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Jerome García
Senior JournalistJerome provides expert industrial analysis, exploring the shifting dynamics of emerging markets throughout the digital age. With a background in applied economics, he decodes how rapid digitalization and tech infrastructure disrupt traditional supply chains. His data-driven insights empower global investors and executives to navigate volatile economies and capitalize on untapped, high-growth opportunities worldwide.
Industry
July 16, 2025
More Japanese Celebrities Brought on Charges of Illegal Gambling
Japan is not lessening its zeal to bring to justice any person, be that a celebrity or an ordinary citizen, who has engaged in online gambling at a casino or a sports betting website. The country of the rising sun has gone after news anchors, athletes, and boy band members, and has urged others to […]
Business
July 15, 2025
DraftKings In Strong Financial Position to Gain, Says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has issued a new assessment of DraftKings’ business, arguing that the sports betting company, which is supposedly making overtures for Railbird, a prediction market platform, is set to far surpass its $225m EBITDA in Q2 2025. DraftKings’ EBITDA Forecasts Stronger Than Expected This figure is already higher than DraftKings’ own guidance set at […]
Business
July 15, 2025
DraftKings Eyeing Prediction Market Platform Railbird
DraftKings has been trying to get skin in the prediction market game for a long while now. The company has attempted to launch a proprietary platform, DraftKings Predict, which registered with the National Futures Association (NFA), but there has been little to expand on this after the fact, not least because the company’s registration with […]
Casino
July 15, 2025
Police Arrest Suspected Shooter Minutes After Ocean Casino Attack
One 55-year-old resident of Atlantic City was arrested on Saturday by the local police, 20 minutes after he fired multiple shots into a 41-year-old patron at the Ocean Casino Resort multi-level parking lot. Suspected Shooter Arrested Within 20 Minutes of Tip-Off Ronald Rivers had made it two blocks away on the 100 Block of South […]
Sports
July 15, 2025
BetMGM to Roll Out $2.50 Minimum Wager in Illinois on Wednesday
Sports bettors in Illinois are in for a rude awakening, with planned changes to the betting landscape occasioned by the passage of a new law that will raise the financial pressure on sportsbooks. BetMGM Bucks the Trend, Tries to Capitalize on Change While FanDuel and DraftKings said that they would charge $0.50 on their customers’ […]
Casino
July 15, 2025
Uno Is Coming for Casinos in the United States
The Cincinnati-invented title has been one of the most successful card games of all time, over the past several decades. Created in Reading in 1971 by a barber, Merle Robbins, Uno became a cultural phenomenon from its early days, and it’s now going to reach even more crowds. Uno Social Club Coming to the Palms […]
Industry
July 15, 2025
iGB L!VE Delivers: Bringing the Gambling Industry’s Finest in Record-Setting Event
The recently concluded iGB L!VE 2025, held at ExCel London as part of a special relocation, was one of the industry’s crowning events, attracting more than 15,000 top-tier iGaming operators, tech vendors, affiliates, suppliers, and other industry stakeholders. The event aimed to bring together the world’s iGaming elite while tackling some of the most pressing […]
Casino
July 14, 2025
Illinois to Legalize Online Casinos for Real Money Eventually, AG Says
The Attorney General of Illinois, Kwame Raoul, said on Thursday last week that the state will be seeing the arrival of online casinos before long. The type you can play for real money, he clarified. This is not the first time an AG has weighed in on gambling matters, with California’s own Attorney General, Rob […]
Sports
July 14, 2025
Dana White Promises Bad Ass Fight Card for UFC White House
After previously teasing the idea at a UFC event in New Jersey last month, President Donald Trump and one of his best friends, Dana White, the founder and CEO of the UFC – have fleshed out more details about their day to host a “bad ass” UFC event at the White House on America’s 250th […]
Casino
July 14, 2025
Number of Canadian Travelers to the US Slumps Again
The number of people traveling to the United States from Canada has dropped another month, with a 22.1% drop year-over-year, according to Statistics Canada. As President Donald Trump continues to threaten neighbors with stiff tariffs, anti-American sentiment has been mounting in Canucks, many of whom have chosen not to take the summer trip down south. […]
