Location: US
Utah’s anti-gambling tradition meets Kalshi and Polymarket in a new legal fight
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For more than a century, Utah has kept gambling almost entirely out of the state. There are no casinos, no lotteries... more
Illinois: Hawthorne secures $16M loan as part of Chapter 11 reorganization
Hawthorne Race Course in suburban Chicago was able this week to secure a $16 million loan with hopes of being able to conduct a... more
Florida: House sends illegal gambling bill back to Senate
Negotiators over a bill designed to increase penalties for those running illegal gaming houses remain unresolved a day before Sine Die. The... more
Chicago: Ward-level bans on video gambling blocked by City Council committee
Attempts by aldermen to ban video gambling machines from their wards were struck down by colleagues Thursday in a rare rebuke of the... more
Bill introduced in U.S. Senate would add guardrails to prediction markets
U.S. lawmakers are pushing for stronger regulations on online prediction markets, a fast-growing industry that allows users to bet on the... more
Casino workers call on New Jersey senators to press Health Commissioner nominee over smoking
Atlantic City casino workers are urging New Jersey lawmakers to question Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s nominee for health commissioner about the... more
Ohio: Penn Entertainment to open hotel tower at Hollywood Casino Columbus June 12
Penn Entertainment announced on Thursday that it expects to open its new state-of-the-art hotel tower at Hollywood Casino Columbus on June... more
Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers names new board members
The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers on Thursday announced that membership elected a new board at its 2026 annual meeting.... more
Event contracts ‘based an actions of a single individual’ may be manipulation risks, CFTC acknowledges
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is warning prediction markets that some event contracts, such as sports contracts “based on... more
Officials in Chicago suburb split on whether to introduce video gambling
Arlington Heights village board members are at a stalemate over whether to legalize video gambling in town. A 4-4-1 informal vote — with... more


