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Colorado Division of Gaming takes over self-exclusion program

The Colorado Division of Gaming has officially launched the state’s new self-exclusion program.

The self-exclusion program allows individuals with responsible gaming concerns to enroll to be excluded from gambling at casinos and placing sports wagers at retail and online sportsbooks in the Centennial State. The exclusion period options are one year, [...]

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Pennsylvania Lottery reports strong Powerball sales in July

Lottery sales in Pennsylvania rose by 3 per cent to $530.6 million in July, as sales of the Powerball game quadrupled in the month.

Powerball sales were $63.3 million in July, with $59.6 million in retail sales and $3.7 million purchased online.

Overall retail lottery sales were unchanged year-on-year at $447.6 million, [...]

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Bragg Gaming develops exclusive slot for Caesars Palace

Bragg Gaming has partnered Caesars Digital to launch an exclusive slot game on the recently launched Caesars Palace online casino in Michigan and New Jersey.

Lady Luck Casino Egyptian Magic combines gameplay and imagery from Bragg’s popular slot title Egyptian Magic with the Lady Luck Casino brand owned by Caesars Entertainment.

Set [...]

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Play’n GO debuts in West Virginia with BetMGM

Casino games provider Play’n GO has gone live in its fourth US state after launching slots with BetMGM in West Virginia.

BetMGM players in the Mountain State gain access to Play’n GO slot titles such as Book of Dead, Reactoonz, Boat Bonanza and Gerard’s Gambit. 

West Virginia becomes the fourth US iGaming [...]

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Vermont, Burlington

Vermont sees interest from five sportsbook operators

Five sportsbook operators have applied for the six online sports betting licenses available in Vermont.

Vermont’s sports betting legislation was signed into law in June by Governor Phil Scott, giving the Department of Liquor and Lottery the authority to award licenses to a minimum of two and maximum of six online [...]

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Maryland

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 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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