Spain’s regulated online betting and gaming market continued to grow during the second quarter of 2021 as total gross gaming revenue (GGR) reached €216.0m.
Total GGR was up 3 per cent compared to the same period last year, but fell by 10 per cent compared to the previous quarter’s €240.0m.
Online casino [...]
The Entain Foundation is supporting a pioneering betting and gaming research initiative by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).
The research initiative will combine scientific research with operational expertise to apply best practice in responsible gambling, policy and health.
“For the first time in this field, this initiative brings vital academic [...]
New York-listed online betting and iGaming operator Rush Street Interactive (RSI) has been named as the exclusive official sports betting partner of Florida’s Magic City Jai-Alai.
The agreement provides RSI’s BetRivers brand with exclusive rights to to use Magic City Jai-Alai's official league data and streaming feeds for bettors to watch [...]
Malta-based CRM solutions provider Fast Track has joined forces with Lovelace Consultancy to develop a new Gameplay Risk Engine for the iGaming market.
The two companies have established a new joint venture, Greco, which combines Lovelace’s expertise in bonus abuse and multi-accounting with Fast Track’s real-time engagement platform.
The Gameplay Risk Engine [...]
The government of Norway is seeking European Commission approval for its plan to use DNS blocking against unlicensed online gambling websites.
The proposal would allow the Norwegian Gaming Authority to order internet service providers to implement DNS-blocking of websites that target the state-controlled Norwegian gambling market without authorisation.
The Gaming Authority would [...]
Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) is increasing the fines applicable to illegal gambling operators who continue to target the Netherlands iGaming market.
The higher penalties accompany the opening of the re-regulated Netherlands iGaming market on 1 October and are designed to protect players and licensed operators from those operating outside the [...]
New York-listed gaming operator Rush Street Interactive has appointed Tammi Barlow as director of corporate social responsibility.
Barlow brings over a decade of experience building and managing responsible gaming and corporate social responsibility programs in the gaming industry, most recently at Caesars Entertainment following its acquisition of William Hill.
She also served [...]
Sydney-listed online gaming and betting operator PointsBet has appointed Jeff Gamble as its new vice president of creative.
Gamble boasts nearly two decades of experience leading content and creative teams in the sports and entertainment industry, most recently serving as vice president of creative and content for the Brooklyn Nets and [...]
The board of Entain has said it will consider DraftKings’ $22bn offer to acquire the business, while also highlighting the strength of its existing business and US joint venture with BetMGM.
The board of directors said they would carefully consider the £28 per share offer from DraftKings, having rejected a £25 [...]
London-listed betting and gaming operator Entain has confirmed that it has received a proposal from DraftKings to acquire the business.
In response to recent media speculation that DraftKings had made an offer of more than $20bn for its business, Entain’s board said only that the consideration would include a combination of [...]
Genius Sports has secured a new official data and trading partnership with New York-listed operator Golden Nugget Online Gaming.
Genius Sports will provide GNOG with its LiveData and LiveTrading solutions, delivering official data feeds and pin-point pricing across thousands of sporting events per year.
The partnership includes Genius Sports’ portfolio of exclusive [...]
New York-based sports gaming app developer Boom Entertainment has raised $15m in funding to enable the supplier to expand into the real-money sports betting and iGaming sectors.
The Series A funding was led by Sands Capital, alongside a whole host of investors including New York-listed operators Golden Nugget Online Gaming and [...]