On Dec. 23, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson agreed not to veto a budget passed by the City Council that included an unprecedented new tax on sports betting companies. In the $16.6 billion budget, a first-of-its-kind municipal sports betting tax of 10.25% on the money online sports betting apps generate within city limits. It will go…

Online casinos in Great Britain will soon see a near doubling of their taxes owed on the gambler losses they rake in. Online gambling can cause severe harm, including being a major factor in suicide in some cases. In Great Britain, 1.4 million people are problem gamblers, with a further 1.6 million at risk. A…

A sports bettor from Texas has been indicted in Kentucky for allegedly making threats of violence toward members of the University of Louisville football team. GamblingHarm.org exclusively learned from Rocco Gasparro, Louisville’s Director of Media Relations, that the threats were related to gambling. “Threats of violence have no place in our community or in sports,…