DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks as provision regarding gambling losses is up in the air.

DC Council approves budget that ends gambling losses recovery suit

The DC Council and Mayor Muriel Bowser have apparently foiled an attempted lawsuit to recover hundreds of millions of dollar lost by DC residents...
Kentucky Rep. and WAGER Act sponsor Andy Barr

WAGER Act is the new GOP version of the gambling loss deduction bill

Another Congressional lawmaker has launched an attempt to reverse the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's (OBBBA) cut to how much gamblers can deduct for...
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Kalshi brief says gaming industry cherry-picking legal language

The latest legal brief filed by Kalshi continues to highlight that the heart of the case on who has say over sports event contracts...
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Senate committee will vote on Quintenz CFTC nomination Monday

Gaming industry groups asked the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to slow down, but things are on the move when it comes...
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Maryland Lotto points to recent abortion ruling in Kalshi defense

Maryland Lottery and Gaming is hoping that a preemption ruling in a legal abortion case will help it win a court case against prediction...
Ryan Seacrest

Amended CA sweeps bill might spare Seacrest, but not suppliers

AB831, the much-discussed bill that would ban online sweepstakes gambling in California, has been amended to remove the potential threat of individual players being...
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CA sweeps bill advances, but will the supplier provision advance with it?

So far, AB831, the California legislation designed to prohibit sweepstakes gambling in the state, is now two for two on advancing out of committee...
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Churchill Downs fighting its own fight for federal gaming oversight

Most eyes in the gaming industry are singularly focused on the trio of court cases in which Kalshi is arguing the Commodity Exchange Act...
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AGA hails ‘long-overdue’ change to slot tax reporting threshold

While the change to how much a gambler can deduct on their taxes was the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) measure that got...
Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto

Cortez Masto’s attempt to stop gambling tax fails, but she’s not done

A second federal lawmaker in the space of four days has filed a bill looking to undo the change made by the One Big...

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SBC Summit AI Academy

SBC Summit’s AI Academy to cover AI agents, deepfake threats, human-AI collaboration

From spotting deepfake fraud to building your own AI assistant, SBC Summit's new AI Academy will take delegates beyond the theory of artificial intelligence...
SBC Summit gives delegates direct access to regulators through new regulatory gaming meet-ups

SBC Summit gives delegates direct access to regulators through new regulatory gaming meet-ups

SBC Summit has launched the Regulatory Gaming Meet-Ups, a new networking initiative that will connect delegates with regulators, market experts, and industry leaders from more than 20 gaming...
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Michael Jordan, Carsten Koerl, Jason Robins to open SBC Summit 2026

Lisbon, Portugal — SBC Summit 2026 will host one of the most high-profile keynote sessions ever staged in Europe by bringing together three of...
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Applications for SBC Summit’s First Pitch now open

Applications are now open for the 2026 edition of SBC First Pitch, where five early-stage betting and gaming startups will earn the opportunity to...