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PlayStar partners GF Gaming for Colorado market access

Online casino operator PlayStar has secured a new market access deal to enter Colorado.

Similar to last week's agreement in Indiana, PlayStar is preparing for the future by joining forces with local operator GF Gaming, which owns the Famous Bonanza and Easy Street Casinos in Central City.

Colorado is yet to regulate [...]

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PENN Entertainment to relocate Illinois riverboat casinos to land

PENN Entertainment has confirmed plans to relocate two riverboat casinos in Illinois to new land-based facilities, and to build new hotels at two of its best-performing properties in Ohio and Nevada.

The four new growth projects cover the relocations of Hollywood Casinos in Aurora and Joliet, which will include a Barstool [...]

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Aristocrat Gaming appoints first chief innovation officer

Aristocrat Gaming has appointed veteran game designer Joe Kaminkow to the newly created role of chief innovation officer.

The appointment extends Kaminkow's long association with Aristocrat Gaming, dating back to his initial appointment as senior vice president of game development in 2013.

In his new role, Kaminkow will help drive innovation across [...]

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iGaming drives West Virginia growth as sportsbook wagers dip in September

West Virginia’s sports betting and iGaming market continued to grow in September as combined wagers climbed 27 per cent year-on-year to $329.1m.

The four-week period ended 1 October saw iGaming wagers increase by 43 per cent versus a year ago to $282.2m, offsetting a 24 per cent drop in sports wagers [...]

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BetMGM

BetMGM set sights on Ohio with Cincinnati Reds partnership

BetMGM is entering Ohio’s soon-to-regulate sports betting market through a new multi-year agreement with Major League Baseball’s Cincinnati Reds.

BetMGM will serve as an official sports betting partner of the Cincinnati Reds and open a retail sportsbook at Great American Ball Park.

The BetMGM Sportsbook will be in the space currently serving [...]

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GeoComply debuts chargeback solution in New Jersey

GeoComply is rolling out its new chargeback solution with Resorts Digital Gaming in New Jersey.

GeoComply Chargeback Integrator (GCI) aims to combat fraudulent credit card chargebacks by pinpointing exactly which device placed a bet and from where.

The company believes that this will help operators boost their chargeback dispute success rates by [...]

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MGM Resorts

MGM Resorts names Gary Fritz as president of Interactive

New York-listed casino and sportsbook operator MGM Resorts International has appointed Gary Fritz as president of MGM Resorts Interactive.

Fritz will oversee and advance MGM Resorts' diversification strategy by expanding the company's digital platforms organically and through acquisitions, including driving growth and innovation through the BetMGM sports betting and iGaming joint [...]

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Football

Genius Sports and Sportradar settle UK football data dispute

New York-listed sports data provider Genius Sports has resolved its dispute with rival Sportradar over UK football betting data rights.

Sportradar had initiated legal proceedings against Genius Sports’ Betgenius subsidiary and the Football DataCo (FDC) in 2020, claiming that their exclusive arrangements for UK football betting data rights were in breach [...]

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Future Anthem brings in Matt Nichols as Americas GM

London-based AI and game data specialist Future Anthem has appointed Matt Nichols to the newly created position of general manager of the Americas.

Nichols will be responsible for leading Future Anthem’s business and building an on-the-ground team in the Americas and joins from Churchill Downs Incorporated, where he served as senior [...]

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Continent 8 names Brian Koh as chief commercial officer

Continent 8 Technologies has appointed Brian Koh as chief commercial officer as the company looks to expand in key international markets.

Koh brings more than 20 years’ experience to the role from global technology firms including Syntax, IT Convergence and Core Services.

Based in New York, he will be tasked with continuing [...]

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Pragmatic Solutions adds Sportradar sportsbook to iGaming platform

iGaming technology provider Pragmatic Solutions has agreed a deal to integrate Sportradar’s sportsbook and managed trading services with its Player Account Management (PAM) platform.

By combining technologies, Pragmatic Solutions and Sportradar say that the new proposition offers a simple set-up process that benefits from an existing pre-integration to the PAM platform, [...]

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New York mobile sportsbooks return to growth in September

New York’s licensed online sports betting operators collected more than $1bn in wagers for the first time in three months in September.

Total wagers from the state’s nine online sportsbooks climbed 44 per cent compared to the previous month to $1.26bn in September, with Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel continuing to lead the [...]

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