New Zealand Player Wins $5.9M from Powerball Summary A ticket bought on MyLotto in Dunedin has claimed an NZD 10.05 million (approx. US$5.9 million) prize in a Powerball “Must Be Won” draw. Lotto NZ chief executive Jason Delamore described the payout as life-changing for the winner and confirmed the organisation’s delight while withholding personal details […]
How Customer Advisory Boards Supercharge Account-Based Marketing in 2025 Summary This article explains why account-based marketing (ABM) is gaining momentum in 2025 and how Customer Advisory Boards (CABs) are being used to accelerate ABM programmes. With tighter budgets and a renewed focus on retention, marketers are prioritising precision, ROI and first-party data. CABs help by […]
No Sports Betting Won’t Bankrupt You or Tank Your Credit Score, Survey Says Summary The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) analysed credit and bankruptcy data from 2019 to 2024 for states that adopted online sports betting early (eg. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois). It found no significant rise in personal bankruptcies or widespread drops in credit […]
FBI Warns of Threat Actors Hitting Salesforce Customers Summary The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued an advisory about two threat actors — UNC6040 (aka ShinyHunters) and UNC6395 — targeting Salesforce customers to steal data and extort organisations. UNC6040 uses social engineering and vishing to trick call centre staff into handing over credentials […]
Prison Time for Former Washington State Employee Who Embezzled $900K Summary Former Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings employee Matthew Randall Ping was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return for stealing nearly $900,000 from the state. The embezzlement, which prosecutors say totalled $878,115, […]
Better Collective Introduces AI Betting Tool to Keep Users Engaged Summary Better Collective has launched Playbook, an AI-powered betting product designed to streamline how bettors turn tips or social content into live stakes. Piloted during this year’s Super Bowl, Playbook uses image recognition and smart deeplinks to convert picks into ready-to-place bet slips in sportsbook […]
DOJ Wants to Take $5M in Bitcoin Connected to SIM-Swap Attacks Summary The US Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture action seeking roughly $5 million in Bitcoin that prosecutors say was stolen via SIM‑swap attacks between October 2022 and March 2023. Attackers allegedly hijacked five victims’ mobile numbers to intercept two‑factor authentication codes, […]
KillSec Ransomware Hits Brazilian Healthcare Software Provider Summary The KillSec ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a breach at MedicSolution, a Brazilian healthcare software and cloud-services provider. Researchers at Resecurity report more than 34GB of stolen data spanning over 94,000 files — including lab results, X-rays, unredacted patient images and records of minors. The root […]
Prediction Markets Face Legal Uncertainty as US States and Courts Weigh In Summary Prediction markets that sell yes/no contracts on events — including sports outcomes — are operating in a legal grey area in the US. The central question is whether those contracts fall under the Commodity Exchange Act’s definition of “swaps,” which would place […]
Kaizen Gaming Hires HR Powerhouse as Chief HR Officer Summary Kaizen Gaming has appointed Vassilis Gavroglou as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Gavroglou brings roughly two decades of HR experience across energy, tech, banking and consulting, and will lead people operations as Kaizen scales internationally. He will be charged with shaping HR strategy for […]
