Rush Street Gaming has entered its fourth US gaming market after officially opening the doors on its new Rivers Casino Portsmouth venue, the second casino to begin operations in Virginia.
Representatives from Rivers Casino Portsmouth, Rush Street Gaming and the City of Portsmouth cut the ceremonial ribbon at the casino’s grand [...]
Leading Swedish gaming operators ATG, Kindred Group and Svenska Spel have published figures regarding their responsible gambling interactions with customers in Sweden.
Kindred Group’s figures show that 0.5 per cent of customers were contacted as a result of suspected problem gambling in the final six months of 2022 and demonstrate the [...]
Michigan’s commercial and tribal online sports betting and gaming operators reported a combined $1.98bn in total gross receipts in 2022, with gross receipts in December surpassing $200m.
Full year gross receipts rose 41 per cent compared with $1.4bn in the previous year, with online casino gross receipts increasing 42 per cent [...]
Total sports betting handle in New Hampshire reached $891.7m in 2022, after handle in December climbed by 5 per cent to $90.9m.
The final three months of the year all posted handle above $90m, and helped annual handle grow by 27 per cent over 2021.
In December, it was the retail sector [...]
Mississippi reported its highest monthly sports betting handle of 2022 in December at $74.4m, driven by an 87 per cent increase in wagering on basketball.
Basketball bets amounted to $28.9m in December, and accounted for 39 per cent of monthly handle, while American football betting wagers rose by 33 per cent [...]
Fanatics Betting and Gaming has marked its entry into the legal US sports betting market with the official launch of its new retail sportsbook in Maryland.
The Fanatics Sportsbook at FedExField is the first retail sportsbook to be opened inside an NFL stadium and follows a partnership with the Washington Commanders [...]
Nevada’s land-based casinos recovered strongly from the pandemic downturn and generated net income of $4.13bn in the fiscal year to 30 June 2022, according to the latest Nevada Gaming Abstract released by the state’s Gaming Control Board.
The Nevada Gaming Abstract brings together the financial information for gaming licensees which have [...]
Louisiana’s first year of legalised online sports betting saw licensed operators collect total handle of $1.96bn in 2022, with December wagers amounting to $218.7m.
Retail sports wagering for the month fell by 10 per cent year-on-year to $35.6m, bringing the total for the year to $343.0m. Alongside online wagers of $1.96bn, [...]
Lawmakers in Hawaii have once again introduced legislation to legalize sports betting.
The latest bill to attempt to legalize the activity in Hawaii was introduced on January 20 by Democratic Senators Keith-Agaran, McKelvey, and Buenaventura.
It would allow the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to regulate online sports betting and [...]
Sports betting handle in Arkansas reached $185m in 2022, driven by a four-fold increase in December wagering to a new monthly record of $30.9m.
Mobile sports betting was launched in Arkansas in March 2022 and quickly overtook the retail sector in wagering handle.
In December, mobile sports betting handle was $25.2m, [...]
Canada’s British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has appointed Mark Goldberg as chief information officer and vice president of business technology.
Goldberg begins his new role today (Jan. 23) leading technology strategies that support BCLC’s lottery, casino, sports betting and corporate operations.
He brings more than 20 years of experience in information technology [...]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has named experienced gambling industry executive Conor Grant as its new incoming chairman.
Grant will initially join RMG as a non-executive director on 1 April before succeeding Roger Lewis as chairman on 1 October.
Grant is an enthusiastic racehorse owner and brings 24 years of experience from the [...]