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Iowa athletes plead guilty to diminished costs.

Five current or former Iowa State athletes have submitted guilty pleas to underage gambling as part of a state investigation into sports betting. The pleas by quarterback Hunter Dekkers and offensive lineman Jake Remsburg, plus former players Dodge Sauser and Aaron Blom and ex-ISU baseball player Gehrig Christensen, were to reduced charges of underage gambling.

Thailand casino panorama forming as small print dwell fuzzy.

Experts expect integrated resort approval within three years as global suitors await regulatory clarity, Muhammad Cohen reports. Thailand will legalise casino gambling within three years, prompting a gold rush among international and regional operators, knowledgeable sources tell iGaming Business. Who stakes claims where depends on how Thailand draws its regulatory map, foreign gaming operators’ willingness

Curaçao opens licence utility portal.

Curaçao’s Gaming Control Board (GCB) has opened the application process for operators wishing to receive new online gambling licences from the regulator. From today (1 September), operators can access licence application forms from the GCB’s new online portal, which also provides information on the licensing process. Downloads and guidance notes are also available. Submissions of

GC: Spending down on Nationwide Lottery in FY2022-23.

The GB Gambling Commission reported a fall in spending on the National Lottery in its 2022-23 financial report ended 31 March. National Lottery operations costs totalled at £2.4m, £178,000 less year-on-year. Meanwhile, National Lottery Competition costs came to £19.1m, down from £23.6m from the previous year. During the financial year, the process to find the

GC chief slams “unacceptable” misuse of gambling stats.

In an open letter released today, Gambling Commission chief executive Andrew Rhodes criticised the “misuse of gambling statistics” to support particular political outcomes. Rhodes said the regulator is “very concerned” at the significant increase in the misuse of gambling statistics. This comes as different parties aim to argue for or against different proposals in the

Could Brazil sports making a bet measure fail in Congress?.

The long-path to regulated sports betting has reached a critical point in Brazil with speculation mounting the National Congress will deny the required approval to Lula’s Provisional Measure (PM) within the 120-day deadline. Last week, lawmakers filed 244 amendments to Provisional Measure (PM) No 1,182, the presidential decree which confirms the 2018 Brazil law regulating

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