Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) is purchasing AskGamblers, and several other prominent casino affiliate sites, for €47 million ($45 million USD). It's a deal that involves some big name affiliate brands and greatly enhances GiG's place in the casino affiliate business. The deal is structured in a series of payments that GiG will be making…
Flutter Entertainment CEO Peter Jackson shared his views about impending gambling reforms in Ireland in a recent editorial in the Irish Times. The corporate honcho voiced support for Ireland's gambling reforms, while expressing his hope that the regulators handling the day-to-day work of regulation are well-funded enough to do the job. Jackson says he and…
Fallout from the New York Times' recent expose on the connection between big-time American universities and gambling operators continued this week as personal finance guru Dave Ramsey called the relationship "stupidity on steroids." Ramsey is just one of a growing chorus of critics who have come out in the wake of the New York Times'…
US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is calling for US colleges to end their marketing relationships with sports betting operators like Caesars Entertainment. The Senator was moved to make the call after reading a recent New York Times article titled, “How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life“, which exposes the deals made between big-time universities…
In the wake of regulated sports betting in the United States, branded sportsbooks offer legacy media organizations a juicy opportunity to develop new revenue streams. Sports Illustrated has executed this model with some success but what about ESPN? ESPN is, arguably, the most influential sports media voice in the world and its name on a…
Nevada gaming revenue hit $1.28 billion in October, marking the 20th straight month that Silver State casinos have topped the $1 billion mark. Nevada casinos are benefiting from increased interest in gambling across the United States, along with increased activities such as Las Vegas Raiders games, that are drawing in huge numbers of tourists to…
The Fifa World Cup is generally viewed by gambling operators as a very good opportunity to sign up new players, who might stick around after the big game and become regular players. That, however, is not the case in Belgium, where officials at the National Lottery are pausing all sports betting-related advertising for the duration…
Officials at DraftKings have confirmed that a number of player accounts were recently accessed by hackers who withdrew more than $300,000 from the compromised accounts. Though company officials are warning all DraftKings account holders to strengthen their passwords, they also say that the incident was limited in scope and did not involve a breach of…
Officials at Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gaming regulator, are investigating a number of Netherlands-facing affiliate sites that appear to be directing players to unlicensed casino sites. The affiliates are also accused of deliberately targeting self-excluded players in their marketing efforts. The affiliates in question have been pretty brazen about their standing in the world using…
MaximBet is ceasing all operations as the US sports betting market finishes out a period of extremely rapid growth and enters what is likely a long period of consolidation. The operator posted the announcement on MaximBet.com late on Wednesday, and gave players until December 15 to withdraw their funds. In an email version of the…
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