Can't Log on to Stake.com: Access Issues in Recent Days

Stake
Reports across the net have suggested that Stake.com customers are having some difficulties accessing the popular site.
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Make Sure Your Pay Per Head Platform is Full Service

AcePerHead.com bookie
Pay Per Head sites provide bookies and agents with a professional-style sportsbook website, where these services post thousands of sports betting lines to wager on every day.
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Aurora Illiniois Set to Get New Casino: When Does it Open?

Hollywood Aurora Casino
PENN Entertainment, Inc. announced that it expects to open the new land-based Hollywood Casino - Aurora on June 24. The casino will be located approximately an hour outside of Chicago.
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Kalshi Out of Nevada....for Now

Kalshi
A Nevada judge has temporarily prevented the federally licensed Kalshi from operating in the state.
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Oklahoma's WinStar World Casino and Resort Has All-New Baccarat Salon

Oklahoma's WinStar World Casino
Located inside WinStar’s Beijing Gaming Plaza, the 1,350-square-foot space features an expanded selection of eight brand-new Baccarat tables, including five Mini Baccarat tables offering the Dragon Bonus side bet and three Dai Baccarat tables.
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IRS Involvement in Round Rock Texas Lodge Card Club Raid New Development Suggesting Federal Exposure

IRS
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) raided the establishment co-owned by poker pro and podcaster Doug Polk on March 10. The probe began June 2024. Polk has maintained he was not involved in any wrongdoing.
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Bill To Ban Prediction Markets from Enabling Officials to Bet On and Profit Off of War

Iran conflict
Recent suspicious activity on prediction markets has raised serious questions about whether certain government insiders are using government secrets to make significant personal profit by placing anonymous bets on online gambling platforms.
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Everything You Need to Know About the MelBet Platform in India

Melbet and phones
MelBet in India is easiest to understand as a mobile-first betting platform built around cricket, live markets, and fast access.
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Grok Assessment of Doug Polk Potential Criminal Exposure With Austin Area Poker Club: 'Case Looks Circumstantial So Far'

Grok
The mere mortals here at Gambling911.com and those in the poker community who read it believe the situation is bad, real bad, for co-owner Doug Polk. So what does AI think?
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CFTC Chairman Michael Selig Says Arizona AG Actions Against Kalshi 'Jurisdictional' Not 'Criminal'

Kalshi
Arizona became the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi on Tuesday, accusing the prediction market company of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders, a significant escalation in the fight to regulate the popular platform.
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Casino Game Streaming Surges as Personalities Like Lady Luck HQ Expand Their Reach

Streamer
Casino game streaming has moved well beyond Twitch and YouTube. What began as creator screen-sharing slot sessions on large video platforms now exists inside casino-operated systems as well.
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Playnance Launches GCoin MEXC Listing with 200,000 Holders and 2M Daily Transactions

SGCoin
Today, Playnance has officially launched GCOIN trading, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of its Web3 entertainment ecosystem. The token is now live on MEXC
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Vegas Gambler R.J. Cipriani Adds Paramount and Ellisons to Suit Over Unpaid PR

Lawsuit
A Las Vegas gambling has added Paramount Skydance and Larry and David Ellison to his lawsuit against executive Jeff Shell, who is the president of Paramount.
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Is it Legal to Use Kalshi From the State of Arizona to Bet the Wildcats in This Year's March Madness Tournament?

Arizona Wildcats player
The prediction market Kalshi currently accepts those from the state of Arizona. But that state's AG just filed 20 criminal misdemeanor charges against the company.
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Arizona AG Files 20 Misdemeanor Charges Against Prediction Market Kalshi

Arizona Kalshi
"Kalshi may brand itself as a 'prediction market,' but what it's actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law," said AG Kris Mayes. "No company gets to decide for itself which laws to follow."
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Doug Polk Insists He Was Not Involved in Any Money Laundering at Austin Area Poker Club: Begs for Community to Help Out Staff

Doug Polk playing poker
Community tells Polk to pay them all yourself. "Why don’t you make the unpaid players whole with your own funds and take on the liability if you did nothing wrong?", one person asks.
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Lucky Essex County New Jersey Man Wins $100,000 Jackpot in Advance of St. Patrick’s Day at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City

Hard Rock AC
With St. Patrick’s Day on the horizon, a little early Irish luck helped a guest from Essex County in northern New Jersey hit a $100,000 slot machine jackpot at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City.
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Chelsea footballer Eden Hazard Stake.com Promo May Be in Violation of Belgium Regulations

Eden Hazard promoting Stake.com via shirt
The one time Chelsea attacking midfielder posts promos about the popular online gambling firm via his social media accounts, which reach an audience of approximately 27 million follower.
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Lodge Card Club in Round Rock Austin Texas Finally Issues Official Statement Regarding Raid: No Idea How Long This Process Will Last

The Lodge Poker Room
The Lodge Card Club, an Austin, Texas area poker club located in Round Rock, has finally issued a statement regarding last week's shocking raid.
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Gruesome War Bets Calls for Prediction Market Crackdown

Iran war
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei being out by a certain day a prediction markets proved to be a popular bet ahead of the current conflict raging across the Mideast. 
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Where Can I Bet on This Year's March Madness Tournament From Utah?

NCAA
It goes without saying, Utah is the least friendly state in the U.S. when it comes to gambling. There is ZERO regulated gambling, not even a state lottery.
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PPH for Baseball - Is it Time to Upgrade?

Baseball in a glove
It's that time of year again. Major League Baseball is about to get underway.
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Kalshi Sues Arizona State Regulators

Arizona license plate
"Bold move considering CA9 intra-circuit precedent favoring states, but preferable to an all-but-certain state court TRO," writes gambling attorney Daniel Wallach. 
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Sweepstakes Casinos Now Banned in Indiana: Chumba, Spree, McLuck Bid Farewell

Indiana welcome sign
Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed the bill Thursday (March 12, 2026) outlawing the sweepstakes model of social gaming in the state.
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BETBY Bolsters eSports Portfolio

BETBY
Tier 1 sportsbook supplier BETBY has expanded its proprietary esports feed, Betby.Games, with the launch of three industry-first e-sim titles: eHockey, eMMA, and eTeqball.
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An Interview with Maxime from Slots.info on Why Pragmatic Play is One of the Most Exciting Slots Developers in 2026

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We all know that playing online slots can be rewarding, fun, and relaxing. This is why they are the most popular type of online casino game. While only seven US states have legalized online casino gambling for real money, other countries and jurisdictions have been more pragmatic.
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14 Percent of Traders Believe Gas Prices Over $5.00 By Months End at Polymarket

Gas prices at Shell
$27,000 plus in betting volume at this amount with most traders believing price will still below this number.
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Doug Polk Co-Owned Poker Room in Round Rock Texas Under Investigation for Alleged Money Laundering

Money laundering
Lodge Card Club was raided early Tuesday.
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CFTC's Publishes Prediction Market Guidance

CFTC
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Market Oversight on Thursday March 12 issued a prediction markets advisory regarding the listing for trading of event contracts.
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Prediction Markets Have Cost States $600 Million in Lost Tax Revenue Over Last 12 Months

Prediction Markets
A Supreme Court decision on prediction markets likely won't happen until late 2027, if at all.
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