Norway Is Rethinking Online Poker. Could Iceland Be Next?
Norway has spent years trying to keep commercial online gambling outside its tightly controlled market.…
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Casino Facial Recognition Under Fire After Customer Allegedly Misidentified
Casino surveillance technology promises to identify suspicious individuals before they cause trouble. But what happens…
YouTube Opens Its Biggest Advertising Space to Gambling Brands—but Not Everyone Gets In
YouTube's homepage is about to look a little different. From October 21, 2026, gambling companies…
NFL Pushes Supreme Court to Intervene in Prediction Market Battle as Kalshi and Polymarket Face Regulatory Showdown
The NFL has entered one of America's most consequential gambling disputes, urging the US Supreme…
Online Poker’s Scariest New Cheating Threat Isn’t a Superuser — It’s Your Own Computer
For years, the nightmare scenario in online poker was a “superuser”: someone inside a poker…
The Most Important Feature in a Casino Might Be the Five-Minute Walk to the ATM
Casinos have spent decades eliminating friction. Faster machines, quicker bets, loyalty cards and increasingly seamless…
She Voted to Restrict Online Casinos. Then She Became an Offshore Casino Owner.
In 2001, Australian politician De-Anne Kelly voted for the Interactive Gambling Act, legislation restricting certain…
He Banned Himself From Gambling — Then Lost $25,000 on a ‘Prediction Market’
Thomas had already done what people struggling with gambling are repeatedly told to do. After…
Iceland Quietly Changed the Rules of Vikinglotto Today
For anyone buying a Vikinglotto ticket in Iceland this week, almost everything will look exactly…
Polymarket Just Added Deposit Limits and Lock-Outs. So How Different Is It From Gambling?
Now it is giving those traders tools that will look extremely familiar to anyone who…
Why Can an Illegal Casino Still Buy You an Ad?
A casino can be illegal in the country where you live and still appear between…
Would You Bet on Nvidia Instead of Buying Nvidia?
Prediction markets used to have an obvious identity. You bet on an election, an interest-rate…
Why the Gambling Industry Is Banning Meta Smart Glasses From Its Biggest Events
The casino industry loves futuristic technology—right up until that technology walks onto the exhibition floor…
Does Your Online Casino Use AI on You? Malta Says Players Deserve to Know
Artificial intelligence in online casinos rarely announces itself. There is no flashing “AI is watching”…
Curaçao Casino Leak Exposes Offshore Owners
A casino website can look reassuringly solid. There is a logo, a support chat, glossy…
Polymarket Wants Europe to Stop Calling It Gambling
Prediction markets have a branding problem. Buy a contract predicting the price of Bitcoin and…
Betsson Is Effectively Making Swedish Customers Start Again
A casino account feels permanent. You create it once, verify your identity, set your limits,…
Britain Wants to Treat Gambling Ads Like Cigarette Ads. Is Europe Turning Against the Betting Billboard?
Britain’s gambling debate has reached a point that would have sounded radical a decade ago:…
A 416-Króna Football Coupon Just Turned Into a Million-Króna Icelandic Win
A football coupon costing less than a Reykjavík coffee has produced one of those beautifully…
The Bonus Buy Button Is Swallowing the Slot Machine
A slot machine used to have a fairly obvious centre of gravity: the reels. You…
Kalshi Wants to Be Financial Infrastructure. The NFL Is Making It Huge.
Prediction markets increasingly speak the language of Wall Street: contracts, hedging, liquidity, risk management. Then…
Sports Betting Is Literally Turning Into a Slot Machine
Sports betting used to involve waiting. You picked a winner, watched the match and discovered…
Germany’s €5.8 Billion Gambling Raid Exposes Europe’s Black-Market Problem
Europe likes to imagine gambling regulation as infrastructure: licences, databases, deposit controls and carefully drawn…
Finland’s Gambling Monopoly Is Approaching Its Endgame
Finland’s gambling monopoly is entering its strangest phase: the state operator is growing just as…
Premier League Clubs Have a New Offshore Casino Problem
English football has spent years turning itself into the most valuable advertising screen in world…