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September 11, 2026
Rockstar co-studio head Rob Nelson has given Famitsu the most detailed GTA 6 interview yet, and most of it covers ground the Extended Look never touched — warning shots and suppressive fire, hideouts that show their contents on the map, lock-picking tools, digital key cloners for luxury cars, and a new "Heat" state where police investigate your description rather than simply chase you. The game lands on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on 19 November 2026.
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More than 100 officers searched eleven properties in Frankfurt, the Rhine-Main region and Cologne on 8 September, closing a three-year investigation into five people accused of running unlicensed online gambling in Germany. Prosecutors put the stakes handled at roughly €5.86 billion, froze around €82 million in assets and executed one arrest warrant — and the industry immediately turned the case into an argument about how big the black market really is.
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September 10, 2026
The LVCVA has unanimously approved a marketing deal worth up to $1.45 million with Sydney agency GTI Tourism to promote Las Vegas in Australia — and to fill Qantas' new non-stop Sydney–Las Vegas service, running three times a week on Dreamliners from 29 December 2026 to 12 March 2027. With NRL fixtures at Allegiant Stadium landing mid-season, the timing is no accident.
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A federal judge in Iowa has refused to stop the state applying its gambling laws to Kalshi. Judge Stephen Locher found the Commodity Exchange Act does not clearly pre-empt state gambling statutes, said the CFTC's mandate covers swaps and futures rather than sports event contracts — and cited Kalshi's own advert calling itself an app for "legal sports betting in all 50 states".
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September 10, 2026
Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming have expanded PlayersEdge for Responsible Gambling Education Month: a new "Chance" awareness campaign built around how randomness really works, a pilot of the Almond digital health app at Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati, and research partnerships including the Better Gambling Forum and Dr. Michael Wohl at Carleton University — with the whole programme now running year-round rather than for one month.
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