Penn Entertainment has completed its acquisition of the highly successful sports media/sportsbook operator Barstool Sports late last week. The deal caps a three-year partnership that saw Barstool greatly extend its reach to the US betting public, while upping its value to Penn Penn Entertainment. Barstool has been around since 2003 when it was founded by…
Bally's Corporation is looking to build a blockbuster casino in New York City and has its eyes on the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx as part of the package. If successful in its bid to grab one of three highly coveted New York casino licenses, Bally's would lease the land from…
As the release of the long-awaited white paper on UK gambling reform nears, Racecourse Media Group (RMG) CEO Martin Stevenson has some thoughts on the subject he'd like to share with Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Paul Scully. Not surprisingly, Stevenson thinks that operators are over-regulated and…
Super Bowl LVII was a huge day for the Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs, and US-facing sportsbook operators. Regulated sportsbook operators rejoiced as Americans dropped huge sums of cash on over 100 million betting transactions on one of the biggest days for legal American sports betting. According to a report from GeoComply, "a company…
UK Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) chief executive Michael Dugher has a couple requests for Britain's newly installed secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport, Lucy Frazeron on behalf of the UK gambling industry. The BGC would like it if the Minister would refrain from supporting any new taxes on gambling operators and, if…
Those ubiquitous ads for sportsbooks and offers of "free bets" could be a thing of the past if Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) has his way. If passed into law, the Congressman's Betting on our Future Act would ban nearly all forms of sportsbook advertising, treating them the same way as tobacco and other dangerous products.…
Gambling.com is entering into a strategic partnership with Gannett Co. Inc. in a move that will greatly expand the company's national exposure. This new partnership is also an example of how mainstream US media corporations are embracing regulated sports betting content. A recent press release from the companies greatly understates the significance of the new…
The National Hockey League (NHL) is broadening its international scope with a recently announced partnership with Unibet in Sweden. Under the terms of the deal, Unibet will become the league's first official betting partner in the country. Partnerships between sporting leagues and operators are relatively common in most parts of the world, but North American,…
When the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs take the field for Super Bowl LVII on Sunday, about 50 million Americans will have roughly $16 billion worth of wagers riding on the big game. That's the prediction the American Gaming Association (AGA) is making ahead of what is likely to be one of the biggest…
The days of US players making "risk-free" bets on NBA games and props are coming to a close. Last week, the professional basketball league became the latest US entity to ban operators from using the phrase "risk-free" in their official promotions, and they're not likely to be the last. The problem with "risk-free" and "free"…
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