Sports betting operator Betfred has been named as the principal partner of the England Men’s, Women’s and Wheelchair Rugby League teams in a two-year deal that includes this autumn’s Rugby League World Cup.
The partnership will kick off with the Mid-Season Internationals this weekend – when England’s Men face the Combined [...]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former employee of Penn National Gaming’s iGaming arm with insider trading.
David Roda, a former software engineer at Penn Interactive Ventures, has been charged in connection with Penn National’s $2bn acquisition of Toronto-based Score Media and Gaming last year.
Filed in federal district [...]
Sports betting platform provider OpenBet has expanded its presence in Arizona with the launch of its retail sports betting solution across Casino Arizona’s two venues in the state.
The new retail sportsbooks have launched at Casino Arizona in Scottsdale and its sister property Talking Stick Resort, which are operated by the [...]
Maryland’s regulated sports betting market has generated total handle of $155.6m in the first six months of operations.
The state’s five licensed retail sports betting operators collected total wagers of $23.1m in May, bringing the total since the opening of the market last December to $155.6m.
As in previous months, nearly half [...]
The Government of India has launched a crackdown on online gambling advertising across print and digital media.
The crackdown is in response to the proliferation of advertising for online betting and gaming targeting Indian citizens, in breach of legislation which prohibits gambling across most of the country.
The Indian government had previously [...]
Mississippi’s licensed sportsbook operators posted a 19 per cent drop in total handle to $29.2m in May 2022.
After returning to growth in April, the state’s 26 licensed casinos saw sportsbook wagers decline again in May, with Basketball wagers down 36 per cent year-on-year at $9.6m.
Baseball wagers rose by 18 per [...]
Denmark’s regulated betting and gaming market grew revenue by 15 per cent in April 2022 as the land-based sector returned to growth.
Total gross gaming revenue (GGR) from the land-based and online sectors increased by 15 per cent year-on-year to DKK609m (€81.8m) in April, despite declines from the sports betting and [...]
Sports betting operator PointsBet is looking to grow its player base in Canada through a partnership with ClubLink, Canada's largest golf club operator.
The multi-year partnership designates PointsBet Canada as the official sports betting partner of ClubLink, which hosts over 1,000,000 rounds of golf annually at its clubs in Ontario.
“We are delighted to be [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain is set to acquire a leading position in the Netherlands with the acquisition of locally licensed operator BetEnt.
BetEnt operates the BetCity.nl brand in the Netherlands under a licence issued in October 2021 when the regulated Dutch iGaming market opened, with the operator claiming a [...]
Denmark’s state-owned gaming operator Danske Spil has posted a marginal increase in gross gaming revenue to DKK1.12bn (€150.4m) for the first quarter of 2022, despite a decline in sports betting and online casino.
Gross gaming revenue (GGR) from the company’s core Danske Lotteri Spil division fell by 3 per cent versus [...]
Indiana’s regulated retail and online sports betting market grew by 21 per cent in May 2022 as total handle reached $308.4m.
The state’s 12 licensed casinos benefited from a 25 per cent year-on-year increase in online sports wagers to $284.9m in May, offsetting a 10 per cent drop in retail sports [...]
Iowa’s regulated retail and online sports betting market saw total wagers increase by 29 per cent to $147.9m in May 2022.
The year-on-year growth was driven by a 34 per cent increase in online sports wagers to $134.3m, which offset a 9 per cent drop in retail wagers to $13.6m.
Iowa Sports [...]