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DraftKings error: Player wins $934,000

25 Dec 2025

A successful bet can change a life – sometimes even without the initial intention of cheating. In a spectacular development in the world of sports betting, an error in the DraftKings system led to a win of almost a million dollars for an American punter.

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Stake and the new money laundering blind spot

Maxime R.

23 Dec 2025

The new internal cryptocurrency exchange function introduced by gaming platform Stake, presented as a simple convenience tool for users, is now raising major questions among anti-money laundering experts. Not because it is illegal per se, but because it profoundly alters the way in which financial flows can be understood, monitored and reported to the authorities.

Economy

The end of sweepstakes casinos? A look back at 2025

Julien D.

21 Dec 2025

In 2025, one of the most controversial phenomena in iGaming, sweepstakes casinos, came under an unprecedented legal microscope. Largely tolerated for years thanks to legal grey areas, these online casinos have faced a wave of bans, regulatory actions and strategic moves that are redefining their future.

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Las Vegas, the technological hub of gaming

Alex D.

12 Dec 2025

For decades, Las Vegas has embodied the dream of gambling, glamour and fortunes tipping under the neon lights. But behind the iconic images of the Strip, reality has changed, and today the city is much more than just a temple to the casino. It has become an engine of innovation, a technological laboratory and a global strategic centre for the gaming industry.

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Kalshi accused of deceiving its users — lawsuit launched

Alex D.

7 Dec 2025

For several months now, the Kalshi platform — initially conceived as a derivative prediction market — has been at the centre of a legal and regulatory storm in the United States. Between class action lawsuits, state injunctions and accusations of false advertising, the drama is shaking up the world of sports betting and event trading.

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CNN integrates Kalshi’s predictive betting: future or drift?

Alex D.

5 Dec 2025

When one of the world’s global news giants decides to rely on predictive markets to fuel its reporting, traditional journalism as a whole is shaken. On 3 December 2025, CNNannounced an unprecedented partnership with Kalshi, a prediction market platform, laying the foundations for a new form of journalistic storytelling — based not only on what has happened, but on what the market believes is likely to happen.

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New York: Three casinos soon to be authorised!

Sarah C.

3 Dec 2025

New York is preparing to take a historic step forward in the gambling sector. Three ambitious casino projects are in the running to obtain an official licence, a decision that could transform the state’s economic and urban landscape in the coming years.

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The BofA sounds the alarm on prediction markets

Glen L.

2 Dec 2025

The rapid rise of prediction markets, online platforms that allow users to bet on the outcome of real-world events such as sports matches, elections and news stories, is causing growing concern. In a recent note, the Bank of America (BofA) warned of the financial dangers they pose to both individuals and lenders.

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Millions laundered in Las Vegas casinos – scandal revealed

Glen L.

22 Nov 2025

An in-depth investigation by CNN has revealed how wealthy Chinese gamblers, aided by criminal intermediaries, laundered millions in cash at high-stakes casinos in Las Vegas.

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Sports betting: the generation sinking into silence

Alex D.

22 Nov 2025

The meteoric rise of online sports betting has turned the addiction landscape on its head. In just a few years, a new generation of gamblers – often young men – have found themselves trapped in applications designed to be permanently accessible. Behind the screens, the testimonies are multiplying: help exists, but the structures are struggling to adapt to this new form of addiction.

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Google Finance banks on prediction markets

Maxime R.

12 Nov 2025

Google Finance is broadening its range of information by integrating data from two prediction market platforms: Kalshi and Polymarket. The aim is to give users a clearer picture of market expectations for key events.

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9 AIs go head-to-head in poker – here’s the winner

Alex D.

11 Nov 2025

A week after the conclusion of an unprecedented duel between artificial intelligences, the poker world is watching in fascination as OpenAI o3 wins. For five days, nine cutting-edge bots battled continuously in a No-Limit Hold’em cash game event organised by PokerBattle.ai. The winner recorded a profit of $36,691 after 3,799 hands.

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Google blocks casino sweepstakes worldwide

Glen L.

10 Nov 2025

Google has quietly introduced a major change to its advertising policy. From now on, casino sweepstakes will no longer be considered as simple ‘social casino games’, but as genuine gambling products. The change seems minimal in the text, but its impact is considerable.

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Return of nuclear testing to Vegas?

Alex D.

8 Nov 2025

The idea of resuming nuclear testing in the Nevada desert, a few hours from Las Vegas, has recently resurfaced in the American political debate. During his term in office, Donald Trump’s administration considered reactivating the testing programme at Nevada’s national nuclear site.

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Illegal? Polymarket tries again in the US

Julien D.

31 Oct 2025

Polymarket is about to make a comeback in the United States. The platform plans to go live again at the end of November, this time with a clear focus on sports betting. The return is possible thanks to the acquisition of QCX, a company with valid CFTC licences.

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Trump makes election betting possible via Truth Social!

Caroline B.

30 Oct 2025

Donald Trump is now venturing into prediction markets via his own Truth Social platform. His company, Trump Media and Technology Group, has announced an exclusive partnership with Crypto.com. Thanks to this collaboration, users will soon be able to place live bets on all kinds of events, such as elections.

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Stake on trial: the beginning of the end?

Alex D.

29 Oct 2025

In 2025, Stake’s spectacular rise is now facing an unprecedented legal storm. At the heart of a complex network of influencers, game studios, sweepstakes models and offshore foundations, Stake is now the target of a series of lawsuits that could redefine the margins of the online gaming industry.

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