How massive is the demand for sports betting in US States that have not yet offered regulated sports betting? A new data set from GeoComply evaluating showing attempts at accessing regulated sports betting sites from seven US States (Texas, Nebraska, Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, South Carolina, and Mississippi) that do not offer sports betting shows that…
ESPN Bet is expanding its market footprint after securing a deal to access the Washington D.C. as the official sports betting of Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE). The deal is a win-win for PENN Gaming, which operates ESPN Bet, as MSE is the operator of the Washington Capitals (NHL), Washington Wizards (NBA), and Washington Mystics…
One of the unexpected side effects of regulated sports betting in the United States has been an explosion of threats and harassment from aggrieved sports bettors aimed at college athletes. This harassment, in many cases, has been the result of lost proposition bets on individual performances. A number of states are combating this problem by…
Representatives of the gaming industry are speaking out after a hearing on legalizing sports betting in Minnesota went ahead without a single voice or opinion from a regulated operator. The hearing, which took place earlier this week, was hosted by Senator John Marty and was ostensibly supposed to be about introducing legal sports betting to…
TGL, the new professional golf league, is naming FanDuel as its official betting partner. Under the terms of the deal, FanDuel will be providing odds and live betting options for TGL events. FanDuel will also be providing the organization with content during its televised events. The Tomorrow's Golf League (the TGL's formal title that it…
Flutter Entertainment is issuing a profit warning to its investors prepping them for some bad news that's likely been inflicted by some very sharp US players. In a recent trade update the gaming giant, which is based in the UK, suggested that its US earnings target could be missed by as much as $370 million…
Pennsylvania gaming regulators are tweaking the rules that govern casino self-exclusion to make it tougher for problem gamblers to walk back through the doors of a casino. This week the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) voted down a measure that would automatically end self-exclusions to land-based casinos after just one year. Under current Pennsylvania law,…
Are American sports bettors willing to pay $20 a month for boosted parlay odds? That's exactly what DraftKings is thinking with its new DraftKings+ subscription service, which will offer parlay-obsessed players unlimited odds boost tokens for those risky parlays with more legs than most insects. Though DraftKings hasn't been pushing DraftKings+ to the public-at-large, its…
On New Year's Day Brazil's regulated online gambling market finally opened its virtual doors to the Brazilian public. Online gambling's official launch comes after years of debate and makes the 213,000,000 people of the world's potential customers of worldwide gambling operators. As of January 1, Brazil had 14 fully licensed operators whose sites were ready…
Are the holidays, and holiday bonus promotions from sportsbooks and online casinos, a major trigger for problem gambling? That's the message being sent out by England's National Health Service (NHS). Earlier this week the agency sent out a warning about a potential upsurge of holiday-related problem gambling and a plea for more resources to help…
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