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WNBA basketball as the Las Vegas Aces secure a partnership with BetMGM.

BetMGM lands first deal in women’s pro sports with Las Vegas Aces

BetMGM is solidifying its footprint in women’s professional sports through the WNBA.The sports betting and online casino operator announced on Wednesday a partnership with...
CFTC building as the regulator considers allowing crypto perpetual event contracts.

CFTC considers allowing crypto speculation contracts

An outgoing commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said the regulator is prepared to authorize perpetual futures contracts. Unlike event contracts...
Lotto.com CEO Thomas MetzgerImage: SBC

Lotto.com CEO talks Texas lawsuit and misconceptions around couriers

Critics claim that lottery courier CEOs such as Lotto.com's Thomas Metzger lurk in the shadows, enable cheating and are a pox on the communities...
Lotto Texas jackpot sheet as the state's lottery commission is being sued for an unpaid winning ticket.

Texas woman sues lottery over $83.5M winning courier ticket

An unnamed woman in Texas is suing the executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission (TLC) for withholding a controversial $83.5 million jackpot ticket.According...
SBC Summit Americas event in Fort Lauderdale

SBC Summit Americas will return to Florida in June 2026

Thousands of professionals from across North, Central and South America gathered last week in Fort Lauderdale for SBC Summit Americas 2025,an event designed to...
Century Casino & Hotel Cape Girardeau, which has partnered with BetMGM for Missouri sports betting

BetMGM partners with Century Casinos for Missouri sports betting access

BetMGM has secured Missouri sports betting market access via a deal with Century Casino & Hotel Cape Girardeau.Century Casinos announced on Tuesday that the...
Exit signs in a New York City subway, the kid that VGW might follow on its way out of the state

VGW pulling sweepstakes games out of New York

Social and sweepstakes gaming giant Virtual Gaming World (VGW) is winding down its online sweepstakes gaming offerings in New York.The company behind brands including...
A mailbox outside a house, where the Connecticut Senate might have metaphorically delivered its sweepstakes and lottery couriers ban

Connecticut Senate sends sweepstakes ban to House

Editor's note: The original version of this article stated that the approved version of this bill also included a ban on lottery couriers. That...

Louisiana Senate’s sweepstakes ban sweeping through House

The Louisiana legislature's push to ban online sweepstakes casinos is making swift progress in the House.Sen. Adam Bass' SB 181 was approved unanimously in the...
Fontainebleau Las Vegas on the strip as Nevada's gaming regulator (NGCB) investigates the property for potential anti-money laundering violations.

NGCB investigating Fontainebleau for irregular credit practices

The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) is keeping busy with a new investigation.The state gaming regulator is investigating Fontainebleau Las Vegas for allegedly violating...

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SBC Summit Europe

SBC, VNLOK partner to strengthen licensed operator participation at SBC Summit Europe

SBC and Vergunde Nederlandse Online Kansspelaanbieders (VNLOK), the trade association for licensed Dutch online gambling operators, have agreed to a new multi-year strategic partnership...
SBC Summit 2026 ribbon-cutting

SBC Summit 2026 ends record week with 40,000 attendees as event commits to Lisbon...

SBC Summit's record-breaking 2026 edition delivered growth not only in overall attendance, but across some of the industry’s most commercially important audience groups.Operator numbers...
SBC Summit Europe Amsterdam announcement

SBC Summit Europe builds on Amsterdam move with regulated markets focus

SBC Summit Europe will bring together the businesses, regulators and policymakers shaping the future of regulated gambling across the continent when it takes place...
SBC Summit Lisbon

SBC signs long-term agreement to keep SBC Summit in Lisbon until 2030

SBC has signed a new long-term agreement confirming Lisbon as the host city of SBC Summit through 2030, formalizing the company’s commitment to the...