Hi, Welcome Welcome back Texas opinion says chance elements can make machines illegal gambling Suswati Basu Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a new legal opinion concluding that electronic amusement machines can fall under Texas gambling laws when chance plays any part in whether a player receives something of value. The June … Continue reading Texas opinion says chance elements can make machines illegal gambling
June 13, 2026 Meet the designer behind NYC’s charming World Cup campaign BY Diana Budds How do you build excitement among 8.5 million New Yorkers (and 1.2 million tourists) for the World Cup? You start with deep research on the city’s beloved colors and symbols and then turn that into something like the joyful, nostalgic, … Continue reading Meet the designer behind NYC’s charming World Cup campaign
Texas Tech warns Big 12 sanctions could spark massive liability fight Suswati Basu The Big 12 is considering its next move after receiving a warning from the Texas Attorney General’s Office that any attempt to punish could lead to significant legal consequences. A June 11 letter sent to Commissioner Brett Yormark and board … Continue reading Texas Tech warns Big 12 sanctions could spark massive liability fight
June 13, 2026 Your best employees may be the ones ignoring your constant Slack messages BY Samyr Laine I spent years in environments where the stakes of misplaced attention were immediate and visible: helping Jay-Z build enterprises at Roc Nation, then alongside the very talented team at Westbrook. What I watched in those rooms, and later … Continue reading Your best employees may be the ones ignoring your constant Slack messages
Search Scooping Up Interest In NBA, World Cup by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, June 12, 2026 Interest in New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson has grown 28x faster than interest in Victor Wembanyama — up 2,006% vs. 71%, respectively –putting Brunson in second place as the NBA player most read about in the past … Continue reading Search Scooping Up Interest In NBA, World Cup
June 12, 2026 A surprising pregnancy trend is alarming health experts BY Taylor Hatmaker Pregnant women are drinking more, according to a newly published report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data sheds new light on one more aspect of public health in the U.S. that appears to be trending in the … Continue reading A surprising pregnancy trend is alarming health experts
ProphetX secures CFTC approval to launch regulated sports prediction exchange Suswati Basu ProphetX has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate as a federally regulated sports-focused exchange in the United States. The New York-based company said the regulator approved its applications to register as both a Designated Contract Market (DCM) … Continue reading ProphetX secures CFTC approval to launch regulated sports prediction exchange
June 12, 2026 Timothée Chalamet’s latest paycheck may have just cost him some fans BY María José Gutiérrez Chávez Kalshi’s latest ad is betting on star power, but fans are not buying it. The prediction market giant’s latest campaign taps A-list actor Timothée Chalamet for a one-minute video advertisement featuring the actor in a series of … Continue reading Timothée Chalamet’s latest paycheck may have just cost him some fans
New research shows buyers are ready for AI-powered experiences, while many organizations still struggle to deliver them. By Constantine von Hoffman Published on June 12, 2026 Marketers have spent years asking whether consumers are ready to buy from AI. New research from Invoca suggests that question has largely been answered. The bigger issue … Continue reading Consumers are ready for AI, but many brands are not
Predictably, Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction appeal has been denied There’s still the possibility of that Trump pardon. By Lawrence Bonk June 12, 2026 Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images A federal appeals court has upheld the fraud conviction of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, according to Reuters. Bankman-Fried was convicted of running one of the largest financial frauds … Continue reading Predictably, Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud conviction appeal has been denied
