Entain is re-defining horse racing for racegoers with the launch of a new 360° Virtual Reality (VR) experience created in partnership with JockeyCam.
Spearheaded by Entain’s UK brand Coral, the VR experience will provide the opportunity for punters to take the reins, go head-to-head with other virtual riders, and experience the [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain has reported a 31 per cent increase in group net gaming revenue (NGR) for the first quarter of 2022, despite posting an 8 per cent fall in Online NGR.
Entain said that results were in line with expectations, with the strong start to the year [...]
Shares in 888 Holdings jumped by close to 30 per cent in London Thursday morning after the company announced that it has renegotiated the terms of its proposed acquisition of William Hill’s non-US business from Caesars.
888 has agreed to pay a cash consideration of £584.9m to acquire the business, down [...]
New York-listed gaming supplier Inspired Entertainment has agreed a deal to produce the Virtual Grand National race and Virtual Grand National Race of Champions for a sixth consecutive year.
The agreement with the UK Jockey Club will see Inspired produce the two virtual races in conjunction with Carm Productions for broadcast nationally [...]
French betting and gaming operator PMU has entered Senegal for the first time through a partnership with the Senegalese National Lottery (Lonase) and betting software provider Honoré Gaming.
PMU has joined forces with Lonase to allow horse racing customers to bet on the same horse races and with the same payouts [...]
London-listed betting operator Webis has secured its presence in California through to May 2030.
Webis’ US subsidiary WatchandWager received formal approval Friday (March 25) from the Board of the California Exposition and State Fair in Sacramento to extend its operating lease on the Cal Expo harness racetrack through to 2030.
This approval [...]
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has signed a bill to prohibit the Oregon Racing Commission from granting any license for greyhound race meets after July 1, 2022.
The bill signed Thursday is a watered-down version of a bill that would have criminalised betting on greyhound races as a Class A misdemeanour, regardless [...]
Sports betting platform provider OpenBet processed half a billion sports betting transactions during last week’s Cheltenham Festival.
The four-day festival is one of the biggest horse racing-based meetings in the National Hunt racing calendar in the UK, with Rachel Blackmore riding into the history books after becoming the first female jockey [...]
Entain-backed sports data provider Racing and Sports (RAS) Technology Holdings has expanded its partnership with Tabcorp’s Sky Racing World to include the United States.
The partnership combines RAS’ digital automation and form data with Sky Racing’s portfolio of international racing rights, which are distributed to all major US wagering operators.
This includes [...]
London-listed gaming technology supplier Playtech has partnered with Betfred to launch a horse racing-themed Bingo variant, Giddy Up Bingo.
Giddy Up Bingo gives players the option to pick one of four horses – each representing a different ticket price – with proportionally increasing prizes depending on the stake. Within the game, [...]
Pennsylvania’s licensed casinos saw total revenue from all forms of betting and gaming increase to $375.7m in February 2022, despite incurring a loss from sports betting during the month.
Total gaming revenue increased by 24 per cent year-on-year in February, buoyed by continued growth in the land-based sector, where retail slots [...]
Lawmakers in Kansas have introduced legislation to authorise and regulate sports betting, historical horse racing machines, and internet sales of lottery games.
With last year’s effort failing to pass the House after securing Senate approval, the House Committee on Federal and State Affairs introduced a new bill Wednesday to authorise sports [...]