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Penn Entertainment agrees early termination deal with Kambi

Penn Entertainment has agreed to pay sports betting supplier Kambi an early termination fee as it switches to its own proprietary technology.

Penn will migrate its online sportsbook from Kambi to its in-house technology in the third quarter of 2023, with retail sports betting operations expected to begin the migration in [...]

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Deadwood, South Dakota

South Dakota revokes sports betting license

The South Dakota Commission on Gaming has revoked one of the previously issued sports betting licenses in Deadwood City and delayed its final decision on three temporary licenses.

Mustang Sally’s in Deadwood has been stripped of its sports betting license after the owner of the sports bar, Toby Keehn, admitted to [...]

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Toronto, Ontario

Ontario unveils amended iGaming regulations

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is marking the six-month anniversary of Ontario’s regulated iGaming market with the introduction of new regulations.

The new regulations aim to combat unlicensed online gambling in the province and ensure the integrity of live dealer casino games.

Ontario’s regulated iGaming market launched on April [...]

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Pariplay secures approval to launch iGaming portfolio in Connecticut

iGaming solutions provider Pariplay is expanding to a fifth US state after securing approval in Connecticut.

The approval will allow Pariplay to provide its game aggregation platform and content portfolio to licensed iGaming operators in Connecticut, where regulated online gaming and sports betting launched in October 2021 under amended gaming compacts [...]

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4ThePlayer.com approved to launch in Michigan

Online casino games developer 4ThePlayer.com is set to enter its second US state after securing provisional license approval in Michigan.

4ThePlayer.com will initially launch its flagship title 9k Yeti in Michigan through its US platform partner Gaming Realms, followed by two more top-performing titles - 6 Wild Sharks and 3 Secret [...]

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MaximBet launches online sportsbook in Indiana

MaximBet has gone live in Indiana, marking the operator's second US online sportsbook launch.

The launch is the first for MaximBet since it upgraded its sports betting offering and user experience in partnership with Kambi Group and White Hat Gaming, with Indiana marking the operator's second US launch after going live [...]

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Virginia sportsbook wagers climb 56% in strong August performance

Virginia’s licensed sports betting operators recorded another strong month of growth in August as total wagers increased to $284.7m.

Wagering with the state’s 13 operators increased by 56 per cent compared to the same month last year, when just eight operators were online.

Virginia bettors won $247.7m in August, giving operators a [...]

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Playstar

PlayStar and Caesars plan for iGaming in Indiana

Online casino operator PlayStar has followed up its launch in New Jersey with a new market access deal with Caesars Entertainment in Indiana.

PlayStar launched in New Jersey in September through a market access deal with Ocean Casino and plans to launch in Pennsylvania later this year in partnership with Caesars, [...]

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Novomatic’s Thomas Schmalzer to lead global sales division

Austrian gaming operator and supplier Novomatic has named Thomas Schmalzer as its new vice president of global sales.

Schmalzer replaces Jakob Rothwangl, who is taking on a new role focused on a “strategically important project” within the group.

“I would like to thank my team at Global Sales and all colleagues at [...]

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GeoComply

GeoComply and Xpoint head to court over IP infringement allegations

Geolocation specialists GeoComply and Xpoint are headed to court in a dispute over geolocation technology patents in the United States.

Market leader GeoComply has accused Xpoint of patent infringement following the latter’s launch in August in the United States, where it provides geolocation technology for online gambling in New Jersey.

GeoComply is [...]

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IWG

IWG expands Atlantic Lottery deal to include retail scratch and Pull-Tabs

Online lottery games provider Instant Win Gaming (IWG) has expanded its partnership with Canada’s Atlantic Lottery Corporation (ALC) to include eInstant games in the retail sector.

The new omnichannel deal will see select IWG eInstant games redeveloped as retail instant tickets and pull-tabs, with Super Cash Buster the first IWG title [...]

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Endeavor begins integration of OpenBet and IMG Arena

Shares in Endeavor Group Holdings gained more than 5 per cent in New York Friday as the company completed its acquisition of sports betting supplier OpenBet.

The $800m acquisition, which was first announced in September 2021, enables Endeavor to capitalise on sports betting opportunities globally by combining OpenBet’s sports betting technology [...]

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