Robinhood seeks to prevent Massachusetts prediction markets shutdown Summary Robinhood has filed suit in Massachusetts federal court against Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to stop the state applying gaming laws to event-contract trading offered via its app. The trades at issue are executed on KalshiEx LLC, a CFTC-regulated exchange; Robinhood […]
Matthew Prince Wants AI Companies to Pay for Their Sins Summary Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince argues that AI firms must pay for the content they scrape and reuse. He explains Cloudflare’s new default to block unauthorised AI crawlers — effectively creating a pay-per-crawl model — and frames it as a way to restore scarcity and […]
How AI Is Upending Politics, Tech, the Media, and More Summary WIRED’s AI Power Summit convened leaders from technology, politics and publishing to debate how artificial intelligence is reshaping society. The event brought contrasting perspectives: industry figures touted AI’s potential for scientific and economic renewal, while politicians and media executives warned of harm to journalism, […]
Hundreds of Google AI Workers Were Fired Amid Fight Over Working Conditions Summary Author style: Punchy. This story matters — it shows the human cost behind the polished AI features many of us use daily. More than 200 contractors who helped evaluate and refine Google’s AI products (including Gemini and AI Overviews) were laid off […]
Malaysia to confront Meta over iGaming ads Summary Malaysian Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil will meet Meta executives on 22 September to press the company to tackle illegal online gambling adverts on Facebook and Instagram. The minister says most content taken down are gambling ads and that Facebook has failed to block accounts using credit […]
Weekend Report: UK horse race fixing, Bragg plays down cyber incident, Paf-Finnish Sky deal Summary This Weekend Report rounds up several industry stories: a 42-year-old arrested in the UK over alleged horse race fixing following a Gambling Commission and Greater Manchester Police probe; Bragg Gaming Group saying a recent cyber incident has been resolved with […]
No plans for Netherlands tax policy change despite gambling revenue drop Summary Dutch State Secretary for Taxation Eugène Heijnen has told parliament there are no plans to introduce compensatory tax policy changes despite an expected fall in online gambling revenue in 2025. The regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) revised its outlook, suggesting the tax increase already enacted […]
Episode 18: Where does gambling make up the highest percentage of GDP? Summary This episode of Right to the Source, presented by Robin Harrison with Ed Birkin, covers Groupe Partouche’s third-quarter update and explores the Georgian gambling market. Groupe Partouche recorded a 5.3% year-on-year revenue rise helped by new casino openings in Cannes and Benin, […]
Timor-Leste’s gaming industry targeted by organised crime, UNODC warns | AGB Summary The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warns that Timor-Leste is being targeted by organised crime groups exploiting foreign direct investment to establish scam centres and illicit gaming operations. The Oecusse Digital Centre free trade zone is singled out for regulatory […]
Relax Gaming names Antonia Svensson as Chief Commercial Officer | AGB Summary Relax Gaming has appointed Antonia Svensson as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Svensson joins with more than 13 years’ experience in the gaming sector, having worked in senior roles across payments, content supply and operations. Her previous positions include overseeing gaming payments at […]
