Gambler Sues Betfair to Recover £1.5M in Losses Summary Lee Gibson, a British property investor, is taking Betfair and parent company Flutter Entertainment to the Court of Appeal after losing nearly £1.5 million betting on football. Gibson says Betfair should have recognised clear signs of problem gambling — he placed more than 30,000 bets between […]
Eklutna Tribe Stops Birchwood Casino Expansion Due to Federal Policy Change Summary The Native Village of Eklutna has suspended construction of the planned Chin’an Gaming Hall near Birchwood, north of Anchorage, after a September 25 directive from Deputy Interior Secretary Kate MacGregor rescinded a 2024 Interior Department legal opinion that had broadened tribal control over […]
Ex-Banker Jailed for Stealing $2.6M to Cover Gambling Debt Summary A Tokyo court has sentenced a former Mitsubishi UFJ Bank deputy branch manager, identified as Y.Y., 47, to nine years in prison after she was found guilty of repeatedly stealing from safe deposit boxes between 2023 and 2024 to cover gambling losses. Court documents say […]
Daniel Pidun Closes Book on Rozvadov With 2025 WSOP Europe Main Event Title Summary Daniel Pidun won the 2025 WSOP Europe Main Event at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, outlasting a 659-entry field to claim his first WSOP bracelet and the €1,140,000 top prize. The title came in dramatic fashion when Pidun’s pocket aces beat Gerald Karlic’s […]
The economics of World of Warcraft virtual currencies crafting and the future of MMO monetization Summary World of Warcraft remains a leading case study for virtual economies because it combines broad participation, repeated system changes and a long record of player behaviour. The article examines how gold flows, crafting systems, information transparency and time scarcity […]
EDITORIAL: The sea of red ink continues to proliferate Summary The Congressional Budget Office reports a federal budget deficit for fiscal 2025 of $1.8 trillion, a modest $8 billion decline from 2024, while national debt approaches $38 trillion. Interest payments on the debt surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in fiscal 2025. The deficit […]
Kalshi sues Ohio Casino Control Commission and Attorney General over threats to its prediction platform Summary Kalshi, an online event-based prediction market, filed a federal lawsuit on 7 October in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the Ohio Casino Control Commission and Attorney General Dave Yost. The complaint accuses Ohio […]
Navi Mumbai International Airport Inaugurated: India’s Next Cargo and Connectivity Powerhouse Takes Flight Summary Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Phase 1 of the new Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA), a Greenfield project developed by NMIA Ltd (Adani Group 74% / CIDCO 26%). Spread across 1,160 hectares, Phase 1 represents a ₹19,500 crore investment and will […]
Hohfeld in the Boardroom Summary Roberto Tallarita argues that the long-running corporate purpose debate is muddled because it treats “purpose” as a single, primitive concept rather than a bundle of discrete legal relations. Drawing on Wesley Hohfeld’s framework, Tallarita reframes corporate purpose as an interlaced matrix of entitlements (rights, privileges, powers) and correlative disablements (duties, […]
Prosecutors Say Alleged Israeli Mobster in NBA Star’s Illegal Poker Games Case is a Threat Summary Federal prosecutors asked a court to keep Israeli national Yevgeni Gershman detained while he faces trial in an indictment tied to alleged illegal Pot‑Limit Omaha games run out of a Los Angeles mansion linked to retired NBA player Gilbert […]
