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Ireland's GRAI has warned Polymarket and Kalshi it will seek High Court blocking orders over unlicensed access for Irish users, joining France, Italy and Spain in a growing European crackdown on prediction markets.
A Manhattan federal judge denied Kalshi's emergency injunction for the second time in three weeks on July 28, 2026, even as a Minnesota court blocked that state's prediction market ban on the same day. The diverging rulings deepen a national legal split expected to reach the Supreme Court.
All 98 local councils in Romania's Iasi county have voted to close every venue hosting slot machines, using new powers that shifted licensing authority away from national regulator ONJN in February 2026.
Andy Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as UK prime minister on July 20, 2026, and kept Lisa Nandy at DCMS. Here is what the reshuffle means for gambling licensing, tax and sponsorship rules.
A bipartisan federal bill would require sportsbooks and prediction markets to verify bettors' ages with facial recognition scans, and critics say key details are missing.
A Paraiba appeals judge has upheld the nationwide suspension of Pixbet, Flabet and Bet da Sorte, ruling that facial biometrics alone do not stop minors from betting.
A new H2 Gambling Capital analysis links April 2026's Remote Gaming Duty increase to a surge in UK players moving offshore, with onshore channelisation projected to fall to 85 percent by 2031.
France's gambling regulator ANJ has ordered internet providers to block Polymarket, ruling it an unlicensed gambling site after finding no identity checks and manipulated weather bets.
The American Gaming Association and Indian Gaming Association are pushing Congress to ban sports event contracts at a July 21 House hearing on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.
Venezuela's regulated iGaming market, worth an estimated 250 million dollars a year, is positioning for growth after Maduro's removal and US sanctions relief, even as twin earthquakes forced organizers to postpone the country's first gaming expo to 2027.
Chinese police busted a Panzhihua based network that used fake World Cup 2026 livestreams to run a $296 million illegal betting operation, arresting 20 people as part of a wider nationwide crackdown.
A new UK Gambling Commission license condition forces operators to immediately remove non-compliant gaming machines from July 29, 2026, part of a wider push backed by 26 million pounds in illegal gambling enforcement funding.