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New Jersey sports betting revenue surges 47% in August

New Jersey’s sports betting revenue surged by 47 per cent to $96.0 million in August, taking the state’s total gambling revenue for the month to $531.6 million.

Sports wagers were up by 33 per cent to $725.8 million, with online wagers of $697.1 million and $28.8 million from retail betting.

The online [...]

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DraftKings dominates Massachusetts online sports betting in August

Online sports wagers in Massachusetts climbed versus the previous month to $307.2 million in August, with DraftKings accounting for 53 per cent of the market.

DraftKings’s online wagers were $161.9 million and its 53 per cent share in August was the brand’s highest since launch in March.

FanDuel was the nearest rival [...]

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Massachusetts casino revenue up by 7% in August

Massachusetts’ three land-based gaming properties reported a 7 per cent increase in revenue to $98.1 million in August 2023.

Monthly revenue from gaming activities was up by 6 per cent to $97.9 million, with retail sports betting contributing $177,213.

Slot machines earned revenue of $67.5 million, a 4 per cent rise year-on-year, [...]

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Virginia gaming revenue rises to $55 million in August

Virginia’s land-based gaming revenue climbed to $55.1 million in August and marked the third consecutive month with revenue above $50 million.

Slot machine revenue was $40.0 million in the month, with $15.1 million coming from gaming tables. There were 3,205 active slot machines across Virginia's three casinos in August and 135 [...]

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Illinois

Illinois sports betting surpasses $610 million in July

Sports betting handle in Illinois climbed by 18 per cent to $611.4 million in July, taking the total for the year above $6 billion.

Online betting grew by 20 per cent to $595.0 million in July, offsetting a 19 per cent fall in retail betting to $16.4 million.

DraftKings held 38 per [...]

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Playtech

Playtech partners betPARX for Maryland online sportsbook launch

Playtech is providing its IMS platform and native mobile applications to power betPARX’s recently launched online sportsbook in Maryland.

The launch marks Playtech and betPARX’s fifth state launch and expands the operator’s presence in the state after launching a retail sportsbook last November at Greenmount Station.

“We are excited to extend our [...]

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Oregon

Oregon Lottery posts 58% rise in August sports handle

The Oregon Lottery posted a 58 per cent rise in sports handle to $44.5 million in August, as the sportsbook continues to diversify its portfolio of bets.

In August, the category of ‘other’ unspecified sports saw wagers more than treble to $13.3 million, accounting for 30 per cent of total wagers [...]

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Indiana Capitol

Indiana sports wagers flat at $238 million in August

Sports wagers in Indiana were unchanged at $238.1 million in August, with a small rise in online wagers offsetting a fall in retail betting.

Online betting increased by 2 per cent to $223.8 million, while retail betting fell by 24 per cent to $14.3 million.

In the online sector, DraftKings reported a [...]

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GI Games Round-up: Betsoft, PopOK Gaming, Playson and more

This week’s games and platform integrations round-up from Gaming Intelligence features the likes of Betsoft Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Play’n GO, PopOK Gaming, Playson, Evoplay, Yggdrasil, Pariplay, Relax Gaming, Bragg Gaming, Gamomat and Inspired.

Betsoft Gaming’s 72 Fortunes

Betsoft Gaming’s latest slot release transports players into an Oriental myth for a legendary bonus [...]

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Canada

Ontario gambling regulator issues $80,000 fine to Woodbine Casino

Canada’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has issued a CAD$80,000 penalty to Casino Woodbine in Toronto following allegations of a dealer cheat scheme.

The monetary penalty follows an investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police Investigation and Enforcement Bureau (IEB) into allegations that an electronic craps dealer at Woodbine Casino [...]

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Caesars reveals details of cyberattack on loyalty program

Caesars Entertainment has disclosed a cyberattack in which hackers acquired a copy of the company's loyalty program database for a significant number of members.

In a statement Thursday, Caesars confirmed that it recently identified suspicious activity in its IT network resulting from a social engineering attack on an outsourced IT support [...]

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Light & Wonder secures new Oregon Lottery VLT supply deal

Light & Wonder has finalised an agreement to provide more than 1,000 video lottery terminals (VLTs) to the Oregon Lottery.

The agreement follows a successful trial of Light & Wonder’s Kascada dual screen VLTs across the state, which has now resulted in the lottery purchasing 1,175 terminals.

The VLTs offer a wide range [...]

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