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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Web3, iGaming, sports
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
Jun 11, 2026
CFTC Says Sports Contracts Involve Gaming but Proposes to Allow Almost All of Them
Jun 10, 2026
Trainwreckstv Hits $50 Million Max Win on Stake-Exclusive Slot in Record Payout
Jun 9, 2026
FIFA Prediction Partner ADI Predictstreet Opens to US Traders Despite Licensing Questions Ahead of World Cup
Jun 9, 2026
Kalshi Taps Sportradar for Official League Data and Integrity Tools in Prediction Markets
Jun 8, 2026
Mbappé Objects to France Stars' Images Promoting Bookmaker Ahead of World Cup
Jun 6, 2026
Ed Craven Says Kick's Partner Program Doesn't Reward Gambling Streams
Jun 6, 2026
'Too Many Coincidences': Polymarket Accuses Kalshi of Corporate Espionage
Jun 5, 2026
Polymarket CMO Used Personal PayPal to Pay Influencers, POLITICO Reports
Jun 4, 2026
Premier League Gambling Ban Pushes Sponsors Down as Midnite Backs Relegated Wolves
Jun 4, 2026
George Santos Hyped His State of the Union Seat, Then Bet He Wouldn't Show
Jun 2, 2026
Polymarket Lands 2026 Germany Deal Before FIFA World Cup as European Market Access Stalls
Jun 2, 2026
Ex-Miami Heat Guard Terry Rozier Hit With Federal Bribery Charges Over Alleged $100K Kickback
May 26, 2026
Tennessee Sweepstakes Casino Ban Joined by Prediction Market Manipulation Felony Law
May 26, 2026
Spain Goes After Polymarket, Kalshi as Legal Fork Between US and EU Keeps Widening
May 20, 2026
Kalshi Quietly Stages Leveraged Crypto Push as Hidden API Surfaces Margin Demo
May 20, 2026
KSA Hits Dutch Operators With Pre-World Cup Ad Crackdown, Vows Instant Sanctions
May 19, 2026
Turkey's 8-Day Betting Blitz Hits 670+ Suspects as Crypto Rails Surface in Adana Probe
May 16, 2026
Entain Directly Targets Premier League Clubs Citing 'Cryptocurrency Reliance' in Sponsor Ban
May 14, 2026
Belgium Online Gambling Nearly Doubled to 14.8% Since 2018 Despite EU-Toughest Ad Ban
May 14, 2026
Bet-at-Home Q1 Revenue Falls 16% After Choosing Tax Pass-Through Path Rivals Refused
May 13, 2026
Kenya Narrows Crypto-Offshore Gambling Escape Valve in Finance Bill 2026
May 12, 2026
Campaign Staffers Trade Internal Polls on Polymarket in Third Insider Pattern
May 12, 2026
Wisconsin Federal Judge Hands Tribes First IGRA Win Against Kalshi Sports Bets
