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Massachusetts Gaming Commission receives 29 sports betting submissions

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission received 29 responses to its sports wagering operator license scoping survey, with prospective online license applicants accounting for the majority of submissions.

All sports betting operator license applicants were required to submit survey responses by October 17, enabling the Commission to begin reviewing the companies that plan [...]

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Nashville, Tennessee

Tennessee sports betting handle passes $2.5bn

Sports betting handle in the state of Tennessee passed $2.5bn in the first nine months of 2022, after September’s handle came in at $337m.

September’s handle increased by 31 per cent year-on-year and, with a strong margin of 13.7 per cent, resulted in the highest gross win of the year so [...]

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Illinois sportsbook handle grows 41%

Illinois’ licensed sports betting operators enjoyed another month of strong growth in August as total wagers rose by 41 per cent year-on-year to $564.8m.

August wagers from the state’s nine licensed casinos were buoyed by a 42 per cent increase in online sports wagers to $540.0m, and a 23 per cent [...]

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BRAGG

Bragg Gaming content goes live with Betnation.nl in the Netherlands

Bragg Gaming Group’s online casino content has gone live with the newly launched Betnation.nl brand in the Netherlands.

Bragg’s Oryx Gaming subsidiary agreed a deal in April to power Betnation.nl’s launch, with the supplier’s portfolio of titles now live with the operator following an integration with Bragg’s Player Account Management (PAM) [...]

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Vermont, Burlington

Vermont may allow up to six sports betting operators

Vermont’s Sports Betting Study Committee has said that the state would be best served by two to six licensed sports betting operators.

The Committee supports a revenue share model under which between two to six operators would be licensed to offer online sports betting, with the state receiving 20 per cent [...]

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Mississippi betting handle slides 21% in September

Sports betting handle in Mississippi fell by 21 per cent year-on-year in September to $43.1m.

Although lower than the same month a year ago, September 2022 marked the highest monthly handle since March.

A monthly margin of 20.4 per cent, however, was 4.2 percentage points higher than September 2021 and meant that [...]

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Las Vegas Sands

Las Vegas Sands returns to growth in Q3 despite Macao woes

Las Vegas Sands reported a 17 per cent increase in net revenue to $1.01bn for the third quarter of 2022, despite the continued impact of travel restrictions and reduced visitation to casinos in Macao.

Net revenue from the company’s Macao operations fell by 58 per cent year-on-year to $258m, including a [...]

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Oregon

Oregon sports betting market hits new high in September

Strong growth in Parlay bets helped the Oregon Lottery generate gross sports betting revenue of $5.47m for September, a new monthly high for the market.

Betting handle for the month was $39.29m, up 57 per cent year-on-year, pushing sports betting gross revenue to $5.47m.

Parlay bets contributed 28 per cent of handle [...]

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Record month for Connecticut as sports and iGaming wagers top $1bn

Connecticut’s sports betting and iGaming market generated more than $1bn in wagers for the first time in September.

In its strongest month yet, total wagers increased by 14 per cent compared to the previous month to $1.07bn, surpassing the market’s previous best performance in December 2021 which followed the opening of [...]

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Pennsylvania gambling revenue climbs to $448.5m in September

Pennsylvania’s gambling market grew to $448.5m in September following another strong performance from the sports betting and iGaming sectors.

Revenue generated from all forms of gaming increased by 8 per cent year-on-year, driven by a 78 per cent rise in sports betting revenue and a 15 per cent rise in iGaming [...]

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Michigan online sports betting and iGaming market grows 40% in September

Michigan’s online sports betting and iGaming market saw total gross receipts increase by 40 per cent year-on-year to $176.5m in September.

The state’s licensed commercial and tribal casino operators recorded a 26 per cent increase in iGaming gross receipts to $128.7m, with September online sports betting gross receipts more than doubling [...]

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Playmaker Capital acquires iGaming affiliate Wedge Traffic

Digital sports media company Playmaker Capital is expanding its affiliate capabilities with the acquisition of Wedge Traffic.

Playmaker is acquiring the Glasgow, Scotland-based gambling affiliate for US$31.2m, comprised of a cash payment of $8.5m on closing and 3,694,933 Playmaker shares at a piece of $0.75 per share.

The total price includes a [...]

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