Adam Fonseca 
A $10 slot bet at Bellagio turned into nearly $1.5 million for one Las Vegas gambler. The guest hit a $1,470,301.23 progressive jackpot on September 12 while playing IGT’s Wheel of Fortune 2x3x4x5x Super Times Pay Slots at Bellagio. The jackpot was triggered during a bonus round, turning what began as a normal $10 wager … Read more
New York has secured $8 million from one of the biggest sweepstakes casino operators in the country, adding another major enforcement action to an industry that is quickly losing ground across the US. Attorney General Letitia James announced the settlement with VGW Holdings and its affiliates on September 9. VGW operates Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Slots … Read more
The NFL is back, and with it comes the biggest stretch of the year for the US sports betting industry. The 2026 regular season begins this week, putting NFL betting back at the center of sportsbook activity across the country. From weekly point spreads and player props to Super Bowl futures and same game parlays, … Read more
Curaçao spent years promising that its new gambling laws would clean up one of the largest offshore casino licensing markets in the world. Less than two years later, there are already questions about how much has actually changed. A new international investigation into Curaçao’s gambling industry has found more than 600 licenses operating under the … Read more
College football is back, and for bettors that means one of the busiest sports betting markets in the United States is open again. The 2026 season brings hundreds of games every week, point spreads that can reach three or four touchdowns, constantly changing rosters, and a 12 team College Football Playoff waiting at the end … Read more
The fight over whether prediction markets are actually sportsbooks under a different name could finally be heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. New Jersey filed a petition on September 2, 2026 asking the Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that prevented the state from applying its gambling laws to Kalshi. At the center … Read more
The US online gambling market continued to grow in 2025, but a new report claims most of that activity still took place outside state regulated systems. Gaming Compliance International estimates that unregulated online gambling generated $97.4 billion in gross gaming revenue from US players in 2025, according to its 2025 US gambling market report. That … Read more
Colorado sports bettors now face a new set of restrictions on how they fund accounts and how sportsbooks can market to them. Senate Bill 26-131 took effect on August 12, 2026, bringing one of the more significant changes to Colorado sports betting rules since the state launched legal wagering in 2020. The law bans credit … Read more
Curaçao has been one of the biggest names in offshore online gambling for decades, but a Curaçao license in 2026 does not mean what it did a few years ago. The country has replaced much of its old licensing structure with a new system built around the Landsverordening op de Kansspelen, usually shortened to the … Read more
Lucas Jumalon is the new World Series of Poker Main Event champion. The 22 year old from Spokane, Washington won the 2026 WSOP Main Event at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas, defeating Finland’s Lauri Saaskilahti heads up to claim the championship bracelet and the $10 million first prize. It is the kind of result that … Read more