March 17, 2026: Court Dismisses $1.08B Powerball Claim, Confirms Yanira Alvarez’s $558.1M Payout
On March 17, 2026, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Upinder S. Kalra dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit seeking the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot, leaving the previously paid winner, Yanira Alvarez,…
bet365’s Exit from the AGA Signals Digital Operators’ Move Away From Retail-Casino Priorities
bet365 has formally left the American Gaming Association, a move the operator framed as a response to the AGA’s retail-casino emphasis. The departure is best read as strategic distancing rather…
Planet Hollywood Announces Tbilisi Integrated Resort: 50,000‑sq‑ft Casino, Two Hotels, and the Licensing Questions Ahead
Planet Hollywood Resorts International has announced development of Georgia’s first integrated casino resort in Tbilisi under a licensing agreement with local partners Orbi Group and Block Group and with Iconic…
Polymarket Expands Fees Across Markets, Launches Referral Program
Polymarket has retooled two core levers—referrals and taker fees—to recruit and lock in high-volume traders. The headline: from March 30, 2025 the platform will pay up to 30% of trading…
Correction: Kalshi blocks political candidates and event-connected insiders — enforcement can start before profits leave accounts
Kalshi has moved beyond a post-trade, corporate-insider model: the exchange now proactively blocks and freezes accounts for politically connected, sports-related, or otherwise event-linked insiders, using real-time surveillance and community reports…
Nevada’s March 20 TRO Against Kalshi Signals Intensifying State Pushback on Prediction Markets
Nevada’s First Judicial District Court issued a 14-day temporary restraining order on March 20, 2026, barring Kalshi from offering sports, election, and entertainment contracts to Nevada users. The order, which…
Not just theft: How Ranogajec’s syndicate bought 99% of a Texas Lottery — and why the commission’s role matters
In October 2023 a syndicate led by Australian gambler Zeljko Ranogajec spent more than $25 million to buy roughly 99% of the number combinations in a $95 million Texas Lottery…
Maryland’s HB 295 vs. Sweepstakes Operators: Criminal Ban on Dual‑Currency Casinos, Not Your Social Games
Maryland’s House approved HB 295 to criminalize dual‑currency sweepstakes casinos — operators can face $10,000–$100,000 fines and up to three years in prison — while a companion enforcement bill, HB…
MLB names Polymarket its exclusive prediction‑market partner — federal oversight is now the next legal checkpoint
Major League Baseball has granted Polymarket exclusive rights to run MLB‑branded prediction markets, creating a framework that pairs official data with strict limits on which propositions can be traded. The…
NCAA sues DraftKings in federal court to block use of “March Madness” and related tournament trademarks
The NCAA filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana seeking an emergency restraining order to stop DraftKings from using trademarked phrases such as…