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As reported by Maryland Lottery and Gaming Thursday, the state’s sports betting handle totaled $25.5 million in February, the second full month of operations for the state’s first five sportsbooks.  The financial results for last month show a decrease in handle of $7 million compared to January’s total of $32.5 million. However, the figures are
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Atlanta Falcons star wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended for betting on NFL games. The League announced the suspension earlier this week, and while they are calling it “indefinite” they do confirm that it will be at least the entirety of the 2022 season. The NFL stated that Ridley was betting on NFL games
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Real Luck Group and its subsidiary esports betting and iGaming companies doing business as Luckbox announced Wednesday the appointment of former PokerStars Director of International Projects, Bo Wänghammar to its board of directors.  Wänghammar has held leadership roles with established global iGaming operators, having been Director of International Projects and Managing Director of Casino at
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iTech Labs has confirmed that the company’s Business Development Manager for LATAM, Karina Moral, will be attending GAT Expo, which will be held on March 15-17 in Cartagena, Colombia. The global test lab for online gaming products said Moral has some time slots available for meetings with both new and existing customers. Lately, iTech Labs has
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This week’s gambling news focuses on the expected growth of US online casino betting, and in particular the expansion of regulated internet casino games. Why are online betting and casinos about to explode now? And what lead us to this point? We also look at a new interview we just released that relates to this
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The general manager of Alfastreet in Colombia, Alexander Rodriguez Illera, highlighted to Yogonet the position Colombia has achieved due to its regulation and the performance of the company he represents, which provides its electronic roulettes to the three most important local operators. He also announced the novelties that they will bring to the next edition
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New details about amendments to be introduced to Macau’s gaming law, currently in discussion at the SAR’s Legislative Assembly (AL), keep surfacing. On Friday, Chan Chak Mo, president of the second standing committee, detailed a national security clause in the gaming bill. The clause, which caught the AL’s attention in prior meetings, had prompted members
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This Week in Gambling is talking about online gambling expansion with Casey Clark, the Senior VP of Strategic Communications at the American Gaming Association. Discussion includes how the Coronavirus pandemic helped the the growth of mobile sports betting, and our industry’s growing use of digital currency. [embedded content] The rise in mobile sports betting and
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NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Philadelphia are partnering with PointsBet to present BetCast, an alternate live game sports-betting product, covering the Chicago Bulls at Philadelphia 76ers NBA matchup on Monday, March 7, at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT. The Bulls-76ers BetCast marks NBC Sports Regional Networks’ first dual-market sports betting telecast and will be presented on NBC Sports Chicago Plus and
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Amid an upward trend of gambling operators’ financial results being hit by significant marketing, customer acquisition costs to enter the emerging U.S. sports betting markets, Rob Phythian —Co-Founder and CEO of SharpLink Gaming— outlines in this column four key features that would make free-to-play games an effective resource to address this key issue: reach to
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Scientific Games has announced that the company is splitting their lottery operations from their slots and igaming divisions. The lottery group will operate as a stand-alone company and retain the Scientific Games name. Meanwhile, the Gaming and iGaming divisions have split-off and rebranded as Light & Wonder. The Light & Wonder company will establish a
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Entertainment and hospitality giant MGM Resorts International is launching a new $2 billion share repurchase program, the company announced on Wednesday. The plan has been authorized by the group’s Board of Directors. “We remain committed to our capital allocation strategy and continue to believe that returning cash to shareholders is a highly productive use of
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The threat from the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus did little to slow down the Vegas revenue record streak. Nevada casinos once again took in over $1 billion in the month of January, marking the 11th consecutive month they’ve done so. A report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board shows that the state won close
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Just two months after the record breaking launch of mobile sports betting, the expansion of New York online gambling into casino games is being proposed in new legislation. Well, that didn’t take long did it?! The political force behind the bill which regulated mobile sports bets, State Senator Joseph Addabbo, is now pushing a new
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MGM Resorts International and BetMGM today announced the next evolution of their responsible gaming initiative providing the gaming industry’s most comprehensive tools for both in-person and online gaming to help players make responsible, informed decisions. The announcement comes as MGM Resorts and BetMGM join the National Council on Problem Gambling in promoting Problem Gambling Awareness Month
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