Business
Maverick Gaming owner moves to buy back 8 casinos, 850 jobs in play
Maverick Gaming owner Eric Persson has moved to reacquire eight Washington casinos named in closure notices, with about 850 jobs expected to be saved.
Reporting & guides
Regulation
Davis bill fines election candidates $10k for betting on themselves
Rep. Don Davis has introduced a federal bill fining election candidates who trade prediction markets on their own races.
Regulation
Paf & Meta pilot scheme to flag illegal gambling ads
Nordic operator Paf has agreed to share black-market data with Meta in a pilot aimed at flagging unlicensed gambling operators.
Regulation
100m daily visits at stake as Brazil trade bodies fight ban
Brazil's licensed betting operators must take their sites offline from today.
Scandal
Poker sites warned over Paul Gregg account before scandal broke
Poker operators were reportedly warned about the Paul Gregg account before a malware cheating scandal went public.
Regulation
MGD hike puts £92m of horse racing cash at risk
Consultancy Regulus warns doubling machine games duty could cost horse racing £92m a year & shut 4,000 betting shops.
Business
IG Group’s $1.1bn Underdog takeover doubles revenue, stock wobbles
Underdog's revenue doubled in Q3 while IG Group's sales are set to fall ahead of its $1.1bn takeover of the firm.
Business
Caesars bettor turns $1.2m Chiefs bet into $2.2m
A Caesars Sports customer turned a $1.2m in-game Chiefs bet into a $2.2m payout.
Markets
MP warns Polymarket bank bets could trigger real bank runs
Polymarket's bank-collapse markets have drawn a warning from an MP on the Treasury Committee that they could help cause the panic they bet on.
Regulation
Casinos hit $34m in AML fines in September alone
Regulators collected $34m from casino operators in September over anti-money laundering & know-your-customer failures.