The California Attorney General's Office is launching a new investigation into the legality of daily fantasy sports (DFS) in the Golden State. AG Rob Benta, at the behest of State Sen. Scott Wilk (R) will be taking on the question of whether or not DFS sites are operating legally as games of skill or in…
The Kindred Group is exiting the North American gaming market as part of a broad effort to restructure the company and focus on its core, revenue-producing operations. It's a move that includes at least 300 layoffs of North American-facing employees, but will save tens of millions of dollars over the long run. Kindred's departure from…
Novig, a sports betting exchange startup, is partnering with Intelitics, a maker of player acquisition software, on its upcoming launch in Colorado. It's a move that Novig is hoping will disrupt the existing sports betting market and bring the betting exchange model to the growing US market. Novig's spot in the Colorado sports betting market…
A Nevada man recently filed a lawsuit against Amazon alleging that the massive online retailer is distributing real-money casino games under the guise of social casino apps. In his lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington last week, Steve Horn says that Amazon is putting its customers…
The NBA, NHL and MLB are teaming up to promote responsible gambling with a new public service announcement titled, Never Know What’s Next. Besides promoting the basics of responsible gambling such as knowing your limits, the new advertisement acknowledges professional sports' responsibilities towards the general public as they enjoy new revenue streams brought on by…
GambleAware, the UK charity, is launching a new campaign aimed destigmatizing problem gamblers and getting those suffering with gambling problems the help they need. It's an ambitious and worthy goal, especially given the fact that the group's own research suggests that two-thirds of all problem gamblers will never seek any kind of professional assistance. According…
The Florida Supreme Court rejected West Flager Associate's bid to halt the Hard Rock Seminole's launch of mobile sports betting products statewide. Officials at West Flagler, which is a parimutuel outfit that runs jai alai operations, argued unsuccessfully that the State of Florida was acting outside of its authority to authorize new gambling products by…
The American Gaming Association (AGA) is reporting that the third quarter of 2023 was the most successful Q3 the US-facing industry has ever seen. According to the AGA's Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker, American gaming operators hauled in an astounding $16.17 billion worth of revenue during the period covering August, September and October of this year.…
The International Betting Integrity Association's (IBIA) report on suspicious betting activity for Q3 2023 turned out to be a bit of a good news/bad news situation. On the good news side, the IBIA report shows that the number of overall suspicious wagers is dropping over time. The bad news is that a full 30 percent…
ESPN BET launched this week in 17 states and is expected to be a major player in the regulated US sports betting market. The new sportsbook is a team effort by Penn Entertainment and ESPN and will be using the network's considerable reach among sports fans to build its customer base. When it launched, ESPN…
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