Top Gambling News Stories for Saturday October 3, 2026

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Top Gambling News Stories for Saturday October 3, 2026

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Poker

A New Online Poker Superuser Scandal Brewing?

Saturday October 3, 2026 (8:51 am EDT)

New reporting in the online poker superuser scandal says that two online poker sites were previously alerted about a suspicious account that one high-stakes player believes cheated him out of six figures.  Earlier this week, X user and cybersecurity expert @wolfsec0x0 exposed an online poker scandal going back two years involving attackers using third-party software to gain access to an online poker player's screen. In doing so, hole cards were exposed to the attacker.  Todd Witteles pointed out on X, the compromised software involves a third-party tool, not online poker software. (read more at Poker News here)


Prediction Markets

Kalshi and Coinbase Win Partial Illinois Ruling on Sports Contracts

Saturday October 3, 2026 (8:33 am EDT)

Illinois federal district court sides with Kalshi, Coinbase, and CFTC against Illinois state officials, granting their motions for preliminary injunction. This creates an intra-circuit split with the Wisconsin decision, now on appeal to the CA7.  The judge found state licensing rules likely conflict with federal derivatives law, but left transaction fees unresolved and ordered the parties to propose injunction terms.


Casino News

8 Washington State Casinos Set to Shut Down

Saturday October 3, 2026 (8:33 am EDT)

Maverick Washington LLC is set to close eight casinos across Washington, which would put 850 people out of work on Nov. 30.  The affected casinos are Great American Casino in Everett, Chip’s Casino, Macau Casino and Palace Casino in Lakewood, All Star Casino in Silverdale, Casino Caribbean in Yakima, Crazy Moose Casino in Pasco, and Coyote Bobs Casino in Kennewick.  850 employees are expected to lose their jobs as a result of the closures. 


UFC

UFC 332 Betting Handle 

Saturday October 3, 2026 (8:33 am EDT)

UFC 332 doesn't feature a huge household-name headliner, but there are several interesting betting fights and rising prospects. The main card begins at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+, with prelims at 6 p.m. and early prelims at 4 p.m.  Natalia Silva vs. Wang Cong is the championship fight. Valentina Shevchenko vacated the 125-pound belt after an injury left her sidelined indefinitely. Silva is 20-5-1 and 8-0 in the UFC, with consecutive victories over Jessica Andrade, Alexa Grasso and Rose Namajunas. Wang is 10-1 and has won four straight UFC fights after losing her second Octagon appearance.  Silva is the -207 favorite in this one.  Delveson Figueiredo vs Payton Talbott is actually the fight seeing the most betting handle.  In some cases there was more bet on this one than Silva-Cong. 


College Football

Most Bet on Games and Teams in College Football Saturday (Early) 

Saturday October 3, 2026 (8:33 am EDT)

Biggest games by likely overall betting handle.  These are also games that were seeing more action than a number of tomorrow's NFL games. 

  1. Alabama @ Mississippi State - This 12 pm EDT game was surprisingly balanced action with Bama coming in as the -5.5 favorite.
  2. Notre Dame @ North Carolina - 12 pm EDT - The Fighting Irish were seeing 70% of greater action as a -21 road favorite.
  3. Florida @ Missouri - This 3:30 pm EDT game was seeing the most action at some books we follow with the Gators having around 65% of the backing overall as the -5.5 road favorite.  This has mostly been a steady number.
  4. Ohio State @ Iowa - 3:30 pm EDT - The huge public interest in Ohio as a -14.5 favorite and seeing as much as 81% of the action at some books we monitor.
  5. Vanderbilt @ Georgia - 12:45 pm EDT - $700,000 in volume at Kalshi as of 8:30 am EDT. 

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  • Chris Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher 

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