The battle between lottery couriers and licensed gaming operators is heating up in Texas where the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas is asking the Senate State Affairs committee to investigate the services. Online lottery couriers, the letter suggests, are providing unlicensed gambling to players and need to be banned outright, attorneys for the Kickapoo maintain.…
Unlicensed lotteries and sweepstakes were the focus of a recent online educational series hosted by the American Gaming Association (AGA) as regulated operators struggle to compete with their unregulated competitors. The event was hosted by AGA Senior Vice President Chris Cylke and Indian Gaming Association (IGA) conference chair Victor Rocha and IGA executive director Jason…
A group of 11 social and sweepstakes operators are joining forces to launch a new trade group called the Social and Promotional Gaming Association (SPGA) to advocate for their interests and educate the public. The formation of the SPGA comes at a critical time for social and sweepstakes games as a whole, as the industry…
As regulated sports betting spreads across the United States, some markets are seeing more success than others. One market that's struggled to get off the ground is Washington D.C. In an effort to get back on track, the US Capitol, with its strange place in US geography and politics, is partnering with FanDuel and leaving…
Lottery.com has acquired the sports streaming site, SportLocker.com for an undisclosed amount in a deal that the lottery technology broker is promoting as part of a, "revolutionary vision." It's a bold move that gives Lottery.com a toehold in the world. In its current form, SportsLocker.com focuses mainly on soccer/football-related content with an emphasis on UK…
Lottery.com is a company that's been in turmoil for the past few months and all that chaos culminated this week when the Nasdaq Stock Market de-listed the company from its exchanges. The company's struggles leading up to the extinction-level event read like a business-focused Mexican tele novella with the unfortunate aspect of having a real…
Camelot, the sole operator of the UK's National Lottery since 1994, is turning to England's highest court in an effort to save that very contract. The move comes one month after Camelot lost the contract to Allwyn, formerly the Sazka Group, in a process that Camelot says simply wasn't fair. Camelot's legal case for staying…
March 2022 is turning out to be a pretty lousy month for Camelot, the current operator of the UK National Lottery. Earlier this week, the Great Britain Gambling Commission (GC) fined the operator £3.15 million for multiple regulatory failures in relation to its mobile app. Camelot's big fine came on the heels of even worse…
Will Ontario emerge as North America's largest online gambling market when it opens in 2022? That's the prediction affiliate Bonusfinder.com is making via its proprietary Bonus Index for determining the potential size of gaming markets. The report considered a number of factors including population, how many operators are looking to get a license in the…
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is issuing an order calling for local internet service providers (ISPs) to block several offshore lottery sites that have been illegally serving Australian customers. It's the first time that lottery operators have been targeted under the terms of the country's Interactive Gambling Act 2001. After a lengthy investigation,…
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