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Washington, D.C., counselors passed the District’s 2026 budget this week, but a proposal to legalize poker and blackjack was no… Continue reading Legal Poker and Blackjack Stripped from Washington, D.C. Budget
DraftKings’ foray into player-vs.-player poker appears to be losing steam as it closes in on its first anniversary. Electric Poker created… Continue reading DraftKings Poker Experiment Appears to Be a Dud—’Electric’ Variant Earning Minimal Revenue One Year In
Polymarket will soon be serving US customers again after a three-year absence, thanks to its acquisition of a smaller exchange and… Continue reading Polymarket Will Return to the US Soon—What That Means for Predictions Market Speculators
The 2025 WSOP concluded with a bang, as Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi won the Main Event in a short final… Continue reading Michael Mizrachi Wins WSOP Main Event, Becomes Instant Hall of Famer
The tax changes on gambling income included in the recently-passed “Big Beautiful Bill” may be repealed, but it won’t happen… Continue reading Republican Senator Blocks Fast-Tracking of Gambling Tax Fix, Demands Quid Pro Quo
California is the latest state to propose a legislative ban on sweepstakes poker and casino sites, and that bill has… Continue reading California Ban on Sweepstakes Poker Sites Begins to Move
The two biggest predictions markets can’t agree on whether Elon Musk’s America Party officially exists yet or not. Since his falling out… Continue reading Polymarket Says Elon Musk Has Already Formed His ‘America Party,’ But Kalshi Contracts Still Trading at 60%
Barring a huge number of late registrations on Day 2, this year’s World Series of Poker Main Event will be… Continue reading Disappointing Fourth of July Numbers May Keep This Year’s WSOP Main Event From Setting a Record
Professional gambling may become even more difficult as a career in the US than it already was now that Republicans… Continue reading The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Passes With Controversial Gambling Tax Change Intact
Google made what it describes as a “bet” on nuclear fusion yesterday, investing in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and committing to purchase… Continue reading Kalshi Traders Are Betting on Nuclear Fusion and Now Google Is Too
