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Melanie Porter

Melanie Porter

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After finishing her master's in publishing and writing, Melanie began her career as an online editor for a large gaming blog and has now transitioned over towards the iGaming industry. She helps to ensure that our news pieces are written to the highest standard possible under the guidance of senior management.

Industry May 28, 2025
UKGC Faces Scrutiny Over Stats Watchdog Survey Credibility The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is under pressure after the country’s statistics watchdog raised red flags about the credibility of its Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB).  The GSGB Could Mislead Policymakers The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR), responsible for providing “independent regulation of all official statistics produced in the UK”, has published a detailed […]
UKGC Faces Scrutiny Over Stats Watchdog Survey Credibility
Industry May 27, 2025
India’s Top Court to Hear Case Against Illegal Betting Apps The Supreme Court in India has decided to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a nationwide crackdown on illegal betting applications, as well as stricter regulations for online gaming and fantasy sports platforms.  The petition claims that many of these platforms, while marketed as games of skill, actually promote gambling in disguise, exploiting a […]
India’s Top Court to Hear Case Against Illegal Betting Apps
Casino May 27, 2025
Montana Pioneers Official Sweepstakes Gambling Ban Roughly two weeks ago, we announced Montana was just a quick governor’s signature away from placing sweepstakes social casinos outside the law.  On Friday, Governor Greg Gianforte, the state’s 25th governor, signed Senate Bill 555 into law, clearly showing the Treasure State’s stance in the ongoing national debate over online gaming by officially banning sweepstakes […]
Montana Pioneers Official Sweepstakes Gambling Ban
Industry May 23, 2025
Great Britain Gambling Participation Drops Latest Survey Reveals Gambling participation in Great Britain has taken a noticeable dip, according to new data from the Gambling Commission’s latest research. Gambling Participation, Three Points Down  In the three months covering September 2024 and January 2025, 46% of adults engaged in a form of gambling.  The percentage is down three points from the 49% that was […]
Great Britain Gambling Participation Drops Latest Survey Reveals
Sports May 23, 2025
Vegas Man Gets 5+ Years for $7M Ponzi Betting Scam A Las Vegas man is heading to federal prison for more than five years after orchestrating a fraudulent sports betting fund that turned out to be a massive Ponzi scheme. 72 People Invested $7.4M in the Ponzi Scheme M.T., 51, ran a company called MoneyLine Analytics, which he claimed used savvy sports betting strategies to […]
Vegas Man Gets 5+ Years for $7M Ponzi Betting Scam
Slots May 22, 2025
Explore the Underworld with Pragmatic Play’s Gates of Hades Pragmatic Play has dropped its latest mythological slot, Gates of Hades, taking players deep into the underworld with a red-hot slot packed with explosive features and high-stakes potential.  The premier software provider in the online gambling world’s new 6×6 cluster-pays game centers around Hades, the Greek god of the dead, and introduces wild multipliers that […]
Explore the Underworld with Pragmatic Play’s Gates of Hades
Business May 22, 2025
HG Vora Pressures Penn Over $11B Shareholder Value Loss Activist hedge fund and major Penn Entertainment shareholder HG Vora is intensifying its campaign for change at the gaming company.  “Genuine Change Is Needed at PENN”  In a detailed presentation titled “Genuine Change Is Needed at PENN,” the fund accused the premier regional casino operator in the U.S of squandering over $11 billion in shareholder […]
HG Vora Pressures Penn Over $11B Shareholder Value Loss
Sports May 21, 2025
Gambling Firms Shielded by Secret Regulatory Agreements Over the past five years, the UK Gambling Commission has quietly placed 38 betting companies under special measures, a confidential process that keeps the names of these firms under wraps.  This approach allows betting operators to sidestep formal penalties by agreeing to donate profits made from regulatory breaches to charity.  The “Protective Bubbles” Since 2020, […]
Gambling Firms Shielded by Secret Regulatory Agreements
Casino May 21, 2025
Irish Teens Drink Less, Game and Gamble More, Says ESPAD Over the last 30 years, Irish teens have been drinking, smoking, and using cannabis far less than they did in the 1990s, marking a dramatic shift backed by a new European study. However, while those numbers are falling, there’s a growing concern: more and more teens are getting involved in gambling and gaming. ESPAD Surveyed […]
Irish Teens Drink Less, Game and Gamble More, Says ESPAD
Sports May 20, 2025
Ex-Footballer Urges Gambling Addicts to “Confide in Someone” Tony Kelly once dreamed of a long career in professional football. Signed by Bristol City at just 16, the young midfielder from Coventry seemed destined for success.  But after being released two years later, his life took an unexpected and destructive turn, one that would eventually leave him bankrupt and battling a severe gambling addiction. […]
Ex-Footballer Urges Gambling Addicts to “Confide in Someone”