20 May 2026
Maryland’s sports wagering market generated $8.8 million in March, pushing fiscal-year contributions to $105.6 million. The state is ahead of last year’s total.
Prediction market company Kalshi is working with global compliance technology and advisory platform IC360 to introduce a self-exclusion tool that will allow users to block themselves from the ability to trade. Kalshi is the first prediction market company to introduce this safeguarding feature, which is synonymous with online casinos and sportsbooks.
Prediction market company Kalshi is working with global compliance technology and advisory platform IC360 to introduce a self-exclusion tool that will allow users to block themselves from the ability to trade. Kalshi is the first prediction market company to introduce this safeguarding feature, which is synonymous with online casinos and sportsbooks.
Wisconsin has moved closer to legal online sports betting after a new law allows statewide mobile wagering. Launch timing depends on new agreements with tribal nations.
Smaller betting operators in Brazil are looking to the 2026 World Cup for a boost as competition and regulatory pressure increase. Illegal sites continue to take a large share of the market.
Premier League clubs are bracing for an estimated £80 million sponsorship hit as the front-of-shirt gambling ban approaches.
BETER has added 4,200 monthly eFootball matches as it builds out football betting content ahead of World Cup 2026.
Industry leaders are once again sounding the alarm bells about the future of British horse racing, pointing to structural issues and the growing spectre of illegal, unregulated sportsbooks. One expert, former Chief Strategy Officer of evoke Vaughan Lewis, warned the black market has never been more attractive to punters than it is at this point.
Isle of Man regulators are consulting on plans to impose civil penalties on individual gambling executives. The proposal would extend enforcement beyond licensed operators to key staff.
NBA owners have approved a formal expansion review for Las Vegas and Seattle. The vote opens the next stage of the league’s first expansion process in more than two decades.
