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Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment agrees betting and gaming partnerships

Ontario-based Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) has agreed online gaming and betting partnerships with international operators in the newly regulated market.

Flutter Entertainment’s FanDuel brand and Australia’s PointsBet have been designated as official sports betting partners of MLSE-owned sports teams the Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL), Toronto Marlies (AHL), Toronto Raptors [...]

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Illinois

Illinois sports wagers climb 33% to $679.4m in February

Illinois’ licensed online and retail sportsbook operators maintained their strong start to the year as total wagers increased by 33 per cent year-on-year to $679.4m in February 2022.

Total sports wagers at the state’s nine licensed casinos were 22 per cent lower than the market’s previous record high set last month, [...]

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Ice Hockey

NHL names two new North American sports betting partners

The National Hockey League (NHL) has agreed multiyear partnerships with FanDuel and BetMGM for the North American market. 

FanDuel and BetMGM will serve as the first North American sports betting partners of the NHL as they expand their rights into Canada, giving them access to official NHL branding for marketing in [...]

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Intralot

Americas drives 2021 revenue growth for Intralot

Athens-listed lottery and gaming solutions provider Intralot has reported a 20 per cent increase in group revenue to €414.0m for the full 2021 year.

The year-on-year revenue growth was driven by a 33 per cent increase in Intralot’s Licensed Operations (B2C) to €133.1m, attributable to growth in Malta and Argentina, while [...]

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Score Media and Gaming

Toronto Blue Jays and theScore Bet announce 10-year partnership

Online betting and gaming operator theScore Bet has entered into a 10-year partnership with Major League Baseball team the Toronto Blue Jays to serve as their Official Gaming Partner. 

The agreement marks the Blue Jays’ first gaming partnership and theScore Bet’s first professional team sponsorship, with the collaboration between the two [...]

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GAN

GAN partners Chalkline to launch freeplay sports

New York-listed iGaming operator and supplier GAN has launched a new free-to-play sports betting solution in North America through a partnership with Chalkline Sports. 

Available to all existing GAN clients, the turnkey Chalkline BettorGames platform delivers freeplay games around sporting events to drive player engagement and reduce acquisition costs.

“The addition of [...]

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Entain

Retail recovery boosts Entain as online revenue falls 8% in first quarter

London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain has reported a 31 per cent increase in group net gaming revenue (NGR) for the first quarter of 2022, despite posting an 8 per cent fall in Online NGR.

Entain said that results were in line with expectations, with the strong start to the year [...]

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Sportradar

Sportradar launches new integrity initiative with bookmakers

New York-listed sports data and technology provider Sportradar is strengthening its integrity services with the launch of a new Integrity Exchange for bookmakers.

The Integrity Exchange allows bookmakers to play an active role in the fight against match-fixing by providing a two-way channel to raise integrity-related concerns with a team of [...]

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William Hill

888 shares surge on revised acquisition agreement with Caesars

Shares in 888 Holdings jumped by close to 30 per cent in London Thursday morning after the company announced that it has renegotiated the terms of its proposed acquisition of William Hill’s non-US business from Caesars.

888 has agreed to pay a cash consideration of £584.9m to acquire the business, down [...]

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Elys Game Technology

Elys Game Technology to develop new sportsbook for Lottomatica

New York-listed sports betting solutions provider Elys Game Technology has entered into an agreement to develop a new sportsbook platform for Gamenet-owned Lottomatica.

The agreement will see Elys license a customised sportsbook platform to Lottomatica for its B2C activities, with a main focus on the North American market.

“We are very pleased [...]

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Caesars Entertainment

Caesars Sportsbook named official sports betting partner of the New York Mets

Caesars Entertainment has agreed a multi-year partnership with Major League Baseball club the New York Mets. 

Caesars Sportsbook will serve as the official sports betting partner of the Mets and will open a new sportsbook lounge at Citi Field named Caesars Sportsbook at the Metro Grille.

"New York is a key state for us following [...]

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Kambi

Kambi appoints Cecilia Wachtmeister as chief commercial officer

Stockholm-listed sports betting supplier Kambi has promoted Cecilia Wachtmeister to chief commercial officer.

Wachtmeister has served as executive vice president of business and group functions at Kambi since 2019, having served on the company's board of directors from 2017 to 2019.

Wachtmeister will lead the commercial team and oversee Sarah Robertson in [...]

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