Earlier this week the National Advertising Division (NAD), an arm of the Better Business Bureau, told DraftKings to stop saying it was the largest fantasy sports site on the web. The decision is yet another salvo in the battle between the two biggest sites in the rapidly growing weekly/daily fantasy sports market. It's also a…
Delaware online poker revenue numbers for January 2015 are in and the story they tell is pretty grim. Compared to last January, online poker earnings for the state were down a whopping 220%, according to the Delaware Lottery Commission. In dollars and cents, that's just $27,695.45 and nowhere near what the numbers state officials were…
UK punters who wagered on the outcome of the Chelsea-PSG Premiere League match-up with Sky Bet last week thought they'd stumbled onto an incredible opportunity. The popular bookmaker's mobile betting site had offered up 25-1 odds that PSG would win the match in extra time...and that's exactly what happened. But when those punters went to…
PokerStars' Italy has been accused by country's financial authority of tax fraud to the tune of €300 million. The accusations were leveled at a PokerStars' subsidiary called, Halfords Media Italy S.r.l., which handles marketing for the Italian operation and include formal charges of tax fraud against the company's CEO. According to a report on PokerNews.com,…
Betvictor gambled on its ability to boost revenues with its own, in-house live casino studio and lost. After 18 months of operation, the Malta-based operator is shuttering its live casino studios and moving on. The company's indigenous live casino facility had been in business since October, 2013 and was operated in conjunction with Media Live…
Betfair betting exchange stock prices took a 21% leap after the company released some very impressive numbers in their Q3 earnings reports. According to a report from CalvinAyre.com, Betfair's revenue was up 20% last quarter over the same time last year. Earnings on that revenue were up a whopping 17%. Mobile wagering was one (of…
Paddy Power is reporting record profits for 2014, a year company officials describe as having, "more ups and downs than Taylor Swift's love life." Earlier this week, the Ireland-based bookmaker reported that group revenue from 2014 was up 18% from the previous year while pre-tax revenue was up a whopping 21%, according to a report…
Google is softening its stance on internet gambling advertising by allowing social casinos access to AdWords. The new policy will be undergoing a beta stage beginning in March. Social casinos who opt to go with AdWords will have full access to all of Google's advertising platforms across search, mobile, YouTube and apps. These ads will…
Buoyed by its massive success in 2014, the weekly fantasy sports industry is launching a campaign to secure full legalization within the borders of the United States. The new campaign is the work of Fantasy Sports Freedom, an industry sponsored advocacy group and is anchored by the snappy catch phrase, "Get involved. Let’s make it…
If there's one company in the igaming business that knows the value of the old adage, "There's no such things as bad publicity," it's Paddy Power. Ireland's biggest independent bookmaker has a reputation for off-the-wall promotions but their recent, "Money back if he walks," Oscar Pretorious murder trial promotions was one for the books. The…
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