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Ireland's Gambling Regulatory Authority says it can seek High Court blocking orders on both site access and funding as it weighs action against a major prediction market operator.
The Gambling Commission's confirmed financial risk assessments have set off a July 2026 clash with horse racing, the Betting and Gaming Council and a Commons committee now demanding to see the underlying evidence.
A House Agriculture subcommittee will examine customer protections and market integrity in sports event prediction markets on July 21, 2026. Here is who is testifying, what is at stake, and why the CFTC and the states are on a collision course.
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset says the 2026 World Cup pushed betting and in-stadium prediction markets into risky new territory, and wants a binding integrity framework built before 2030.
Italy's treasury projects an 807m euro increase in gambling and betting receipts for its 2026 budget assessment, driven by a reformed online licensing regime, higher GGR tax rates and 52 new nine-year concessions, even after receipts fell 7.8% early in the year.
Gamecheck says it has found around 5,000 fake online casinos in Brazil in 2026, more than 50 times the country's 87 licensed operators. Here is what it means.
Peru offers one of the lowest headline gambling tax rates in the world, yet a turnover based ISC levy and a field of nearly 100 operators are turning it into Latin America's toughest margin market. Here is the paradox explained.
The UK Gambling Commission has confirmed it will introduce financial risk assessments in stages, starting at a 5,000 pound net deposit threshold and with no enforcement in the early phases. Here are the thresholds, the pilot data and the industry reaction.
A Joint State Government Commission report urges Pennsylvania to ban in-game live betting, credit card deposits and AI-driven promotions as problem gambling concerns grow.
A federal judge in Minnesota denied Stake.us operator Sweepsteaks Limited's motion to compel arbitration, clearing a proposed illegal-gambling class action to proceed in open court. Here is what the ruling means for sweepstakes casinos.
Finland will open a licensed online casino market on 1 January 2027 under a 22% GGR tax. A July 2026 Kasinohai audit found 91.84% of tested slots use autoplay, a feature the draft rules would ban.
PAGCOR is closer to separating its regulator and casino operator roles, with the GCG set to submit recommendations in August 2026 and an executive order possible by year end, clearing the way to privatize Casino Filipino for up to PHP50 billion.