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Beasley indictment deepens swirl of NBA gambling integrity issues

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Monday’s federal indictment of former NBA player Malik Beasley is drawing new gambling concerns for a pro sports league that made history by embracing sports betting before its counterparts.

In 2014, NBA commissioner Adam Silver voiced support for the legalization of sports betting in an op-ed for the New York Times, four years before the overturning of PASPA. The decision allowed the NBA to become the first U.S. pro league to sign a gambling partnership deal.

Since then, the proliferation of online sports betting has reached through America, with the NBA benefiting from its popularity but also dealing with its consequences.

The growth of sports betting has allowed gambling scandals to come to light, with Beasley being the latest brush the NBA has had with a criminal probe into alleged illicit betting.

Details of Beasley’s alleged illicit NBA betting activity

According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Beasley informed co-co..

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BetMGM ready to extend its Connor McDavid effect into Alberta RG campaign

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BetMGM’s name carries a lot of weight with Canadian customers. So does its choice of partners.

The operator has a leading position in Ontario’s dual online sports betting and iCasino market, which was its first expansion outside the U.S. Imminently, Alberta will become the Entain and MGM Resorts International joint venture’s first new online casino market in four years; BetMGM is signing up customers in that province ahead of regulated Alberta iGaming beginning on July 13.

As both Ontario and Alberta expect and demand from their online sportsbooks and casinos, BetMGM continues to serve customers with access to a range of responsible gambling resources and tools. More than most competitors, the brand has recruited some bona fide Canadian star power to showcase the company’s commitment to player protection.

Enter Edmonton Oilers captain and Canadian hockey icon Connor McDavid.

‘Authenticity and cultural credibility’

BetMGM’s latest responsible gambling campaign, ‘Mullet Over’, is de..

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Brazil authorities draws a line on social gambling features

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The Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) of Brazil will move to impose restrictions on the use of social interaction features and engagement mechanisms by licensed online gambling platforms.

The inbound restrictions were confirmed to operators licensed under Brazil’s Bets regime via an SPA notice, issued in its capacity as the governing authority for gambling under the Ministry of Finance.

The decision follows a query submitted by Kaizen Gaming, which sought to clarify whether its flagship brand Betano could apply “social interaction” features to engage with registered customers.

The submission detailed that Betano sought to activate features of an “integrated social environment” within its online platform, available exclusively to registered users.

Betano sought to allow customers to share betting slips, reference favourite casino and slot games, and display customer wins under user profiles.

However, the SPA rejected the proposal, concluding that such functions are incompatib..

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Polymarket sued over alleged deceptive marketing to college students

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Polymarket is facing a new lawsuit over allegations of deceptive marketing practices

That is according to a report from the Wall Street Journal detailing the alleged illicit activity. According to documents filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Polymarket is being sued by the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA) for allegedly deploying a “pattern of flagrantly deceptive and unfair marketing” to mislead American consumers to risk their money to “place bets” on Polymarket platforms.

In addition to deceptive marketing of the Polymarket platforms, the NACA is accusing the prediction market of deceptive failure to disclose material connection and unfair promotion of the Polymarket platforms to college-aged Americans.

The association cites the District of Columbia Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA), alleging that Polymarket’s marketing practices violate the statute.

The suit also names Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan and Chief Marketing Officer Matthew..

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Only two of 291 gambling domains achieve ‘trusted rating’ in latest scam study

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More than one in four gambling websites are considered high or critical risk, according to new analysis from ScamInfo.ai, with the sector unsurprisingly emerging as one of the most dangerous categories across the internet.

The cybersecurity platform analysed 7,185 websites spanning more than 40 online sectors and found that gambling and betting accounted for 34.7% of all critical-risk websites identified in the study.

Of the 591 gambling domains analysed, 6.9% received a critical risk rating and a further 19.5% were classified as high risk, while only two websites (0.3%) achieved a trusted rating.

The findings show gambling websites significantly underperform the wider internet in terms of online safety indicators.

Across ScamInfo.ai’s full dataset, around 70% of websites received a low-risk rating, but within gambling, fewer than half (46.7%) met that threshold.

The gambling category also recorded an average risk score of 35.8 out of 100 – almost double the overall average of 1..

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Dominican Republic takes a significant step in gambling framework development

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The Senate Plenary has approved the first reading of the bill regulating games of chance, including lotteries, in the Dominican Republic.

In what would be a significant development for the country’s gambling framework, the new legislative measure seeks to establish rules governing the authorisation, oversight, and supervision of individuals and legal entities that develop, operate, or market any type of gambling or betting activity within the national territory.

Senator Guillermo Lama presented the committee’s report to the Senate plenary and requested that it be included on the agenda for the current session.

The bill, introduced by Senate Vice President Pedro Catrain and Senator Félix Ramón Bautista Rosario, was merged into a single proposal using Senator Catrain’s version as the basis.

The bill states that in recent years, the gambling industry in the Dominican Republic has experienced significant growth across all sectors, including casinos, sports betting shops, lotteries, an..

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NCAA request for prop ban held over by Indiana gaming regulator

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Integrity concerns surrounding NCAA prop bets were discussed during a business meeting Thursday between the NCAA and the Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC).

The meeting ended with stagnation on implementing an NCAA prop ban in Indiana, with IGC commissioners unanimously deciding to table an NCAA request. The tabled request allows the IGC to collect data and evaluate the impacts of a potential ban.

During the business meeting, IGC commissioners met with key stakeholders from the NCAA to discuss a potential ban on college prop bets offered by licensed sports betting operators across the Hoosier State.

Why does the NCAA want a prop ban?

The NCAA submitted a request to the IGC for a ban on all college prop betting markets, leading to Thursday’s meeting on the matter.

The college sports organization wants to prohibit bettors from wagering on NCAA prop markets amid a slew of gambling-related scandals impacting the most popular U.S. sports.

The Indianapolis-based sports body wants to prote..

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Problem gambling experts detail why young men are uniquely at risk

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Read any reputable study about gambling disorders and one conclusion that will rise to the surface is that young men are perhaps the most vulnerable demographic. So why is that?

Kindbridge Behavioral Health welcomed American Institute for Boys and Men Policy Lead Jonathan D. Cohen and UCLA Clinical Professor Dr. Timothy Fong to discuss the issue on an hour-long webinar on Thursday. It yielded an insightful and thought-provoking assessment of why the modern online gambling climate contributes to what Cohen called “a toxic cocktail” of factors and hardships.

The game has changed

In short, gambling is not what it used to be. As the session’s moderator, Kindbridge’s Dr. Daniel Kaufmann, put it, gone are the days when combating difficult gambling habits meant driving home from work via a different route to avoid the casino.

“The phone is the casino now,” Kaufmann said. “And you’re not going to live life without that.”

With online sports betting apps, online casinos, prediction market p..

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Stakelogic handed six-figure GC settlement for slot speed violation

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Stakelogic has been ordered to pay a £122,835 regulatory settlement to the Gambling Commission (GC) for breaching responsible product design standards related to the speed of slots.

Minimum online slot speeds have been in place for UK iGaming operators since 2021 and were part of several measures implemented to reduce the overall intensity of gameplay and protect consumers from harm, as research showed fast game cycles were associated with increased player risk.

The iGaming supplier was found to be running its slots faster than the minimum 2.5 seconds time gap. Stakelogic reported to the commission that its Tiger Temple 88 title was breaching minimum time gap standards as it was operating with 1.97 seconds between spins. Tiger Temple 88 was non-compliant from 28 May 2025 to 30 May 2025.

An investigation was then launched by the GC, to which Stakelogic re-tested its entire GB games portfolio, discovering a further 15 games breached the minimum time gap, varying between 0.001 seconds ..

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