Top Trending Gambling News: Polymarket Goes All In With WNBA Dildo Betting, Gets Plenty of Flack

Another gambling company has pulled the trigger on WNBA dildo betting after our friends at BetOnline have offered the quirky wagering option for the last ten days or so.  It's been Gambling911.com's hottest bet of the past week. 

Polymarket Under Fire for WNBA Dildo Bets

Critics are calling out Polymarket after it promoted bets on whether or not Women’s pro basketball games will be interrupted by someone in the crowd throwing a dildo onto the court.

“Announcing: Dildo dailies,” the Polymarket Sports X account posted on Wednesday. “You can now bet on which day(s) dildos will hit the WNBA court.”

Some $500,000 worth of bets have been placed on this market at Polymarket despite that company not even allowing wagering from the U.S.

The reaction?

“This is so disrespectful to the women professionals who play in the WNBA,” one person said in response to the post. “Imagine this was your daughter or sister and they played in the WNBA and this was being done at their games.”

“This type of stuff literally incentivises people to throw dildos onto the court,” said another.

BetOnline's WNBA dildo bet offering has generated over 20,000 impressions per day for the past week at Gambling911.com, though there are signs of dwindling interest on Saturday (see our trending traffic report below). 

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Modesto Man Sentenced for Placing Fentanyl-Laced Pills Around Casino

A Modesto, California man has been sentenced to seven years in state prison. He pleaded guilty to distributing pills laced with fentanyl within a California casino. According to prosecutors, this case underlines the growing threat of synthetic opioids in public spaces like casinos, further illustrated by regular reports linking the gambling sector to various drug-related crimes. Casino Staff Immediately Notified Authorities On August 4, 2025, the Tuolumne County District Attorney’s Office announced that 35-year-old Samuel Westphal pleaded guilty to felony charges of possessing a controlled substance for sale. His reported crimes fall under Health and Safety Code section 11370.4(c), which prescribes significant penalties for such offenses. A recent amendment to the legislation allows fentanyl cases to be prosecuted with mandatory state prison sentences instead of local jail time. Westphal was arrested after a May 5 incident at Chicken Ranch Casino outside Jamestown. (source: GamblingNews.com) 

Could a 300 Year-Old British Law Sink U.S. Sports Betting for Prediction Markets?

Bloomberg’s Matt Levine wryly observed, the distinction between “predicting” and “gambling” is at the heart of a jurisdictional and philosophical debate that could reshape the American gaming landscape.

From The Republic: 

Kalshi, a federally-regulated prediction market, lets users trade on the outcome of real-world events—including sporting events—by buying “yes” or “no” contracts on specific questions. If your prediction is right, you profit; if not, you lose your stake. The mechanics are eerily similar to a sports bet, but Kalshi insists it’s not gambling—it’s “prediction.”

This distinction isn’t just marketing: it’s a legal lifeline.

The CFTC oversees financial contracts on future events for commodities and economic matters like interest rates or the S&P 500. 

The CFTC’s own rules muddy the waters. They prohibit event contracts “related to gaming,” a term that Kalshi has argued in court filings should not apply to sports outcomes. 

State regulators claim that Kalshi’s contracts are functionally indistinguishable from sports bets and should be subject to state gaming laws.

So what about that 300-year-old British law? 

The Statute of Anne (aka the Gaming Act of 1710) was enacted in Britain during the reign of Queen Anne to curb gambling excesses and made gambling debts unenforceable and allowing losers to recover their losses. These principles still linger in the gaming laws of over 30 states.

A fascinating twist is not only did the Statute of Anne allow losers to sue to recover losses, if the loser did not sue within six months, a third-party could sue and potentially recover triple the amount lost. Proving “old laws never die; they just wait for a clever lawyer to dust them off,” Ohio Gambling Recovery LLC recently filed a lawsuit in Ohio against Kalshi and others seeking to recover losses.

If Kalshi’s contracts are deemed to be “gambling” and not “predictions,” the Statute of Anne puts them (and all others offering similar contracts) at risk for forfeiting millions. The challenge for regulators is to draw a line between socially useful risk management and socially harmful gambling—a line that is increasingly difficult to see as platforms like Kalshi “gamify” prediction and blur the distinction between betting and investing.

- Chris Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher