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CFTC Withdraws Specialized Guidance On Cryptocurrency Derivatives

CFTC Withdraws Specialized Guidance On Cryptocurrency Derivatives

March 31, 2025

CFTC Withdraws Specialized Guidance On Cryptocurrency Derivatives

By: Jake Gray

In line with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) transformation from cryptocurrency enemy to ally, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) is now following its sister agency’s lead. By withdrawing its specialized guidance on digital currency derivatives, the CFTC signals a more hospitable regulatory approach to the industry, one that recognizes the growing maturity and mainstream acceptance of digital asset markets. As of March 28, 2025, both CFTC Staff Advisory No. 18-14 and the subsequent 2023 guidance, CFTC Staff Advisory No. 23-07, have been officially withdrawn, marking a clear departure from the agency’s previous cautionary stance.[1][2] What’s In the Advisories The CFTC’s first digital asset advisory, Letter No. 18-14, came in 2018 when digital asset derivatives products and their spot…

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Sweepstakes Issues Draw Focus at Next.io Summit

March 27, 2025

Sweepstakes Issues Draw Focus at Next.io Summit

By: Jordan Briggs

Social casinos were one of the many hot topics at the Next.io summit in New York March 12-13, so much so that they got their own well-attended summit on March 11. Generally, there are three types of online social casinos: social casinos with no option to purchase any plays; social casinos with the option to purchase plays and the only thing a user can win…

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YouTube Fills Federal Policing Void on Gambling

March 17, 2025

YouTube Fills Federal Policing Void on Gambling

By: Sara Dalsheim

The ultimate inhibitor of the regulated gambling industry is the illegal ever-present offshore market. The regulated industry has been consistently asking for assistance from law enforcement to assist them in stamping out the illegal market – that, unlike the regulated industry, is not required to abide by any of the mechanisms that protect consumers. The federal government has failed to answer the call, so the…

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Many Firsts Surrounding This Year’s GiGse Conference

April 23, 2015

Many Firsts Surrounding This Year’s GiGse Conference

By: Ifrah Law

The 2015 Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GiGse) took place last week in San Francisco, and coincided with many exciting industry firsts. GiGse is the largest and most established event in North America which annually attracts over 700 iGaming and related industry professionals from all over the world. On April 20th, eGaming Review (EGR) North America, named Ifrah Law “Best Legal and Compliance Partner” in the U.S. at their inaugural…

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Phoenix Project: Atlantic City Can Rise From The Ashes

April 8, 2015

Phoenix Project: Atlantic City Can Rise From The Ashes

By: Ifrah Law

Most of the news from the Atlantic City Boardwalk over the last couple of years has not been promising. Several of the massive casino resort properties there have closed and/or slipped into bankruptcy, and the resale or reopening of the properties has been stalled by legal and financial hurdles. But a new plan for development of the Boardwalk hopes to take the area in a…

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Recap of RAWA House Subcommittee Hearing and What It Means for iGaming

March 30, 2015

Recap of RAWA House Subcommittee Hearing and What It Means for iGaming

By: Ifrah Law

The House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations held a hearing last week to consider bill HR 707, the “Restoration of America’s Wire Act,” or RAWA.  The proposed bill would prohibit most types of online gambling, whether or not they have been legalized and regulated by any state. The bill was drafted in response to 2011 Department of Justice opinion letter stating that…

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Nevada Sports Books Will Be Going For The Gold During The Next Olympics

March 4, 2015

Nevada Sports Books Will Be Going For The Gold During The Next Olympics

By: Ifrah Law

It seems like, during the next Olympic Games in 2016, you will be able to bet your gold legally in Nevada on who will win the gold. Nevada gaming regulators have voted unanimously to permit the state’s sports books to accept wagers on the Olympic games for the first time in years. Nevada joins international sports books in a number of other countries that already…

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Minnesota’s Lottery Quagmire: The State Legislature’s Continued Resistance to Online Lottery Ticket Sales

February 23, 2015

Minnesota’s Lottery Quagmire: The State Legislature’s Continued Resistance to Online Lottery Ticket Sales

By: Ifrah Law

As Minnesota’s lottery system turns 25 years old, director Ed Van Petten has sought to follow the lead of the most technologically-advanced state lottery systems in the country by expanding into the profitable market of online ticket sales. However, at a time when many states have enjoyed the additional revenue that online lottery sales can provide, Minnesota joins a small number of states that have…

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CFTC Withdraws Specialized Guidance On Cryptocurrency Derivatives

CFTC Withdraws Specialized Guidance On Cryptocurrency Derivatives
By: Jake Gray

Sweepstakes Issues Draw Focus at Next.io Summit

Sweepstakes Issues Draw Focus at Next.io Summit
By: Jordan Briggs

YouTube Fills Federal Policing Void on Gambling

YouTube Fills Federal Policing Void on Gambling
By: Sara Dalsheim

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