France’s fifteen licensed online betting and gaming operators enjoyed a strong performance during the first quarter of 2021 as total gross gaming revenue increased by 35 per cent to €587m.
After a record year in 2020, the Q1 revenue growth was driven by record stakes from sports and horse race betting, [...]
Licensed online sports betting and gaming operators have a new player safety tool at their disposal following the launch of BetProtect.
Launched by former gambling addict David Bradford and his son Adam, BetProtect is powered by Gibraltar-based player protection specialist Crucial Compliance and supports the industry’s drive for increased player protection [...]
Oregon’s regulated sports betting market saw total handle grow by 10 per cent compared to the previous month to $27.8m in May.
Basketball again dominated the Oregon Lottery’s DraftKings-powered Scoreboard online sports betting operation with wagers of $16.2m during the month, ahead of baseball’s $4.6m, soccer’s $2.4m and ice hockey’s $1.5m.
Oregon [...]
Malta-based operator ComeOn is aiming to grow its presence in North America as an official sports betting and online casino partner of the Canadian Premier League (CPL).
The multi-year sponsorship deal will see the operator’s logo feature on the club shirt of one of the CPL's teams during the 2021 season, [...]
Stockholm-listed operator Kindred Group has extended its sponsorship of English Football League Championship side Middlesbrough FC.
Having first sponsored the club in 2018, the new club record deal will see 32Red’s logo continue to feature on the club’s first team shirts for the next three seasons, with Kindred’s Unibet brand to [...]
Newly promoted English Premier League football club Norwich City has unveiled Asian betting operator BK8 Sports as its new shirt sponsor for the upcoming 2021-22 season.
BK8 Sports replaces Dafabet as the club’s principal partner, with the operator’s logo to feature on the front of City’s first team match and training kits [...]
New York-listed racing and gaming operator Penn National Gaming has expanded its board of directors with the appointment of marketing specialist Vimla Black-Gupta.
Black-Gupta is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of marketing experience in luxury goods, global beauty and wellness.
She currently serves as chief marketing officer (CMO) and [...]
Former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland footballer Jason McAteer has joined Malta-based operator LV BET as a brand ambassador for the UK and Ireland.
McAteer, who has been capped by Ireland 52 times and appeared in two World Cups, will provide insight and match previews during the upcoming UEFA Euro 2020 [...]
West Virginia’s regulated sports betting and iGaming market generated total wagers of $163.7m in May 2021, with The Greenbrier taking over as the state’s new market leader.
Sports betting and iGaming wagers at the state’s five casinos for the four-week period ending 29 May were down by 10 per cent compared [...]
New York-listed casino and sportsbook operator Bally's Corporation has completed its acquisition of Caesars Entertainment’s Tropicana Evansville casino in Indiana.
Following an initial agreement last October, the $140m acquisition expands Bally’s retail and online presence into an eleventh US state.
Bally's has also acquired the unencumbered rights to the Evansville operations' sports [...]
US sports betting and iGaming operator BetMGM has partnered with The Hockey News to become the exclusive sports betting partner of the Roustan Media-owned North American ice hockey publication.
The multi-year deal will give ice hockey fans unique insights into the game, and gives The Hockey News access to BetMGM's [...]
The latest data from Britain’s Gambling Commission shows that gross gambling yield (GGY) from the online gambling sector rose by 3 per cent sequentially to more than £560m in April 2021.
The data from the biggest operators representing 80 per cent of the market shows a 4 per cent rise in [...]