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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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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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New Spanish betting deposit limits approved as gov’t keeps up pace of changes

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Spanish betting companies and customers are going to be subject to a new deposit limits system after a Royal Decree was approved by the government this week.

The news comes amid wider political oversight of the Spanish betting sector, with the government having once again turned against bonusing in 2025 while also enforcing new ID check requirements in spring this year.

Announced by the Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ), the Spanish betting and gambling regulator, the new system is designed to ensure greater safeguards for customers betting with multiple operators.

The DGOJ estimates that 31% of Spanish online gamblers do so with multiple companies.

The new system will set deposit limits of:

€700 (£603) per day

€1,750 per week

€3,300 over a four week period

The limits will be set by default for every customer in Spain’s regulated online betting market.

However, customers can voluntarily modify or remove the deposit limits depending on their personal pre..

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Dutch association to sue Meta for illegal gambling facilitation

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Vergunde Nederlandse Online Kansspelaanbieders (VNLOK) is taking legal action against Meta and has filed a complaint with the European Commission over illegal gambling advertisements appearing on its social media platforms.

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf has also reported that some of the illegal adverts included images of international football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk.

VNLOK stated that Meta’s measures in tackling illegal gambling ads on Facebook and Instagram are ‘structurally inadequate’, that vulnerable groups are being reached in large numbers and that the company is refusing to enter substantive dialogue.

However, VNLOK also believes other companies, such as Google, as well as relevant banks and game providers, can do more to tackle the activity of illegal gambling operators in the Netherlands, including advertising.

VNLOK: Meta needs to do more

The trade association noted that an average of over 70,000 gambling ads targeting the Netherlands were visible o..

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