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Fact Check: Can Kalshi Users Really Wager Up to $100 Million on the Election?
With election betting now available in the US, over $100 million rides on the outcome of tomorrow’s contest on Kalshi alone. But can the prediction market provider’s users risk that much individually, as a recent story by NBC News claimed? While some clients enjoy the leeway of that $100 million limit, the answer for typical […]
Robinhood Gets Into Presidential Election Betting Market With Trump, Harris Contracts
Contract trading company Robinhood has jumped into the presidential election market, making contracts for Trump, Harris available.
Global Poker to Host Grand Prix Turbo Series Over Austin Formula One Weekend, Starting Today
With the start of the F1 Austin weekend, Global Poker is hosting its penultimate Grand Prix Turbo Series of tournaments, with 250,000 Sweeps Coins in prizes, plus individual leaderboards. The event actually consists of two similar series, one using Sweeps Coins (SCs, which can be redeemed for cash prizes) and the other using Gold Coins […]
Hard Rock and Seminoles Make Million-Dollar Hurricane Relief Donation
The Seminole Tribe of Florida and Hard Rock International committed $1,000,000 to fund Hurricane relief for those in Florida and the Carolinas impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Donated funds will help World Central Kitchen (WCK) and the American Red Cross deliver emergency support and facilitate long-term rebuilding for communities dealing with the aftermath. Seminole […]
Youtuber ‘Greatness Reinvented’ Wins Big at Beau Rivage Casino While Fleeing Hurricane Milton
As Hurricane Milton wreaked havoc across Florida, YouTuber and rapper Jason Jensen, who goes by “Greatness Reinvented,” found refuge at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. There, his unfortunate situation took on a silver lining as he won nearly $150,000 on a single spin. Early Tuesday morning, around 7 a.m., Jensen was playing the […]
Kick Streamer Amouranth Joins Sweeps Casino PlayFame as Ambassador
Video game streamer Amouranth is now a social casino ambassador with PlayFame, a sweeps-based operator that launched this summer. Like other sweepstakes casinos, PlayFame uses a dual-currency system allowing players to play for fun with Gold Coins or try to win cash prizes with Sweeps. Amouranth’s page on the site currently features a short blurb reading: Hey, […]
Everi’s Press Your Luck: Whammy Wilds Coming Soon to Online Casinos
Everi Digital has launched an online version of its iconic game show-based “casino-floor favorite,” Press Your Luck: Whammy Wilds. The new online title features a $100,000 jackpot, the largest in Everi’s online gaming history. The game’s 243 Ways technology also gives players more chances to win, while its hold-and-respin bonus offers an immersive game show-like […]
Hard Rock Tampa Evacuated Twice in 24 Hours Over Suspicious Devices
The staggered discovery of a pair of concealed devices at the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa last week caused authorities to evacuate the Florida casino hotel twice in 24 hours. The first device, a “crude concealed device with fireworks components,” was discovered shortly before midnight on Sunday in a men’s restroom near the casino. According to […]
PlayStar Casino Becomes New Jersey Devils ‘First-Ever’ Online Casino Partner
New Jersey-based PlayStar Casino is enhancing its Garden State visibility through a partnership deal with the New Jersey Devils. The deal, which includes a sweepstakes sponsorship and “money-can’t-buy” fan experiences, makes PlayStar the NHL franchise’s first online casino partner. Thanks to its official partnership with the Devils and Prudential Center, PlayStar will gain “substantial” exposure […]
Trump, Harris in Dead Heat as Kalshi’s Election Betting Market Opens
Political prediction exchange Kalshi reopened its 2024 general election markets this morning following a favorable court decision. Those markets now include contracts on the outcome of the Presidential race, and speculators appear to see it as a coin flip between former President Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris. The market opened at 8:15 a.m. ET on Oct. […]