Doyle Brunson, the Godfather of Poker and ten-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) died at the age of 89. Though he was definitely known for his prowess at the poker table, Brunson was also a warm personality who was widely loved both in, and out of, the gambling world. A list of Brunson's achievements would…
Fanatics is purchasing PointsBet in an all-cash deal worth $150 million. It's a move that both sends ripples through the redhot US sports betting market, but also illustrates how difficult actually making money in that booming market can be - even for operators with established records. The two companies announced the deal late last week…
Colorado Rapids winger Max Alves has been suspended from his team amidst allegations of match-fixing in his home country of Brazil. The Major League Soccer (MLS) star is the latest player from an American sports team to get wrapped up in a sports betting scandal in recent days, following the sorry paths of Alabama baseball…
Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired last week as allegations of suspicious betting patterns dogged the college baseball world. Details of the bets, who placed them, and how much they were for, are still emerging, but the case points to the perils emerging for athletes and coaches who involve themselves in wagering on their…
Five years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), putting the decision to legalize regulated sports betting into the hands of the states. That decision has not only dropped millions of dollars into the pockets of US-facing sports betting operators, it's also enjoyed massive support from the American…
Is Division-I college baseball heading towards another betting scandal? That’s the allegation being leveled by the Action Network in a recent posting suggesting that Iowa gaming regulators are looking into "potential violations" by members of the University of Iowa's baseball team. According to the Action Network, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is investigating allegations…
PointsBet, in conjunction with 1/ST Technology is launching a new, US-facing horse racing app that's aimed at differentiating the operator from its competitors in the insanely competitive American sports betting market. PointsBet's product launch comes at a time when horse racing is generally on the decline, and the US side of the business is awash…
Barstool Sports personality Ben Mintz was fired this week for accidentally uttering a racial slur and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy thinks that over-zealous gaming regulators are behind the dismissal. That's the gist of a recent five-minute "emergency press conference" the sports betting personality posted on Twitter the day after the firing. Mintz is a…
With the recent release of the Gambling Reform White Paper, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is ready to hear (some) stakeholder feedback and begin implementing its own recommendations. It's a process that the Commission acknowledges will take considerable time and will be the number one policy priority moving forward. While there are plenty of questions…
Flutter Entertainment is seeing its revenue soar as a result FanDuel's incredible run through the red hot regulated US sports betting market. Q1 2023 revenue clocked in this week at an astonishing 54 percent ahead of Q1 2022, and things look to only get better as Americans trip over themselves to deposit their at FanDuel.…
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