Charlie Morgan, Author at BETFINDER

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Polymarket’s JPMorgan Split Exposes a Banking Risk for Prediction Markets

August 15, 2026By

JPMorgan ended a banking relationship with prediction-market platform Polymarket in October 2025 over regulatory concerns, according to a Reuters report published on August 15. That sounds like a straightforward debanking story. It isn’t. Polymarket says it still has an active relationship with JPMorgan across other parts of the bank, with operational integrations and customer fund…

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Why Premier League Shirts No Longer Have Betting Sponsors

August 7, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

The Premier League’s front-of-shirt gambling sponsorship ban is now taking effect for the 2026/27 season, three years after clubs first agreed to the change. That means none of the 20 Premier League clubs will have a betting or gambling company as its main front-of-shirt sponsor this season. In 2025/26, 11 clubs still carried gambling brands…

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BetMGM Delays $500m Earnings Target as Prediction Markets Bite

July 29, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

Prediction markets are no longer a minor irritation for US sportsbooks. BetMGM has pushed its $500 million adjusted EBITDA target beyond 2027, pointing to regulatory uncertainty around prediction markets and tougher competition for sports customers. The operator is still profitable. Its total net revenue increased 3% year over year to $711 million in the second…

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Newcastle Top Four Odds: 10/1 Looks Too Big

July 11, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

Newcastle United to finish in the Premier League top four at 10/1 with bet365 is our first antepost pick for the 2026/27 season. That price implies a 9.1% chance. Our projections put Newcastle between 22% and 26%, even after applying a cautious margin for error. The Magpies are more likely to miss than qualify, but…

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No KYC Crypto Casinos: Fast Cashouts, Until ID Checks Appear

June 20, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

No KYC crypto casinos sell speed. Sign up with an email, deposit from a wallet, play within minutes, then withdraw without uploading a passport. That can happen. The problem is the word “can.” The no KYC claim usually applies to the start of the journey. The terms often tell a different story at the end,…

Michigan judge denies Polymarket and Robinhood preliminary injunctions on sports betting contracts

Michigan Judge Denies Polymarket & Robinhood Injunctions

June 18, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

A federal judge in Michigan denied preliminary injunction requests from Polymarket and Robinhood on 18 June 2026. The ruling says their sports-event contracts probably don't qualify as "swaps" under federal law and that states can keep enforcing their gambling rules. The key takeaways: Prediction platforms just hit a speed bump in one major state. This…

Royal Ascot 2026 Betting Angles: Five Stats to Check Before You Bet

June 14, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

Royal Ascot 2026 runs from Tuesday 16 June to Saturday 20 June, giving us five straight days of Group races, big-field handicaps, sprint puzzles and each-way traps. The useful point is simple: don’t bet the whole meeting in the same way. A short-priced favourite in a Group 1 is not the same betting proposition as…

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Counter-Strike Betting Angles at IEM Cologne

June 14, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

IEM Cologne Major 2026 is not the kind of CS2 event where you can judge every bet from headline form alone. The tournament runs from 2 to 21 June in Cologne, with 32 teams competing for a $1.25m prize pool. By Stage 3, the betting picture becomes more interesting, as the Swiss format is played…

World Cup 2026 betting handle projected to hit $60 billion

World Cup Betting Handle Tipped to Hit $60bn

June 10, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

Legal sportsbooks could take around $60 billion in bets on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to H2 Gambling Capital. That would make this the biggest regulated football betting event on record. H2 puts the figure 71% higher than its 2022 World Cup estimate and 185% higher than 2018, with the USA, Mexico, and Canada…

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Sweepstakes Casinos Are Running Out of Grey Area in the US

June 6, 2026By

Charlie Morgan

Sweepstakes casinos have spent years arguing they’re not really online casinos. Tennessee and Oklahoma have just made that argument harder to sell. In May 2026, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed SB 2136, a law banning online sweepstakes games and other app-based gambling that falls outside the state’s legal gambling framework. A week earlier, Oklahoma lawmakers…