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DraftKings has partnered with Mindway AI to add the Better Collective-owned company’s responsible gaming product to its in-app player protection suite.

DraftKings has integrated Mindway AI’s Gamalyze into its Responsible Gaming Center, which already includes a range of tools such as limit-setting features, self-exclusion options and educational content.

Better Collective said in a release that Gamalyze complements DraftKings’ existing evidence-based responsible gaming tools and resources with an interactive, science-based experience.

Insights based on in-play decisions

Mindway AI works with various gaming operators, platform providers, regulators and governments and other service providers to share state-of-the-art responsible gambling data, tools and resources. It has solutions live in more than 65 jurisdictions.

Its Gamalyze is a solution that assesses players’ real decision-making rather than relying on self-reported information.

It works by situating users in a simulated car..

The dust finally settled on the gambling scandal tied to MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani in 2025, putting an end to a controversy that exposed the operation of an illegal sports betting operation, resulting in millions of regulatory fines and prison sentences.

A contingent of major Las Vegas casinos received a reality check in 2025, with anti-money laundering (AML) protocols and standards called into question for allowing an illegal bookmaker Matthew Bowyer, to wager at their facilities with funds used from his illicit gambling operation. The casinos failed to verify Bowyer’s source of funds and allowed wagering with the improper funds, resulting in disciplinary action by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB). The AML failures by the Las Vegas casinos may have continued had Bowyer’s illicit gambling not been exposed after his client, Ippei Mizuhara, was arrested for stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani to pay off gambling debts owed to Bowyer.

Mizuhara worked for the Los Angeles Dodg..

Both chambers of the New Jersey legislature unanimously approved a bill that would require higher education institutions to provide resources and education on preventing problem gambling on an ongoing basis.

Assembly Bill A1715 mandates that state universities, colleges and community colleges must host the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCGNJ) on campus a minimum of once per semester. The CCGNJ, which is the non-profit organization that runs the national 1-800-GAMBLER hotline, would provide on-campus information and resources including information regarding the potential risks associated with gambling, compulsive gambling counseling services and options for gambling self-exclusion programs.

The bill, which is a carryover from 2023, was approved 77-0 in the Assembly in March and 38-0 in the Senate on Dec. 18. As no amendments were made in the Senate, it will be sent to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk for signature. If that happens, it would become effective immediately.

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The NBA is responding to recent allegations of current and former players tied to illegal gambling schemes by proposing and implementing policy changes for the entire league.

According to ESPN, the NBA reportedly sent a memo to all 30 NBA franchises, proposing and implementing changes to the league’s injury reporting process, player prop markets and “tanking” rules, which refers to teams deliberately losing games for a chance at higher draft picks. The NBA seeks changes to its gambling policy after the arrests of Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers guard Damon Jones. The NBA personnel were arrested after investigations into alleged illegal sports betting and the operation of Mafia-backed, rigged poker games.

Billups, a five-time NBA All-Star, was arrested for his supposed involvement in the illegal poker operation allegedly backed by the Italian Mafia, while Rozier allegedly provided insider information to c..

Massachusetts‘ gambling regulator has proposed a new regulation that would make the state the first in the U.S. to require sportsbooks to inform their users when and why their betting activity has been limited.

At a meeting on Thursday, Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) Deputy General Counsel Justin Stempeck presented commissioners with two options for the language of a new rule aimed at changing how sports betting operators approaching limiting players. Commissioners voted 5-0 in favor of putting forth a proposal that, if ultimately approved and enacted, would require legal sports betting operators to notify players that their activity has been limited, and explain why.

The proposed change will be opened up for public comment and hear from operators, other stakeholders and the public on the proposal. After feedback is reviewed and potentially incorporated, a formal commission vote would be required to officially adopt it.

“We are the first jurisdiction to take up this issue,” ..

NCAA President and CEO Charlie Baker said that Kalshi’s apparent intent to offer sports event contracts on which college athletes will enter or withdraw from the transfer portal is “absolutely unacceptable.”

Kalshi filed for self-certification of the transfer portal contracts, as well as markets on whether a player will transfer to a team within a certain time period, to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday, as first reported by InGame.

The filings stated that the contracts, which would be settled based on “public announcements”, including players’ social media and other channels, would initially be listed on Dec. 17.

A surefire route to integrity issues

Baker responded to the news on Thursday with a strongly worded statement on social media site X.

“The NCAA vehemently opposes college sports prediction markets,” Baker wrote. “It is already bad enough that student-athletes face harassment and abuse for lost bets on game performance, and now Kalshi wants to of..