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BetMGM on course to hit $2 billion in full year revenue

North American sports betting and gaming operator BetMGM remains on track to deliver full year net revenue at the upper end of its guidance range as revenue reached $944 million during the first half of 2023.

Compared to the same period last year, BetMGM’s net revenue is expected to increase by [...]

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Fanatics partners NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets for Ohio retail sportsbook

Fanatics Betting and Gaming has unveiled plans to open a new retail sportsbook in Ohio through a partnership with the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets.

Scheduled to open its doors at the end of August, Fanatics Sportsbook Columbus will be located adjacent to Nationwide Arena, the multi-purpose arena that serves as the [...]

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Bragg Gaming agrees new global distribution deal with 888

Toronto-listed casino games provider Bragg Gaming has entered into a new global distribution deal with 888 Holdings.

The new agreement further strengthens an existing partnership between the two companies, and will see Bragg's content rolled out with William Hill in the UK, Mr Green in Italy, Sweden and Denmark, and 888casino [...]

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Century Casinos completes acquisition of Rocky Gap Casino in Maryland

New York-listed casino operator Century Casinos has completed the acquisition of Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Maryland from Golden Entertainment for $56.1 million.

Simultaneous with the closing of the transaction, which was initially agreed nearly a year ago, an affiliate of VICI Properties has acquired a related interest in the land [...]

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Massachusetts sportsbooks fined over prohibited collegiate team wagers

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has issued fines to all three of the state’s casinos for offering sports bets on an unauthorized event involving a Massachusetts collegiate team.

All three of the casinos’ retail sportsbooks were found to have offered wagering on an unauthorized event involving a Massachusetts collegiate team not [...]

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Washington DC sports wagers surpass $90 million in H1

Washington DC’s sports wagers were $90.6 million in H1 2023, after June recorded a 19 per cent fall in handle to $11.2 million.

The state lottery’s GambetDC brand was the market leader during the month with 49 per cent of wagers at $5.4 million, which was a 45 per cent improvement [...]

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Mississippi sports betting down 19% in June

Sports betting in Mississippi dropped by 19 per cent to $20.4 million in June, setting the lowest monthly total of the year so far.

Baseball was the largest sport by wagers with $9.3 million, followed by parlay bets with wagers of $4.4 million and basketball bets of $3.9 million.

Mississippi’s adjusted betting [...]

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Oklahoma AG steps into long-running dispute over sports betting

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has stepped in to represent the state in the long-running legal dispute over gaming compacts signed by Governor Kevin Stitt.

Governor Stitt first agreed gaming compacts with the Comanche Nation and the Otoe-Missouria Nation in April 2020, authorizing them to offer sports betting and house-banked card [...]

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Kindred office Stockholm

Kindred Group delivers strong second quarter as revenue hits £307.3 million

Kindred Group has reported a 29 per cent increase in revenue to £307.3 million for the second quarter of 2023, buoyed by strong growth in its core markets.

Gross winnings revenue from Kindred’s B2C business grew by 28 per cent to £298.3 million, while B2B revenue from Relax Gaming increased by [...]

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire sports handle falls 27% in June

Sports handle in New Hampshire fell by 27 per cent to $39.3 million in June, with declines in both the state’s retail and mobile betting sectors.

Mobile betting in New Hampshire dropped by 16 per cent to $34.8 million in June and retail betting was down 62 per cent to $4.5 [...]

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Tennessee sports wagers near $2 billion in H1

Sports wagers in Tennessee grew by 7 per cent to $1.96 billion in the first half of 2023, after June handle reached $230.3 million.

June’s handle was 7 per cent higher than a year ago and the monthly margin of 11.1 per cent (2022: 7.3 per cent) gave gross win of [...]

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FanDuel sportsbook

FanDuel brings in Alison Kutler to lead responsible gaming strategy

Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel Group has appointed Alison Kutler as the company's new vice president of sustainability and responsible gaming.

Kutler will be responsible for accelerating FanDuel's responsible gaming (RG) and sustainability strategy, including a continued emphasis on building a best-in-class customer protection framework across its sportsbook, casino, racing, daily fantasy sports [...]

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