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Kansas sports betting drops below $80 million in July

Sports betting in Kansas dropped to $79.7 million in July, during the quiet summer sports schedule.

July’s total was Kansas’s lowest since launch in September 2022, with online wagering totalling $77.5 million and $2.2 million from retail.

DraftKings was the state’s market leader with handle of $35.3 million, a share of 44 [...]

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Basketball

Fox Bet fined in New Jersey for bets on college sports

Flutter Entertainment subsidiary TSG Interactive US Services has been fined for offering prohibited bets on New Jersey college sports through the Fox Bet brand.

Fox Bet was previously warned for offering bets on college games involving a New Jersey team in 2021 but has since notified the New Jersey Division of [...]

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Arizona sports wagers grow to $393 million in June

Sports wagers in Arizona grew by 23 per cent to $393.2 million in June and took total wagers in the first half of 2023 to $3.2 billion.

Mobile betting accounted for almost all of Arizona’s June wagers at $390.3 million, with just $2.9 million from retail betting.

FanDuel and DraftKings accounted for [...]

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Fanatics opens second retail sportsbook in Ohio

Fanatics Betting and Gaming has opened a new retail sportsbook in Ohio through its partnership with Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Cleveland Guardians.

The Fanatics Sportsbook at Progressive Field is located outside the Right Field District Gate and features two betting windows, four self-service betting kiosks and seven TV monitors.

The opening marks [...]

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GamCare appoints D’Arcy Myers as interim CEO

Britain’s leading problem gambling support organisation GamCare has appointed D’Arcy Myers as interim CEO.

Myers is a highly experienced independent charity consultant with expertise in strategic development and change processes in not-for-profit organisations.

A charity CEO for twelve years, he has successfully led a number of charities through periods of change including [...]

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South Korea gambling sector recovers strongly in 2022

South Korea’s gambling revenue jumped by 45 per cent to KRW9.61 trillion (€6.6 billion) in 2022, as the country’s gambling sector recovered from the pandemic restrictions of the previous years.

The lottery sector in South Korea was least disrupted by the pandemic and revenue continued to grow in both 2020 and [...]

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania gambling revenue rises to $467 million in July

Pennsylvania’s gambling revenue rose by 9 per cent to $467.0 million in July, with strong contributions from both iGaming and sports betting.

iGaming revenue in Pennsylvania grew by 35 per cent in July to $132.9 million, made up of $94.9 million from online slots, $35.4 million from table gaming and $2.6 [...]

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PAGCOR initiates legal action over €33 million of unpaid license fees

State-owned gaming regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has confirmed that it is taking legal action against 33 of its offshore gaming licensees.

PAGCOR said that the operators were given licenses during the previous administration, but have not paid license fees for over a year, in violation of Section 4.C [...]

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Mississippi sports betting falls below $18 million in July

Sports betting in Mississippi fell by 3 per cent to $17.7 million in July, making it the lowest monthly total in three years.

Baseball betting accounted for $9.6 million of July’s wagers and was down by 5 per cent year-on-year.

Parlay bets were 4 per cent lower at $4.1 million and wagers [...]

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BlueBet

BlueBet faces six-figure fine for betting billboards in Victoria

Australian betting operator BlueBet faces a fine of close to AUD$1 million for alleged unlawful advertising.

The fine relates to a billboard advertisement that was displayed between 29 August 2022 and 11 September 2022 in the Australian state of Victoria, and follows a complaint from a member of the public.

“All wagering [...]

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BetStop gambling exclusion system goes live in Australia

Australia’s national gambling self-exclusion register went live today, giving at-risk gamblers a single tool to self-exclude from all internet and telephone gambling services.

BetStop covers all Australian licensed interactive wagering providers and is designed to prevent self-excluded gamblers from opening an account, placing a bet, or receiving marketing material. 

Users can choose [...]

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire sports handle declines by 13% in July

Sports handle in New Hampshire declined by 13 per cent to $36.9 million in July, with retail wagers at their lowest since the opening month in August 2020.

Retail wagers were down by 63 per cent to just $3.5 million and mobile betting’s 1 per cent rise to $33.4 million could [...]

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