Jamaica on 28 October 2025. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned this was the “last chance to protect your life” as Melissa approached with maximum sustained winds of around 185 […]
Amazon cuts 14K corporate jobs as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates Summary Amazon is cutting about 14,000 corporate positions — roughly 4% of its corporate workforce — as it ramps up investment in artificial intelligence. Impacted teams were to be notified on Tuesday; most affected employees will have 90 days to seek internal roles. For […]
Lawsuit claims Henderson teacher assaulted special needs student Summary Parents of a nonverbal student with autism and Down syndrome have filed a lawsuit alleging their son was physically and verbally assaulted by a teacher at Basic Academy of International Studies in Henderson. Filed Oct. 28, 2025, by the law firm Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team […]
Hundreds of Turkish Soccer Officials Placed Unauthorized Wagers Summary Turkey’s football authorities have revealed a major insider-betting scandal involving match officials. A five-year probe found that 371 of 571 match officials held betting accounts, with 152 identified as regular bettors. The breakdown includes 7 referees, 15 assistant referees, 36 classified referees and 94 assistants. While […]
NBA Scurries to Protect League Integrity amid Largest Scandal to Rock It Summary The NBA is in damage-control after arrests linked to illegal betting and alleged ties to organised poker rings implicated several high-profile figures, including Miami guard Terry Rozier and Portland coach Chauncey Billups. The league has issued a memo to all 30 franchises […]
New Jersey Gambling Regulator Fines Super Group Subsidiary for RG Breach Summary The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has imposed a penalty on Super Group’s local subsidiary, Digital Gaming Corporation (DGC), following failures in responsible gambling (RG) controls discovered during an investigation. Between March 2024 and January 2025 the regulator found the operator […]
Kalshi Goes After New York Gambling Regulator Summary Prediction market platform Kalshi has launched a federal lawsuit against the New York Gambling Commission seeking to stop the regulator from treating its event contracts as sports betting. Kalshi maintains its contracts are commodities regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which it says pre-empts state […]
CEO Base Salary Change Projections For 2026: How It Compares Summary Chief Executive Research analysis of the 2025–26 CEO & Senior Executive Compensation Report for private US companies shows that CEOs remain the least likely group to receive base salary increases in 2026, even as overall pay growth spreads across organisations. Key takeaways: 68 per […]
Adobe MAX 2025: All the Top Announcements for Adobe’s Creative Suite Summary Adobe used MAX 2025 to push AI deeper into its creative tools. The biggest updates centre on Firefly — custom models for individuals, Image Model 5 with layered editing, and new generative media features (soundtrack and speech). Adobe also unveiled a browser-based multi-track […]
