Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed three lawsuits against prediction markets and an online casino-style gaming company, he announced Wednesday. The lawsuits allege that the companies in question violated the state’s consumer protection and gambling laws.

Coleman’s lawsuits name Kalshi and Polymarket, prediction markets that let customers buy and sell “event contracts,” allowing a person to bypass state restrictions on gambling to vote “yes” or “no” on real-world outcomes. Coleman argues that much of the platforms’ trading comes from what is essentially sports wagering, just under a different name.

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has finally ruled on the long-debated legal saga over whether a gaming machine that allows players to alter their payout rate by using skill constitutes gambling. A majority of the state’s highest court ruled that it does.

In what’s a major victory for the legal, regulated, and highly taxed gaming industry in the commonwealth, which for years has argued that unregulated and untaxed skill games have poached play from their slot machines, the PA Supreme Court voted nearly unanimously in the opinion that skill games are not immune from the Gaming Act.

The purpose of this formal inquiry was to understand opinions on iGaming (online casino gambling) from Colorado residents in 2026. A survey was conducted of likely general election voters in Colorado. The poll was taken in January 2026. The total sample size was n = 801. Margin of error: +/- 3.45%.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has fined BetMGM $260,905 for permitting self-excluded gamblers to play on its site. 

The PGCB found 152 instances of players who were self-excluded from gambling, placing wagers across the BetMGM and Borgata platforms.

Upon an audit of accounts, 148 breaches of the rule showed over $252,000 in deposits, with around $82,400 being withdrawn. The difference retained by BetMGM & Borgata as a result was approximately $170,000. 

The introduction of iGaming in Virginia is projected to generate $1.82 billion in gross gaming revenue annually by 20291 . The Innovation Group was asked by the National Association Against iGaming to analyze whether this revenue is incremental or whether there is an associated decline in land-based gaming (including historical horse racing) and online lottery revenue. While iGaming can increase consumer convenience and generate meaningful gross tax receipts, the key policy issue is whether those receipts represent incremental economic activity or a redistribution of existing gaming spend across channels. In other words, is all of the revenue generated by online gaming “new revenue” or is some of it caused by players shifting their wallets to online gaming from casinos, HHRs, or iLottery?

We applaud Governor Beshear for quickly signing House Bill 594 into law. Banning gray machines sends a clear message that in Kentucky, we follow the law and do not reward illegal behavior. Our lawmakers carefully considered this issue and made the right choice. HB 594 is a good law that will protect Kentucky communities and families.

We commend the Kentucky General Assembly for bringing House Bill 594 across the finish line to protect Kentucky families and communities from the dangers of illegal gray machine gambling. The passage of HB 594 is yet another example of Kentucky lawmakers wisely, carefully and deliberately debating the expansion of gaming and only doing so in the best interests of Kentuckians. We now urge Governor Beshear to swiftly sign HB 594 and make it the law of the land.

Kentucky communities are one step closer to being free from the dangers of illegal gray machine gambling. We applaud the Senate Licensing & Occupations Committee for passing HB 594 and now urge the full Senate to swiftly send a clean version of this good bill to the Governor’s desk. This is the only way to prevent thousands of Kentucky’s restaurants, gas stations and small businesses from turning into mini casinos.

We applaud the Kentucky House of Representatives for quickly reconsidering and passing House Bill 594 to ban illegal gray machines. This was the right decision to protect Kentucky’s future. We urge the Senate to quickly do the same and stop the massive proliferation of illegal gray machine gambling that is threatening the safety of Kentucky families and communities. Passing HB 594 is the only certain and viable option to prevent every restaurant, gas station and convenience store in the Commonwealth from becoming a mini casino— bringing robberies, underage gambling, and violent crime to our communities.

We are extremely disappointed in Representative Doan and all members of the Kentucky House who voted to table House Bill 594. They have just voted for the largest expansion of gambling in our state’s history. The fight to ban gray machines and protect Kentucky families is far from over. We strongly encourage the House to reconsider HB 594 as soon as possible. Not passing HB 594 is a vote for the continued proliferation of untaxed, unregulated and dangerous illegal gambling across the Commonwealth.