The longtime practice of limiting wagers from winning sportsbook players by operators is coming under more scrutiny from state gaming commissions. Late last week the Wyoming Gaming Commission (WGC) heard a presentation from American Bettors’ Voice chairman Gadoon “Spanky” Kyrollos on the topic as part of an effort to better understand the issue. As regulated…
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.…
When PENN Sports and ESPN launched ESPN Bet last year, there were plenty of questions about how ESPN Bet the sports betting app, and ESPN the sports media giant would work together. Now, after a full year of operation ESPN Chair Jimmy Pitaro is opening up about the future of the integrated media and sports…
Legendz is launching a slots-heavy social casino across a broad swath of the US market this week. The new social gaming site offers a huge array of online slot machines, table games, and sports betting options for players over the age of 18. Because Legendz is a social gaming site, and not a regulated operator,…
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is marking its participation in the eighth annual Safer Gambling Week, a UK-focused responsible gambling campaign. Safer Gambling Week is part of an industry-wide effort to encourage players to use responsible gaming tools, and it's proven extremely effective. According to a recent BGC press release, last year's Safer Gambling…
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) is banning British snooker pro Mark King from the sport for five years. King's exile from the world of professional snooker comes after an investigative committee at the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) found that King had both fixed professional snooker matches and provided insider…
Despite the worldwide gambling boom, layoffs and job loss are a very real threat to anyone working in the regulated gaming industry; just ask the 300 employees who were recently made redundant at Danish operator Better Collective. Those job losses were recently addressed by company CEO Jesper Søgaard during a recent Q3 earnings report. Søgaard…
One of the unanticipated results of regulated sports betting in the United States has been a flurry of threats by aggrieved prop bettors aimed at student athletes. Across the country, college athletes have been subjected to harassment and threats when they haven't lived up to the bookmakers' expectations. Lawmakers across the country have been addressing…
bwin is helping to expand its own brand, and the NFL's brand, after signing a new sponsorship deal with the NFL. Under the terms of the agreement, bwin will be named as the official betting partner of the NFL in Germany and Austria. It's a partnership that begins this week with the New York Giants…
PokerStars’ Vegas Infinite is now available as an iOS app in the Apple App Store. It's a move that's aimed at broadening the Vegas Infinite brand while bringing new players into the online poker ecosystem. When it comes to functionality, PokerStars' Vegas Infinite brand leans more on infinite than on poker. Though players can access…
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