Flutter Entertainment’s Paddy Power brand has been named as the main title sponsor of the PDC World Darts Championship.
The new three-year deal sees Paddy Power replace Cazoo as the sponsor of the tournament, which takes place at London’s Alexandra Palace between 15 December and 3 January 2024.
Previous sponsors of the [...]
The UK data regulator has confirmed its support for a proposal to share information between the financial sector and licensed gambling operators.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has written to industry body UK Finance to confirm that data protection law does not stop gambling companies from conducting financial risk checks on [...]
Crab Sports has become the eleventh mobile sports betting operator to go live in Maryland through a partnership with Gaming Innovation Group’s iGaming Cloud.
The launch follows licence approval from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission (MLGCC), and Crab Sports successful completion of a controlled demonstration of its online sports [...]
Flutter Entertainment’s FanDuel has extended its multi-year partnership with the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).
The agreement sees FanDuel continue as an authorised gaming operator for the WTA Tour in North, South and Central America, providing the operator with access to the WTA’s trademarks and scoring data through official data supplier Stats [...]
West Virginia’s sports betting and iGaming market generated total wagers of $4.55 billion for the fiscal year ended 30 June, with iGaming wagers surpassing $4.0 billion.
Licensed operators in the Mountain State enjoyed a strong finish to the fiscal year as wagers were up 32 per cent year-on-year at $301.6 million [...]
Sports betting in Oregon climbed by 29 per cent to $43.9 million in June, and took total wagers for the first half of 2023 to $312.4 million.
In June, baseball was the largest sport by wagers at $18.1 million, 41 per cent of the total. Other sports accounted for 29 per [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has issued online bookmaker Star Racing with a £594,000 penalty for anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures.
The operator, which trades as Star Sports, has also been given an official warning and had conditions added to its licence for failings that occurred between March 2020 and May 2021.
Anti-money [...]
Poland’s STS has reported a 26 per cent increase in net gaming revenue from continuing operations in the second quarter of 2023, as the company prepares to begin a new era under the ownership of Entain.
The Polish bookmaker saw turnover in Q2 climb 3 per cent year-on-year to PLN 1.103 [...]
Online betting and gaming operator Betclic has been named as the official title sponsor of Portugal’s top-flight football league, Liga Portugal.
In a deal brokered by IMG, the multi-year deal runs through 2027 and will see the league renamed as Liga Portugal Betclic.
As well as naming and branding rights, the agreement [...]
Maryland's licensed operators reported sports wagers of $2.07 billion in the first half of 2023, after June’s handle reached $254.5 million.
Mobile betting in Maryland in June was $243.8 million and retail betting was $10.7 million.
FanDuel and DraftKings dominated Maryland’s mobile betting sector, with 45 per cent and 37 per cent [...]
Iowa’s sports handle dropped by 6 per cent to $115.6 million in June, and was the state’s lowest monthly total since last July.
Internet betting in Iowa was $105.7 million in June, down by 6 per cent, whilst retail betting was also 6 per cent lower at $9.9 million.
It was the [...]
London-listed online betting and gaming affiliate XLMedia has agreed to sell three of its European iGaming domains and associated websites for an upfront cash consideration of $4.0 million.
The company has sold the Casino.se, Casino.gr and Casino.pt domains to Beach Services, with the website assets having generated revenue of $840,000 in the year to [...]