New Zealand government committee backs online casino gambling bill Summary New Zealand’s Governance and Administration Committee has backed the Online Casino Gambling Bill, a step designed to bring legal clarity and oversight to online casino operations that have largely operated without direct domestic regulation. Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden, who submitted the bill, […]
Evolution ordered to provide investigation files in Black Cube case Summary A judge has ordered Evolution to produce documents from its internal probe and from investigations by New Jersey and Pennsylvania gaming regulators in the ongoing legal dispute with investigative firm Black Cube. The discovery order grants defendants access to material including a Spectrum Gaming […]
IGT officially announces Hector Fernandez as CEO, starting ‘new era of leadership’ | AGB Summary International Game Technology (IGT) has named Hector Fernandez as its new CEO following the mid-year combination of IGT’s Digital & Gaming business with Everi Holdings under Apollo Global Management. Fernandez — formerly CEO of Aristocrat Gaming with a strong finance […]
Fanatics enters prediction market race with launch across 24 U.S. states Summary Fanatics has launched Fanatics Markets, an event-trading/prediction-market platform that lets users wager on outcomes across sports, finance and culture. The platform went live in 10 states initially and will expand to 24 states by the end of the week, adding major markets including […]
Lawmakers will hear from Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors Summary Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley arrived on Capitol Hill for a classified briefing with top congressional leaders after reporting that he ordered a follow-up strike on survivors of a boat attack on 2 September in international waters near Venezuela. The […]
Public content provenance for organisations (ITSP.10.005) – Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Summary This guidance, co-authored by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the UK NCSC, explains public content provenance: how organisations can create verifiable records of the origin, history and integrity of the digital content they publish. It defines provenance, gives practical choices […]
Fanatics Markets rolls out as sportsbook operators chase new growth Summary Fanatics has launched Fanatics Markets — an event‑trading/prediction markets product — in 10 US states and is expanding to 14 more this week via a partnership with Crypto.com. The platform allows trading on sports, finance and culture now, with planned expansions next year into […]
Fanatics Markets rolls out as sportsbook operators chase new growth Summary Fanatics has launched Fanatics Markets — an event‑trading/prediction market product — in 10 US states via a partnership with Crypto.com, and plans to expand into a further 14 states later this week. The platform will offer trading on sports, finance and culture now, with […]
Gibraltar warns UK online gambling tax hikes may hit revenues, jobs Summary Gibraltar’s government warns that steep UK tax increases on online gambling — remote gaming duty rising from 21% to 40% (from April 2026) and online general betting duty up from 15% to 25% (from April 2027) — could damage one of the territory’s […]
Fanatics begins 24-state prediction markets rollout Summary Fanatics launched Fanatics Markets on 3 December, beginning a phased rollout of a CFTC-regulated prediction markets app across 24 US states. Phase One went live in 10 states (Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Utah) with a further 14 states […]
