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Melanie Porter
EditorAfter 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.
Casino
December 17, 2025
Belgium Targets Illegal Gambling with DNS Belgium Deal
At the start of September, Belgium kick-started a six-year gambling program in preparation to completely change the face of the sector. The launch of the new strategy was also accompanied by a number of important appointments to the Kansspelcommissie (KSC), the country’s official gambling sector regulator. Now, the watchdog established under the Gambling Act of […]
Casino
December 16, 2025
Vegas Casino Allegedly Drugged Lawyer, Lawsuit Claims
Licensed attorney Michael Duke Thomson recalls exiting the high-limit blackjack room at the Aria Resort & Casino around midnight on January 23, 2024, with “a few thousand dollars” in chips. His next memory is waking up the next morning handcuffed to a wall in the casino’s security holding area, facing $75,000 in debt to the […]
Industry
December 16, 2025
Nebraska Sets Children “Up for Success” with Gambling Winnings
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has already gathered over $500,000 from gambling winnings via the newly implemented Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act. The amount was reached in the first three months of the program, which has been designed to collect money that is owed to the state from gamblers’ winnings. […]
Industry
December 15, 2025
Escaping Reality Via Gambling Leads to Addiction
A global research team has updated the Gambling Motives Questionnaire (GMQ), which is a standard scale that determines the reasons behind a person’s gambling habits. The freshly improved GMQ-R-27 is ready to assess a series of motives that have not yet been covered by the original form of the GMQ. The list includes escapism, which […]
Poker
December 15, 2025
ACR Poker’s Mini Online Super Series Offers $2.5m in Guarantees
ACR Poker has announced the Mini Online Super Series (MOSS) will run from December 17 to 28, offering buy-ins from $0 to $109 and a total of $2.5 million in guaranteed prizes, “proof that small stakes can still produce big dreams.” Full Month of Surprises The series is part of Player Appreciation Month, which means […]
Business
December 12, 2025
Norway’s Oil Fund Holds Billions in Gambling Stocks
Norway has spent years tightening the rules around online gambling, with authorities blocking payments, restricting ads, taking down websites, and putting consistent pressure on international operators, all for the purpose of protecting the state-run Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto. However, while the country continues to keep a firm grip on gambling at home, the Government […]
Industry
December 11, 2025
Judge Grants Kalshi Temporary Relief in Betting Dispute
At the start of the month, Connecticut regulators took aim at KalshiEX LLC, Robinhood Derivatives, and Crypto.com, accusing them of running unlicensed gambling operations. The Department of Consumer Protection said their sports wagering contracts broke state law and demanded that all three platforms immediately stop offering bets. A federal judge has now offered Klashi temporary […]
Esports
December 11, 2025
Poland Eyes Loot Boxes as Gambling Under New Rules
Poland is considering a significant reconfiguration of its gambling regulations through a new draft proposal that aims to bring “games incentives and virtual goods” under the Gambling Act of 2009. The proposal, backed by Poland 2050 MPs, which is Szymon Hołownia’s political party, was created following the 2020 presidential elections, specifically targets loot boxes in […]
Industry
December 10, 2025
Germany Reviews Gambling Rules Amid Addiction and Offshore Risks
Germany’s gambling regulator, the Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), has taken its first concrete step toward closer federal coordination by opening talks with the country’s addiction commissioner. The end goal is to develop a more unified national approach. Targeting Global Threats with Domestic Tools Last week, Ronald Benter, head of the GGL, met with Prof. […]
Industry
December 10, 2025
Prediction Markets Linked to Fake Sports Insiders
A handful of major prediction markets found themselves in an awkward spot this week after it came out that some of the “sports insiders” they’d been associated with weren’t real people at all. Made-Up Reporters Awful Announcing, the platform that describes itself as the “invaluable source of news and commentary related to the sports media […]
