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Latest: @PENNEntertain has cut 75+ roles from its Interactive division, spanning theScore Bet, online casino and social gaming, as it pushes for digital profitability post-ESPN Bet. ✂️ igamingrepublic.com/penn-cuts-75-r… #PennEntertainment #iGaming #Layoffs

Sportsbooks can limit winners. Prediction markets cannot. CFTC Chairman Selig is staking federal authority on that distinction, in the battle against traditional sportsbooks. Read the story🔗 igamingrepublic.com/cftc-chairman-… #PredictionMarkets #CFTC

Oklahoma's sweepstakes ban hits 1 Nov, targeting operators, suppliers, platforms & affiliates with felony penalties. Rethink the model or disable dual-currency now. igamingrepublic.com/oklahoma-sweep… #SweepstakesCasinos #Oklahoma #Regulation

Ontario has set a new bar for player protection. @iGamingOntario has launched BetGuard, Canada's first centralised self-exclusion tool covering all 75+ regulated sites through a single portal. igamingrepublic.com/ontario-launch… #iGaming #Canada

📈 @Stake just overhauled Crash, one of its most-played Originals, with new animations, live player count and performance upgrades. igamingrepublic.com/stake-levels-u… #iGaming #Stake

Latest: @gambling_com Group is cutting 25% of its workforce in an AI-first restructure, targeting $13m in savings. Shares dropped ~27% after guidance was also cut. 📉 ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/gambling-com-g… #GamblingCom #AI #iGaming

Latest: @Bragg_Gaming is acquiring Drayton International in a share-based deal that gives it its first foothold in the advance deposit wagering market. 🐎 Read the story ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/bragg-to-acqui… #BraggGaming #ADW #MergersAndAcquisitions #USGaming #iGaming

Superbet is first on Brazil's App Store 📱 Apple now requires a valid licence to list betting apps, and Superbet moved fast. Others expected to follow. igamingrepublic.com/superbet-repor… #Superbet #Brazil #SportsBetting

Exclusives: @TequityOfficial has launched K-Pop Drop on @Stake 🎮 The anime-inspired Burst Game features multipliers up to 5,000x, with a wider rollout from 18 May. Made by Mirror Image Gaming igamingrepublic.com/k-pop-drop-lan… #BurstGames #Stake

Latest: @ICONIC21_games has launched a new game Arrow Chase ▶️ igamingrepublic.com/iconic21-steps… #iGaming #NewGames #SlotNews #iGaming #CasinoContent

🔺 JUST IN: @FanDuel has a new CEO. Amy Howe is stepping down after more than five years leading the US's largest online sportsbook, with company president Christian Genetski taking over effective today. igamingrepublic.com/howe-leaves-fa…

If Landry signs HB 53, Louisiana would carry some of the harshest illegal gambling penalties in the US. Full breakdown 👇 igamingrepublic.com/louisiana-send… #Sweepstakes #GamblingLaw

Louisiana just passed a bill that would make running an illegal gambling platform, incl. sweepstakes casinos, a racketeering crime punishable by up to 50 years in prison and $1M in fines. It's now on the governor's desk.🧵 Here's what's in it: #GamblingRegulation #UnitedStates

Another Bill 883 targets dual-currency sweepstakes platforms specifically. HB 883 goes further: platform providers, content suppliers, affiliates, and payment processors in its scope. Fines up to $40K, up to 5 years per violation, with every wager treated as separate offence.

The catch: Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed a sweepstakes casino ban in June 2025. His reasoning at the time — the bill was "a solution in search of a problem" and contained language broad enough to interfere with ongoing enforcement actions. Whether he signs HB 53 is an open question.

Offences under HB 53: → Public gambling → Computer-assisted wagering → Operating electronic sweepstakes devices → Unlawful wagering by prohibited players → Bribery of sports participants If racketeering activity exceeds $10K in value, at least 5 years must be served.

House Bill 53, introduced by Rep. Bryan Fontenot, passed the Louisiana House 86–11 and cleared the Senate 27–9. It doesn't create a new gambling ban — it adds existing gambling crimes to the state's racketeering statute, allowing prosecutors to pursue enterprise-level cases.

🌱 Liesbeth Oost says purpose only becomes a competitive advantage when it's embedded in strategy. Read our Q&A ahead of her workshop at @SBCGAMINGNEWS Summit Malta next week ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/liesbeth-oost-… #ESG #ResponsibleGambling #iGaming #SBCSummitMalta #Sustainability

🚨 BREAKING: Bally’s Corporation's Intralot has confirmed a £225.3m bid for evoke, the owner of William Hill, 888holdings and Mr Green. Read the story ➡️ igamingrepublic.com/evoke-confirms… #Evoke #WilliamHill #MergersAndAcquisitions #UKGambling #iGaming

Brazil's ruling party is trying to undo its own gambling law. 🇧🇷 🔴 Bill PL-1808/2026, filed by the PT's leader in the Chamber of Deputies, would repeal the legal framework for fixed-odds betting and online gaming introduced just over a year ago. igamingrepublic.com/brazils-worker…