PointsBet is set to enter the newly opened Arizona sports betting market after inking a deal with the Yavapai-Apache Nation and their Cliff Castle hotel and casino. The operation is set to be up and running by September and is contingent on the operation receiving an Arizona sports betting license. The Yavapai Apache Nation and…
New Jersey gambling revenue hit an all-time record with Garden State operators hauling in $392.8 million over the course of the month. It's a major achievement for the battered NJ gambling industry as it struggles to come out from under the dark cloud of the pandemic. The bright star of New Jersey's mega-month was the…
Officials at the UK Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) are praising Snaphcat's recent decision to allow end-users to opt-out of seeing gambling advertisements on the platform. It's a significant move for Snapchat and it's one that other social media platforms will likely follow in the future. The move towards allowing Snapchat users, who tend to…
BetMGM is partnering with the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team in a deal content and advertising deal that's become de rigueur for professional sports teams in the United States. The very existence of the deal once again highlights the abrupt 180 that the MLB, and other sports leagues, have done regarding their attitudes towards regulated sports…
PokerStars is signing on the official sports betting partner of Formula 1 in a move that will provide the well-known gaming brand even greater international exposure. It's an arrangement that was brokered through the data rights partner, Interregional Sports Group (ISG) and is set to last through 2023. Under the terms of the deal, PokerStars…
Are Swedish gambling regulators unwittingly promoting an exodus of players from regulated online gambling sites to the black market? That's the claim being made by Swedish operation association Branscheforenigen för Onlinespel (BOS). They're making the claim based on a recent survey they conducted and are hoping to use that data to help upend recent changes…
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback, and future NFL Hall of Famer, Drew Breese is partnering with PointsBet in a deal that exchanges his services for a "significant" equity stake in the company. It's a major public relations coup for PointsBet and an interesting model for how US sports betting operators might land name-brand professional athletes…
Gambling regulators at Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) are overhauling their country's gaming code with an emphasis on re-defining what is actually gambling and how violators of the Remote Gambling Act should be punished. It's part of a multi-year effort to put the country's gaming code in line with contemporary technology. One of the…
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is encouraging his countrymen to, "Go ahead and gamble," after years of discouraging the activity as a moral vice. It's a moral turnaround that's based solely on a desire to shore up his country's cash reserves and illustrates the serious impact the pandemic is having on the economies of countries across…
Norwegian lottery officials have issued a directive ordering Betsson to cease all operations aimed at Norwegian players. In their missives, the Norwegian Lotteries Authority (Lottstift) allege that the Maltese-licensed operator is operating in the country without a license and, in doing so, are infringing on Lottstift's long-held monopoly on lottery games. At the heart of…
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