Luci Kelemen
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Luci Kelemen is a writer and reporter based in Budapest. He has covered iGaming, betting markets, and web3 games since 2018 with a focus on betting markets and high-profile tokenized games. His web3 coverage appeared at BlackPool Finance and his sports journalism work has appeared in Tifo Football and Front Office Sports, among other publications. He has been a reporter at Bitcoin.com News since 2026. Disclosure: The author holds less than $500 in cryptocurrency assets.
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Areas of expertise
Web3, iGaming, sports
Jul 30, 2026
Reno Casino Win Jumps 20% as Vegas Strip Slips Despite Conventions
Jul 29, 2026
Underdog's UDX Hits $1.2M Day, About 5% of Estimated Companywide Flow
Jul 29, 2026
Türkiye Blocks 47,493 Illegal Betting Sites as Crypto Account Crackdown Expands
Jul 28, 2026
Minnesota Judge Blocks Prediction-Market Ban but Says Some Contracts Aren't Swaps
Jul 27, 2026
Kalshi Was Warned of Spotify Manipulation Before Settling $3.3M Market
Jul 27, 2026
Pennsylvania Bill Could Shut Sportsbooks Out of Prediction-Market Making
Jul 27, 2026
FIFA Declared World Cup Clean Before Watchdog Logged 7 Integrity Notices
Jul 25, 2026
Crypto.com Prediction Exchange Seeks Federal Shield Ahead of Washington Crackdown
Jul 24, 2026
Valve’s Sticker Overhaul Squeezes Counter-Strike Esports Teams as Polymarket Expands Into Space
Jul 24, 2026
Wisconsin Warns Election-Market Traders They May Be Disqualified From Voting
Jul 22, 2026
Kambi Calls Entirely AI-Traded World Cup a Success, Weighs Prediction Market Entry
Jul 21, 2026
Washington Judge Rejects Kalshi’s Federal Defense, Grants State Injunction
Jul 21, 2026
‘The Next Crisis Has Already Begun’: Europe’s Top Official Urges FIFA to Act
Jul 20, 2026
Spain–Argentina World Cup Final Drives Nearly $2B Across Prediction Markets
Jul 17, 2026
Underdog Files First 7 Sports Contracts for Its Own Prediction Exchange
Jul 16, 2026
US Lawmakers Propose Facial Age Verification Across Online Betting Markets
Jul 16, 2026
France’s World Cup Exit Erases Sportsbook Liability as Prediction Volume Surges
Jul 16, 2026
CFTC Blocks Kalshi From Cancelling Michigan Sports Trades Ordered Voided
Jul 14, 2026
Czechia Blocks Polymarket as Unlicensed Gambling, Ordering a 15-Day ISP Shutdown
Jul 14, 2026
Gibraltar Launches the World's First Dedicated Prediction-Market Regulatory Regime
Jul 13, 2026
Kalshi Takes Tribal Sovereignty Fight to Ninth Circuit Over Sports Markets
Jul 11, 2026
Brazil Orders Tobacco-Style Warnings on All Betting Ads: 'Betting Makes You Lose Money'
Jul 9, 2026
North Carolina Sides With Federal Preemption, Taxing Prediction Markets 6% While Sportsbooks Pay 23%
Jul 8, 2026
France's Gambling Regulator Warns All Esports Betting Is Illegal as the $75M Esports World Cup Opens in Paris
Jul 8, 2026
ESMA Says EU Retail Ban Covers Many Prediction Markets, With MiCA Awaiting the Tokenized Ones
Jul 8, 2026
Prediction Market Volume Jumped 75% to $44.8B in June as the World Cup Drove Record Trading
Jul 7, 2026
Prediction Markets Price Platner's Maine Senate Exit as All but Certain by Late July
Jul 7, 2026
An AI Deepfake of Bruno Fernandes Posed as a Brand Ambassador for an Unlicensed Casino
Jul 6, 2026
Prediction Markets Traded Nearly $460M on Mexico-England as World Cup Odds Swung From Red Card to Certainty
Jul 1, 2026
Adin Ross Hits 9,990x Max Win on Rainbet Slot During World Cup Stream
Jul 1, 2026
Prediction Markets Peg USMNT as Favorite Against Bosnia, With Oddsmakers Hoping For Penalty Shootout
Jul 1, 2026
Zuckerberg Eyed Kalshi Buyout Before Developing Meta's Own Prediction App
Jun 30, 2026
Draftkings Drops Crypto.com, Launches Own Prediction Market Exchange
Jun 27, 2026
Riot Games Makes Stake-Owned Kick an Official Esports Broadcaster, Just a Year After Rescinding Sponsor Ban
Jun 26, 2026
EU Weighs a Bloc-Wide 1% Gambling Tax as Europe Keeps Tightening on Sector
Jun 25, 2026
Curaçao Orders Its Crypto Casinos to Screen Wallets and Ban Mixers, With Full Compliance Due in 2027
Jun 25, 2026
CFTC Sues Kentucky to Shield Kalshi and Polymarket – the First Republican-Led State It's Targeted
Jun 24, 2026
Brazil Can Now Freeze Illegal Betting Operators' Funds, Not Just Block Sites
Jun 22, 2026
Finland Convicts a Streamer of a Gambling Crime for Casino Promos
Jun 22, 2026
Polymarket Allegedly Paid Adin Ross Millions to Promote It as Insider-Trading Scrutiny Builds
Jun 22, 2026
Polymarket Staged $900K in Fake Winnings to Court Banned US Users, WSJ Finds
Jun 19, 2026
Kalshi's Messi-Fronted World Cup Push Meets a Nine-Nation European Warning
Jun 19, 2026
Next.io Co-Founder Says Insider Trading in Prediction Markets Is 'the Most Difficult Point to Resolve'
Jun 19, 2026
DAZN Adds ADI Predictstreet's Free-to-Play Predictions for the FIFA World Cup 2026
Jun 17, 2026
Polymarket Gets Hit With $487,000 Dutch Penalty for Halting Service One Day Too Late
Jun 17, 2026
Kalshi's IP Geofence Still Lets Nevada Users Buy Banned Contracts as State Seeks $120,000 a Day
Jun 16, 2026
UK-Facing Crypto-Casino Network Goes Dark for 20 Hours as Slot Suppliers Exit
Jun 15, 2026
Dutch Gambling Ad Ban Risks Pushing Players Offshore as Legal Share Falls Below 50%
Jun 12, 2026
World Cup 2026 Could Draw $50 Billion in Bets, a First for Prediction Markets
Jun 12, 2026
Stake Rival Rainbet Becomes First Official Sponsor of Kick's Slots Category
