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  • Search Continues For Woman 19 Years After Possible Gambling-Related Death
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    Search Continues For Woman 19 Years After Possible Gambling-Related Death

    A volunteer dive crew has restarted its search for Karen Adams, a missing Pennsylvania woman who disappeared in 2007 after leaving a West Virginia casino. According to Aug. 23 reporting from an NBC/FOX affiliate in Ohio, divers are searching the Ohio River, about an hour west of Pittsburgh, for Adams, who was 54 when she…

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  • Harvard Sells Entire FanDuel Parent Stake, Filing Shows

    Harvard Sells Entire FanDuel Parent Stake, Filing Shows

    Harvard University’s endowment manager no longer reports a direct ownership stake in Flutter Entertainment, the Irish parent company of the U.S. gambling brand FanDuel. Harvard Management Company’s latest public SEC filing shows that it has exited its Flutter position. Its Q1 2026 Form 13F showed 80,341 Flutter shares worth about $8.19 million as of March…

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  • Ontario Fines Betty Gaming $120K After Minors Gambled Online

    Ontario Fines Betty Gaming $120K After Minors Gambled Online

    Ontario’s gambling regulator has fined New York-based Betty Gaming Ltd. CA$120,000 after failures in its age-verification systems. Betty allowed underage Canadians to open accounts on Betty.ca, with some depositing money and gambling. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario said it was notified in November 2025 that Betty Gaming had “identified a vulnerability” in its…

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  • Flutter Loses CEO As It Spends More To Seduce Gamblers

    Flutter Loses CEO As It Spends More To Seduce Gamblers

    Flutter will replace its longtime CEO this fall as its FanDuel subsidiary urgently spends more on promotions intended to reactivate gamblers and reduce churn. Peter Jackson will step down Sept. 30 after nearly nine years as CEO, Flutter announced alongside its second-quarter financial results. Dan Taylor, Flutter’s president and international CEO, will replace him Oct.…

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  • WNBA Was Right (And Wrong) To Shrug Off $400 Bet Scandal
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    WNBA Was Right (And Wrong) To Shrug Off $400 Bet Scandal

    Extremely online controversy erupted at the end of July when the WNBA’s social media account posted a video of star players Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese discussing a harmless and friendly $400 bet. The exchange occurred during All-Star Weekend. Reese, now with the Atlanta Dream, and Bueckers, who plays for the Dallas Wings, appeared to…

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