European lottery and gaming operator SAZKA Group has reported a 30 per cent increase in consolidated gross gaming revenue (GGR) to €526.3m for the first quarter of 2021, buoyed by continued strong growth online and its investments in Casinos Austria and Stoiximan.
Excluding results from Casinos Austria and Stoiximan, GGR fell [...]
iGaming platform provider EveryMatrix has strengthened its position in Latin America with a new partnership to power the online launch of Mexican casino operator Group Foliatti.
The new Foliatti Casino iGaming offering will be powered by EveryMatrix's turnkey platform, providing casino integration, a fully managed sportsbook, cross-product bonus system and player [...]
The Washington State Gambling Commission has approved sports betting compact amendments with 15 federally recognized Tribes, as well as licensing fees and draft rules to govern the activity.
The draft rules establish three classes of sports wagering vendor licenses – major, mid-level and ancillary - with major licenses required for vendors [...]
Stockholm-listed supplier Aspire Global has agreed a deal to power the launch of Stake.com's online betting and gaming site in the United Kingdom.
Aspire will provide its full proprietary solution to Stake, including platform, sportsbook, games, game aggregator and managed services.
“When we planned our expansion to the regulated UK market, we [...]
Iowa’s regulated sports betting market generated total wagers of $114.9m in May, with Diamond Jo Dubuque maintaining its market leadership position for the third consecutive month.
Total wagers were up significantly compared to the previous year’s Covid-impacted handle of $7.0m, but fell 3 per cent compared to the previous month’s total.
Online [...]
Indiana’s licensed sportsbook operators booked total wagers of $254.4m in May, benefiting from the first contributions from newly launched online operators Betway, Barstool Sports and WynnBET.
Total sports wagers from the state’s 11 operational casinos were up 8 per cent compared to the previous month, with online sports betting contributing $228.4m [...]
US sports betting operator BetMGM has expanded its mobile offering into Washington DC through its existing partnership with MLB’s Washington Nationals.
BetMGM’s mobile sports betting app can now be used to place bets inside and within the vicinity of the Nationals Park stadium, with a retail BetMGM Sportsbook connected to Nationals [...]
Stockholm-listed gaming operator Kindred Group has partnered the European Association for the Study of Gambling (EASG) to promote a new app that can help identify early signs of gambling addiction.
The Bettor Time app has been developed by Zafty Intelligence using proprietary machine learning software to identify unique changes in user [...]
Stockholm-listed gaming operator Betsson has agreed a B2B supply deal with Masterpiece Gaming in Germany.
Betsson will provide its in-house developed sportsbook and technology (Techsson), as well as customer support, odds, risk management and its payment platform to the operator under a multi-year agreement.
Masterpiece Gaming is a subsidiary of German media [...]
Illinois’ regulated sports betting market generated total wagers of $537.2m during the month of April.
April wagers at the state’s nine operational sportsbooks were down 15 per cent compared to the previous month’s record $633.6m, with online wagers accounting for $513.2m and retail contributing $23.9m.
A total of $513.9m was wagered on [...]
Sydney-listed sportsbook operator PointsBet Holdings has secured a deal to enter Maryland’s newly regulated sports betting market in partnership with The Riverboat on-the-Potomac.
The initial ten-year agreement with the Charles County-based horseracing satellite simulcast facility will see PointsBet provide online and retail sports betting in the state, subject to the receipt [...]
Betting exchange operator Smarkets has secured a minority investment from private equity firm Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE) to accelerate its US expansion.
The Series B funding from Pennsylvania-based SGE will allow Smarkets to accelerate its rollout in the United States, where it is already live in Colorado with its SBK sportsbook [...]