NCPG executive director resigns amid Kalshi deal fallout
National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) Executive Director Heather Maurer has resigned after less than a year in the role, the national non-profit told...
Amelco, Boing Gaming team up to provide Class II mobile games to tribal operators
Sportsbook and iGaming platform provider Amelco and Class II mobile game supplier Boing Gaming have teamed up to bring mobile gaming content to tribal...
Prediction Markets Weekly: Kalshi tax lobbying, Liga MX’s lawsuit, PrizePicks combos
The state of New York and Polymarket exchanged lawsuits, and that was just Thursday alone. Elsewhere this week in prediction markets:The board president of...
Kalshi loses again as Sixth Circuit sides with Ohio, Tennessee
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed Kalshi another major appellate loss on Friday, ruling that the company’s sports event contracts are not swaps...
Dueling Polymarket, New York lawsuits echo other prediction markets fights
Two months after New York officials sued Kalshi, they took Polymarket to state court in an attempt to stop the New York City-headquartered company...
Why $18bn MGM Resorts acquisition by Barry Diller fell apart
The day after Caesars Entertainment shareholders gave the green light to a $17.6bn takeover, MGM Resorts International's potential acquisition by People Inc. came off...
Blumenthal, Tonko expand gambling reform push to prediction markets
Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Paul Tonko are again calling for federal gambling reform, this time explicitly including prediction markets in a broader campaign...
CFTC ‘mention markets’ letter to prediction operators long on talk, short on action
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday sternly wagged a finger at prediction markets operators over repeated insider trading on "mention markets" in...
Hires and Higher-Ups: Who will be the new CEOs of OpenBet, SciPlay?
Every Thursday, SBC Americas rounds up major leadership changes in the U.S. gaming industry. This week's 'Hires and Higher-Ups' brings news of CEO changes at OpenBet...
Senator calls for Trump Jr. probe over prediction markets ties
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) has asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate whether presidential family relationships have been used for private financial benefit or...
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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 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 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 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...