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Lithuania blocks access to Polymarket
The blocking was officially announced on September 8, 2026, after the LPT launched an investigation into the services offered on Polymarket's website
Sydney Sweeney Novig ad for sports betting causes criticism
The campaign, released the week before, shows Sweeney mostly or fully nude, covering herself with sports equipment like footballs, tennis rackets, and
Australia fines Dabble Sports $700K for self-exclusion breach
ACMA found that Dabble failed to close 157 betting accounts after customers registered with BetStop, Australia's national self-exclusion register, and sent 839
Entain to cut 400 jobs over UK gambling tax hikes
The cuts were announced on September 16, 2026, and are set to affect around a fifth of Entain's customer care workforce in
UK High Court rejects Entain’s copyright claims
The case revolves around Entain suing 2 businesses in August 2025 for trademark and copyright infringement, years after they started teaching bettors
Bally’s pays $4M to City of Chicago amid VGT dispute
The payment was made on September 9, 2026, although Bally’s had previously suggested that it might withhold the fee, arguing that Chicago’s
Penn Entertainment hosts groundbreaking for $200M Iowa casino
The new project, which costs between $180 million and $200 million, will replace Penn’s nearby Ameristar Council Bluffs riverboat casino, pending final
Stake shuts down in Ireland after regulatory intervention
The move comes just two months after the GRAI introduced a new licensing system as part of its work to build a