WORLD NEWS. WEEK 37

🇳🇱 Up to 98.8% of Facebook ads for online gambling in the Netherlands lead to unlicensed operators — a VNLOK study revealed the scale of illegal advertising on Meta. The association is preparing legal action against the platform and is demanding that operators’ licences be verified before ads are published. Read more

🏀 LeBron James has partnered with Polymarket — the basketball star announced a collaboration with the prediction markets platform, and his promotional video received more than 20 million views on X. Read more

🎾 The ITIA is investigating Mirra Andreeva’s attendance at a DraftKings party — the tennis integrity body is examining a potential rules violation after the athlete appeared at an event featuring the betting company’s branding. Read more

🇬🇧 Links to unlicensed casinos have been discovered on NHS websites — the issue was likely caused by the loss of control over the former medical domain MyTherappy, which was later redirected to gambling content. Read more

🔞 Novig has launched an advertising campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney — the sports prediction markets platform is promoting a “sports only” concept, positioning itself in contrast to Kalshi and Polymarket. Read more