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Betfred USA CEO optimistic about gambling’s future

Betfred USA CEO Brian Bennett is bullish on the future of sports betting, and gambling in general, in the US market. The optimistic executive is holding fast to his beliefs, though he's realistic about the impact the COVID-19 crisis will have on the industry. Bennett shared his views recently in a pair of interviews with…

UK gambling operators pledge 20 percent of ads for safer gambling

Life for UK and UK-facing gambling operators certainly has not been easy during 2020. Before the pandemic shut down betting shops and casinos, anti-gambling forces in Parliament had been hard at work limiting the breadth and scope of operator's marketing techniques. In particular, they've been very interested in limiting how, and how often, gambling operators…

BetMGM signs on as Denver Broncos’ sports betting partner

BetMGM is entering a multi-year deal with the Denver Broncos football team to act as its official sports betting partner. It's a move that shows how far the relationship between sports betting operators and the league that once feared regulated wagering, has come over the past few years. The new partnership allows BetMGM a wide…

Cyprus moves forward on protecting problem gamblers

Gambling regulators in Cyprus are on a mission to protect problem gamblers and young people from getting in over their heads in online and land-based gambling. To that end, the country is shopping around for a developer to aid them in creating a state-of-the-art self-exclusion platform that offers both one-click sign ups, along with robust…

Kindred Group thriving despite worldwide lack of sporting events

Nordic-facing gambling operator the Kindred Group has performed something of a 2020 miracle. Despite a worldwide lack of sports, and the collapse of businesses of all kinds, the Kindred Group somehow managed to emerge from Q2 2020 (arguably the worst single quarter in world business history) with a profit. The big, but nimble, operation managed…

Is the German gambling industry set for big-time growth?

Is the German gambling industry getting ready for some seismic growth over the next few years? That's the conclusion that a a recently published study from Goldmedia came to after examining market conditions and regulatory frameworks for the country's regulated gambling business. Their rosy outlook for German gaming even takes into consideration the brutal toll…

Stephen Cohen approved for new four-year UKGC stint

Stephen Cohen has been approved to serve another four-year term as the Commissioner of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). That's great news if you like getting a full response to your crazy-pants complaint about gambling advertisements, but not as great if you're in charge of running a UK-facing gambling operation. Cohen's re-commission to the UKGC…

Belaggio Vegas posts one of the largest sports betting errors of all time

One of the foundational rules of sports betting is that the ticket stands as written. If a casino sportsbook writes a ticket, no matter how absurd or out-of-sorts it seems, they are are on the hook to honor it. That's a lesson the ticket-writers at the Bellaggio Las Vegas are learning the hard way after…

French report says gambling is declining but problem gambling is increasing

A recent report from the French Government about Franco gambling habits is chock full of bad news for operators. The report, titled, LES PROBLEMES LIES AUX JEUX D’ARGENT EN FRANCE, EN 2019 (Problems Related to Games of Money in France 2019) suggests that, overall, gambling is down in France, but problem gambling is increasing. Even…

Nevada casinos see 99.4% revenue drop in May

The casinos of Nevada truly set the standard for how the gambling industry operates across the planet. That's what makes the recent news that Nevada's casinos, including those on the world famous Vegas Strip, suffered a revenue disaster that feels downright apocalyptic. All told, the combined revenue of all of Nevada's casinos came in at…