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Premier League Gambling Ban Pushes Sponsors Down as Midnite Backs Relegated Wolves

Midnite will become Wolverhampton Wanderers’ front-of-shirt sponsor for the 2026/27 season, the club’s 150th, in a deal that shows British football’s gambling-sponsorship money is expected to flow down the pyramid…

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Polymarket Lands 2026 Germany Deal Before FIFA World Cup as European Market Access Stalls

Polymarket has signed an exclusive prediction-market distribution partnership with Berlin-based football media platform OneFootball, opening a channel to 200 million monthly active users and a broader 645-million-fan ecosystem two weeks…

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Ex-Miami Heat Guard Terry Rozier Hit With Federal Bribery Charges Over Alleged $100K Kickback

The former NBA guard was hit with new federal sports bribery charges over an alleged six-digit kickback he received to manipulate his performance in a 2023 Charlotte Hornets game. The…

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Entain Directly Targets Premier League Clubs Citing ‘Cryptocurrency Reliance’ in Sponsor Ban

Entain General Counsel Simon Zinger has written directly to six Premier League clubs, urging them to commit to UK-licensed gambling sponsors only for the 2026/27 season, citing Stake’s “heavy reliance…

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Flutter Restructures US Operations as FanDuel CEO Howe Departs With $4.37M Severance

Flutter Entertainment announced a leadership transition at FanDuel, with Chief Executive Amy Howe departing after five years and Christian Genetski stepping into the CEO role. The departure was confirmed alongside…

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Crypto-Native Operators Lead Canada’s Offshore iGaming Surge as World Cup Approaches

Crypto-native operators Stake and Roobet lead Canada’s online gambling market five weeks before the country co-hosts the FIFA World Cup, with offshore platforms continuing to dominate every province except Ontario.…

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NHL and MLB Sign With Polymarket and Kalshi as Their Unions Ask CFTC to Intervene

A coalition of the largest US professional sports player unions has asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to prohibit several categories of sports event contracts at platforms like Kalshi…

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