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Kalshi adds a $2,500 deposit limit for traders aged 18-20

Kalshi is placing every trader aged 18 to 20 on a default $2,500 monthly deposit limit and adding an alert for new traders who put more than a quarter of their balance into one trade. Both features roll out in the coming days.

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Denmark warns parents about gambling-like features in games

Denmark's Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has started a campaign asking parents to look at what is inside their children's games, not only at screen time. Fake "Casino Kids" shopfronts in Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen point to the advice site StyrPåSpillet.dk. No new rules come with it.

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iGaming Ontario shelved problem-gambling study, records show

iGaming Ontario commissioned a study to measure problem gambling before the province's online market opened, promised to publish it, then decided not to release it after early results came in higher than expected, according to records obtained by the Toronto Star. The findings themselves remain withheld.

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French study: 39% of 15–17s play gambling-style games

A survey backed by France's gambling regulator, the ANJ, found that 39.0% of 15- to 17-year-olds played games that borrow from gambling, such as social casinos, free demo slots on casino sites and video games with casino elements. Teens who also gambled for money showed far higher problem scores.

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Gamban warns users not to confuse it with Gambana casino

Gambling-blocker Gamban says it has no link to Gambana, an offshore online casino whose name differs from its own by one letter, and asks people trying to quit to check the address.

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Britain’s deposit limits change on 30 September: withdrawals won’t reset the cap

UKGC rules will reserve the name ‘deposit limit’ for gross deposits. Here is what that means for withdrawals, reset dates and limits already on your account.

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Ontario ED visits for gambling disorders nearly doubled after iGaming expansion

An ICES study published 16 September 2026 finds Ontario emergency visits for gambling disorders nearly doubled after the province opened private online gambling in April 2022, with the rise concentrated among younger men.