White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay 2K for placing prediction market bets on Trump’s speeches

White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172K for placing prediction market bets on Trump’s speeches

A teleprompter operator for President Donald Trump who made online prediction trades based on information from upcoming speeches has been ordered to pay $172,000, a federal agency said Friday night. Gabriel Perez used “material, nonpublic information” he obtained through his job to place “trades” on a prediction market, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in…

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Provinces ordered to enforce ban on online casinos

Provinces ordered to enforce ban on online casinos

The National Gambling Board (NGB) has reiterated that online gambling remains unlawful in South Africa and has issued a formal notice to all provincial licensing authorities to this effect. It provides guidance on compliance obligations in respect of remote gambling infrastructure and applicable technical standards. The board said on Friday that interactive and remote gambling…

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