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Maryland reports August sports wagers of $264 million

Maryland’s sportsbooks generated wagers of $263.7 million in August and took the state’s total bets since the start of the year above $2.5 billion.

Mobile sports betting brought in $250.4 million in August and retail betting accounted for the remaining $13.4 million.

FanDuel led Maryland’s mobile betting with wagers of $104.2 million, [...]

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Colorado Flag

Colorado posts record tennis wagers in July

Sports wagers in Colorado rose by 9 per cent to $281.1 million in July, and included a new record for tennis betting in the Centennial State.

Tennis wagers in July were 39 per cent higher year-on-year at $33.9 million, with other secondary betting sports also having a strong month. Table tennis [...]

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Mega Millions boosts New York lottery sales in August

Lottery sales in New York grew by 10 per cent to $810.6 million in the five weeks ending 2 September, boosted by the Mega Millions game.

Sales of Mega Millions more than trebled in the period to $82.7 million, as there were three consecutive draws with $1 billion jackpots at the [...]

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Scientific Games enhances Lotto Hessen retail lottery technology in Germany

Scientific Games has agreed a new deal to provide its camera-based lottery retailer technology to Lotto Hessen in Germany.

With Lotto Hessen’s gaming system currently being converted to Scientific Games’ Symphony system as part of an ongoing technology modernization initiative, 2,200 of the supplier’s Contour.v terminals will be installed at Lotto [...]

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Mohegan Inspire names new president and COO

Mohegan Inspire has promoted Chen Si to the role of president, ahead of the launch of its $5 billion integrated casino resort in South Korea.

With a strong background in strategic development and international marketing, Si has served as Mohegan Inspire’s chief operating officer (COO) for the past year, having previously [...]

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New York mobile sports betting jumps 28% in August

Mobile sports betting in New York jumped by 28 per cent to $1.11 billion in August, although a lower margin caused a fall in gross win.

DraftKings was responsible for most of the handle growth as its wagers increased by 83 per cent to $446.9 million, making it New York’s market [...]

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Des Moines Iowa

Iowa sports handle rises to $141 million in August

Iowa’s sports handle rose by 15 per cent to $141.3 million in August, as the state’s online betting offset a decline in retail betting.

Online betting in Iowa was up by 20 per cent to $131.9 million, with retail betting falling by 25 per cent to $9.4 million.

August was the third [...]

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MGM Resorts

MGM Resorts hit by cyberattack

MGM Resorts International suffered a cyberattack Monday which forced the shutdown of several systems to protect data.

The company notified law enforcement after discovering a cybersecurity issue affecting “some” of its systems, the detail of which have not been disclosed.

“Promptly after detecting the issue, we quickly began an investigation with assistance [...]

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Gaming Realms

Gaming Realms achieves strong profit growth in H1 2023

Gaming Realms has reported a 74 per cent increase in pre-tax profit for the first half of 2023, driven by higher content and brand licensing revenue.

Gaming Realm’s total revenue in the first six months of the year amounted to £11.5 million, just above the £11.4 million announced in the company’s [...]

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IWG

IWG promotes Jason Lisiecki to newly created iLottery role

Lottery games provider Instant Win Gaming (IWG) has promoted Jason Lisiecki to the newly created role of global executive vice president.

Lisiecki joined IWG over five years ago as vice president of North America and has been instrumental in helping a number of lotteries in the United States and Canada develop [...]

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Inspired expands in North America with FanDuel

New-York-listed gaming supplier Inspired Entertainment has expanded its footprint in North America after going live with FanDuel in New Jersey.

Inspired's games are now available to FanDuel players in New Jersey, adding to earlier rollouts with the operator in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ontario, Canada.

“We are thrilled to be expanding our partnership [...]

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Kansas sports handle hits $1.85 billion in first year

Sports handle in Kansas’s first year of regulated betting hit $1.85 billion, after August wagers came in at $94.4 million.

In the first 12 months, online sports betting generated handle of $1.77 billion in Kansas and retail betting contributed $81.2 million.

Total betting gross win since last September amounts to $166.4 million, [...]

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