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Polymarket seeks EU finance status as insider-trade promo row grows
Polymarket is lobbying EU regulators for financial status while facing claims it paid to promote insider trading.
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What the regulators did: licence decisions, fines, consultations & new rules, from the Gambling Commission & the MGA to the US state commissions. Each story links the notice or ruling it reports from.
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Tories’ 350,000-claimant gambling card branded ‘unworkable’ by Labour
Labour has dismissed a Conservative plan to stop Universal Credit claimants spending welfare on gambling as unworkable.
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Brazil casino ban could double illegal market to 82%, says ANJL
Brazil's gambling body ANJL warns a licensed online casino ban could double the illegal market's share.
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Bulgaria PM Radev pushes near-total ban on gambling ads
Bulgaria's PM wants to ban almost all gambling advertising & hike taxes on operators.
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CFTC Flags $867m Kalshi Mention Markets Over Manipulation Risk
The CFTC has warned that mention market contracts carry heightened manipulation risk.
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Lula plans betting ad curbs after UN swipe at the industry
Lula is set to issue a provisional measure curbing betting adverts & possibly banning online casinos after blasting the industry at the UN.
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Green motion would ban sports betting ads & track punters by ID
A Green Party conference motion proposes banning sports betting ads & tracking bettors via personal ID.
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Badenoch: gambling tax rises will shut ‘good companies’
Kemi Badenoch says Labour's gambling tax rises are a doom loop that will shut good companies.
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11 African nations launch ARGN to tackle gambling harm
Eleven African countries have formed a new network to coordinate responsible gambling standards & treatment access.
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Kalshi asks CFTC to let punters borrow to back predictions
Kalshi has asked US regulators for permission to let users borrow money to place prediction market bets.
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Italy plots €400m-€500m gambling levy for 2027 budget
Italy's finance ministry is weighing new gambling levies for the 2027 budget after retail reform talks with the regions collapsed.
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Glezer: 15 firms breached BetStop, only 3 ever fined
Australia's BetStop self-exclusion register faces claims of weak enforcement & a boardroom conflict of interest.
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