Iowa is not a large state. It's population of about 3.1 million people places it as the 33rd most populous US State. But those three million Iowans placed $215 million worth of sports bets during February, 2022. The state's 18 licensed sportsbooks saw their business in February 2022 leap by an astonishing 50 percent over…
Sportradar is announcing the completion of a deal with Bowl Season that would designate the sports technology company as one of the organization's official partners for the 2022-2023 season. It's another sign that regulated sports betting is here to stay in the United States, and that the very organizations that once lined up to fight…
The American Gaming Association (AGA) is throwing its weight behind a new, bipartisan bill that would raise the threshold for reporting slot jackpot wins to the Internal Revenue Service. It's a move that will would increase the pace of slots play for casinos, and bring reporting rules into the modern age. Under the terms of…
January 2022 had all the makings of an awful month for Nevada gaming operators. While the Omicron variant was ravaging the world, Nevada casinos were raking in huge amounts of cash, leading to the state's eleventh straight month with $1 billion or more in gaming revenue. According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Nevada operators…
The US gambling industry is currently undergoing a metamorphosis the likes of which its never seen before. Since the Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PAPSA), opening the door to regulated sports betting, the entire gambling world has been in transition. Nowhere has this change been more visible than…
2021 was the best year ever to run a regulated US gambling operation. According to the American Gaming Association's (AGA) Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker, US-facing operators took in a record $53 billion worth of revenue for the year. Last year's massive number goes a long way towards blacking out the grim results of Covid closures…
Standard General, a New York hedge fund, is offering $2 billion to purchase Bally's Corp. The investment outfit already owns 21 percent of the company's stock and is offering a hefty premium on the remaining shares. Shares of Bally's Corp soared on Tuesday as word of Standard General's offer made its way through the investment…
For many years, operators, suppliers, and of course affiliates have been hoping that New York would embrace legal mobile sports betting. That moment has now come, with the state taking its first legal sports bets on 8 January. But despite having huge potential, it’s not necessarily going to be an easy ride for affiliates looking…
DraftKings is partnering with the Tulalip Tribes of Washington to access the Washington State sports betting market. The partnership is based on the construction of a massive DraftKings-branded sportsbook at the Tribe's casino, but does not include a mobile gaming component. Under the terms of the partnership, DraftKings will be building retail sportsbook outlets at…
DraftKings scored another big win in its bid to dominate the regulated US sports betting market as it takes over as the official sports betting app for the State of Oregon. The move is something of a slap in the face to the Scoreboard app the State was using, which was described as "too European"…
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