The problem with starting a war because a president felt like it is that eventually all of the inconsistent reasons and nonsensical answers will pile up on each other, and soon stories begin to contradict, and even the...

California’s cardroom industry has taken the state to court over newly approved gambling rules, warning the changes could slash jobs and drain tax revenue that many cities rely on. The California Gaming Association, joined by the California Cardroom Alliance...

A federal judge in Michigan has declined to step in immediately to shield prediction market Polymarket from possible enforcement by state regulators, leaving the company exposed as a wider legal fight over sports event contracts continues. In an opinion...

Members of Congress are moving to block a controversial corner of the prediction market industry by introducing legislation that would outlaw betting contracts tied to violence or death. The proposal, called the “Discouraging Exploitative Assassination, Tragedy, and Harm Betting...

Polymarket says it is working with Palantir Technologies and TWG AI to build a monitoring system designed to detect suspicious activity across sports prediction markets. The companies say the project will combine prediction market data with advanced artificial...

A new report argues that gambling in the United States no longer sits on the margins of financial life. Instead, researchers say it has moved quickly into the mainstream, reshaped by smartphones, digital payment systems and constant online...

A Sacramento beauty queen who admitted running a multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme also used a portion of the stolen money for casino gambling, federal authorities say. Maria Dickerson, 47, who also used the names “Dulce Pino” and “Maria Dulce...

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